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The Canadian Centre for Occupational
Health and Safety (CCOHS) is a national
non-profit organization that collects,
evaluates and distributes information
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CCOHS is governed by a Council with
representatives from employers, labour 3M Canada Monsanto Canada Inc. Spectronics Corporation
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Acme Chemicals & Technologies NCH Canada Inc. St. Lawrence Starch
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and government, and as such is Norton Canada Inc. Stelco Inc.
Agrium Inc. Novartis Crop Protection Canada Tech Spray, Inc.
Alliance Steel Corporation Inc.
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accurate information to all its clients.
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suppliers who work with CCOHS to provide
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Praxair Canada Inc. WD-40 Products (Canada) Ltd.
BP Amoco Research Products Corp. Weed Master (Western) Inc.
International Labour Organisation鈥檚 Caledon Laboratories Ltd. RHI Refractories America Xerox Corporation
essential MSDS information to customers,
Cognis Canada Corporation SC Johnson and Son, Ltd. Health hazards
plus many more!
Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc.
CIS National Centre Program, and is a Sel-drum Corporation
Dow Chemical Canada Inc. Shell Canada Limited
Fire and reactivity
poison centres, emergency response centers,
Drew Canada
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Du Pont Canada Inc. Sentinel Canada
Storage and handling
Ecolab Ltd.
Collaborating Centre.
hospitals, government agencies and
Enercon Water Treatment Ltd.
A complete list of contributors to the MSDS Personal protection
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educational institutions.
Ethyl Corporation Spill and disposal
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Fisher Scientific
procedures
Flexovit Canada Abrasives
GE Betz Canada
Contributors like you enable us to deliver
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Contributing is now more convenient than ever
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Why provide CCOHS with your MSDS collection?
on my laptop...I like having all We鈥檝e made contributing your MSDSs easier than ever before!
the information at my fingertips. For over 20 years, we have worked with suppliers in Canada and the
United States to provide quick, convenient, reliable access to MSDSs.
CCOHS does all the managing Most records in our database are ASCII text files. Whenever feasible, collections will
Our MSDS database has been designed
Suppliers and manufacturers partner with us for many good reasons: be processed or converted to ASCII text. Other formats, including word-processed
to facilitate the processing of MSDSs in
and updating and that frees
documents, can be incorporated in PDF format. Some of the many options are
various formats. Each record in the
Your responsible care initiatives Many contributors access their
up our resources.鈥?
summarized below.
database contains the following fields,
are strengthened by wide own organization鈥檚 MSDSs
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distribution of reliable information through our service quickly and which are indexed to help users retrieve
Manager, Environmental
and Dangerous Goods MSDSs from word-processing
about your products through easily, saving them both time ASCII text files
the correct MSDS:
Air Canada Jazz
or publishing programs
our credible Web, CD-ROM and and money.
(formerly Air Canada Regional)
There are 2 requirements for
Product name(s) 鈥? multiple product
DVD service. Many suppliers maintain their MSDSs
Contributing provides you with collections in ASCII format:
names are acceptable
in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect
Participation helps to reduce the a marketing advantage as it
1) Line lengths must not exceed
number of requests for MSDS exposes your company name or other publishing systems. Most
Product identifiers 鈥? additional 126 characters, and
from customers which you must and product line to a broader of these collections can successfully
information such UPC, product
2) Text should only contain
process manually. professional audience. be converted to PDF format.
codes, DIN, or pesticide registration
characters from the standard
number applying to the product
As part of being a valued contributor to our service, we character sets (ASCII or ebcdic). MSDSs in other formats
BONUS! now offer you free, single-user Web Access to MSDS plus MSDS identifier 鈥? document number
Documents containing graphics, line
CHEMINFO鈩? for as long as you remain a contributor! Some collections cannot be provided
or name to help track updates to
drawings, or control characters in a suitable electronic format. It may
the MSDS
(e.g. bold or underlining) may not be feasible to produce scanned
Manufacturer identifier 鈥? including be processable as ASCII. CCOHS images of these MSDSs. We can
name and contact information will test sample MSDSs and process a limited number of paper
MSDS plus CHEMINFO鈩? from provide feedback.
Questions frequently asked by contributors MSDSs if good quality originals are
Supplier identifier 鈥? including name
CCOHS is the world renowned
provided.
and contact information Collections which cannot be
information source for: How often should I send updated
We already have our collection on
processed in ASCII can frequently
records or files?
our company website 鈥? why should Date 鈥? provides the date that the Large collections
be presented in PDF format.
we send it to CCOHS? MSDS was written or revised
Many suppliers provide updates for
Industrial hygienists Whether ASCII text or PDF, a cross-
their collection as they occur, others
Users of chemical products find it
reference file is always helpful and
Language 鈥? provides language details MSDSs in PDF format
MSDS writers update their entire collection quarterly
convenient to access MSDSs for all the
will enable the processing of the
about the MSDS (e.g. English /
or yearly, as appropriate for their
products they use in one place. This MSDS collections in PDF format are
Health and safety committees collection programmatically. Please
French)
company. Typically over 60,000 records
saves precious time, especially in an welcomed. In some cases CCOHS
are replaced each quarter. contact CCOHS for more
emergency situation!
FIrefighters and other can download PDF files from a
MSDS text 鈥? a file (ASCII or PDF)
information
emergency responders Is there any charge to contributors? supplier鈥檚 website.
What makes the CCOHS MSDS which reproduces line for line the
database different from others There is absolutely no charge to suppliers complete text of the MSDS.
Environmental, health &
available today? who contribute MSDSs in a suitable
safety coordinators
CCOHS works with each individual supplier to determine the best way to process
electronic format. Production costs are
Our collection is produced under the most
covered by subscription fees paid by users.
stringent quality assurance procedures. their specific collection of MSDSs into the CCOHS MSDS database.
Product safety specialists
We only accept MSDSs from companies It is recommended that suppliers consult CCOHS staff for information and advice
How many MSDSs do you have
Occupational health nurses that produce the information and take FTSS 鈥? FICHES TECHNIQUES SUR before sending their MSDS collection for processing.
in your collection?
and physicians responsibility for the content and currency. LA S脡CURIT脡 DES SUBSTANCES
As of April 2003, there were more than
130,000 English-language MSDSs and
Does CCOHS assess the content of
Regulatory affairs personnel We also welcome contributions
over 70,000 French-language FTSSs in
the MSDSs for legal compliance? To discuss adding your MSDSs to our database,
to our FTSS database, containing For further information...
Chemical manufacturers our collection. please contact:
No. The content of the MSDS is the more than 74,000 French-language
responsibility of the supplier. CCOHS How many users do you have?
... Anyone who works with material safety data sheets. Teresa Denney, MSDS Project Leader Phone: 1-800-668-4284
accepts MSDSs as they are donated and
chemical products! We have hundreds of thousands of Canadian Centre for Occupational 905-572-2981 X4577
enters them into the database as closely
users including Web, CD-ROM, DVD, Health and Safety Fax: 905-572-2206
as possible to the form in which they E-mail: teresad@ccohs.ca
Network and Intranet clients. Hamilton ON Canada
were received, with no alteration to
the content.
The enclosed MSDS Contributor Information form should be signed and submitted to CCOHS prior to submitting data.
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