Streamline Your Chemical Management with SaaS
SaaS solutions can pull SDS information directly from the chemical manufacturer or distributor, keeping your SDS management system compliant.
As part of a comprehensive environmental, health and safety (EHS) program, preventing exposure to chemical hazards is critical to protecting your employees. Preventing chemical hazard exposure starts with a safety data sheet (SDS) management system designed to support the elimination, substitution, exposure control or use of hazardous materials. Many organizations focus their SDS management system on meeting the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard. However, according to OSHA, hazard communication and respiratory protection routinely fall in the top 10 workplace safety violations.
In order to meet the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, many organizations turn to physical binders to house SDSs provided by their suppliers. These documents include the properties of each chemical:
• The physical, health and environmental hazards
• Protective measures
• Safety precautions for handling, storing and transporting the material
While these binders can help track chemicals in use, this manual system also comes with major limitations. Binders make it hard to respond to workers’ questions, account for the location of materials, print secondary container labels and prevent exposure by automating purchasing approvals or managing inventory to support threshold reporting.
Savvier organizations, however, are now more effectively managing their EHS and chemical programs by leveraging Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms. As outlined in a recent report, 5 Reasons Firms Should Embrace SaaS for EHS Software, adopting a SaaS solution is now seen as one of the first steps an organization takes on the road to digitally transforming its operations.
When it comes to chemical programs, SaaS-based chemical management solutions can streamline chemical management by providing easy access to chemical intelligence, protecting employee safety and increasing reporting visibility.
