Chemical Management System - MSDSPro

The Center is now offering a new online service to improve and standardize the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) process, which also complies with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. MSDSPro is an automated, commercial, web-based chemical management system that has been acquired. Collecting chemical inventory data, storing and supplying MSDSs, determining employees' exposure to chemicals, and preparing required reports will be much more efficient and less cumbersome. This system is available to both Greenbelt and WFF.

MSDSPro enables storage and electronic delivery, which substantially reduces the amount of time and effort needed to establish and maintain an organization's MSDS library. To view MSDSs for chemicals used or stored at GSFC and/or WFF go to: http://msds.gsfc.nasa.gov.

The OSHA, Hazard Communication Standard requires employers to maintain a chemical inventory and have Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) available at the worksite to employees at all times. Contained in the MSDS document is information about particular hazards and precautions to be taken when working with the chemical, exposure treatment, spill containment, and various other information. The employer must have an MSDS available for each chemical that an employee may work with. Furthermore, the Center must comply with all pertinent statutory and regulatory environmental requirements and Executive Orders. The center is required to submit periodic reports of environmental activities, accomplishments, and progress toward mandated goals. This data is gathered from the Center's chemical inventory. MSDSPro will provide all of the capabilities to satisfy all of these requirements.

Database administrators from most of the Goddard organizations have been trained in the use of the software. If your organization uses or stores chemicals and does not have a database administrator, please contact Lisa Rodriguez-Ramon on extension 6-4613.