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MSDS Vault - Material Safety Data Sheet Software
Material safety data sheet software for HazCom and health and safety management begins with Actio. MSDS Vault is the dynamic, first-of-its-kind online software for MSDS management that takes MSDS distribution and MSDS compliance to the next level by making these processes more efficient, more user-friendly and more cost-effective than ever.
MSDS compliance: MSDS Vault gives companies a best practices approach for managing global environmental health and safety compliance, whether an enterprise seeks leaner operations under the OSHA hazardous communication standard in the U.S. or under worker safety codes elsewhere. Vault is internet-based easy-to-use material safety data sheet software that lets companies manage MSDS compliance, SDS, Worker Safety Cards, and related HAZCOM documents in native languages in over 100 countries.
MSDS distribution: Astra Zeneca, Behr Process and Textron are just a few of more than 200 manufacturers who have chosen to outsource the complex, labor-intensive task of managing MSDS compliance and MSDS distribution to Actio Corporation, for worker health and safety management they can rely on.
MSDS management: Using Actio’s leading relational database-powered technology for centralized HAZCOM data administration, MSDS Vault is an on-demand, online, centralized chemical and worker safety data sheet software system that provides 24/7 accessibility – from anywhere in the world – to accurate, consistent product safety information. Vault takes health and safety to a new level by allowing permissioned access to the data to workers across all facilities. As a result, manufacturers are able to meet health, safety and environmental requirements in compliance with international, federal, state and local regulations.
Safety Data Sheet Challenges
Over the course of a year, about 20% of MSDS need revisions, requiring additional staff to manage the process and then update documents across all global locations. With chemical inventories often ranging from several thousand per facility to more than 25,000 enterprise wide, managing MSDS data is very labor intensive and costly.
With environmental issues and employee “right to know” safety concerns on the rise, companies using potentially hazardous substances face a dual challenge of mitigating risk to employees while trying to reduce the high costs and complexities of compliance management. To meet EH&S compliance demands and hazard communication standards, companies are required to maintain and provide accurate, timely MSDS, SDS, CLP and GHS information to employees, informing them of hazardous chemicals used at a facility and important protocols to follow related to each particular substance. Furthermore, EU REACH regulations require the availability of SDS and extended SDS.
For most manufacturers, MSDS management is isolated by location and not consistent or shared across all facilities. Administering a centralized program by hand, the old-fashioned way, is very labor intensive, requiring EHS staff to acquire, track and store an enormous amount of MSDS and substance data and keep it handy. It's a health and safety management challenge that's shaking the foundation of modern materials management.
Safety Data Sheet Solution
The MSDS Vault centralized materials information management system provides the enterprise on-demand access to mission-critical MSDS and substance-level data required for human and environmental safety while meeting regulatory demands worldwide.
More than a repository for MSDS documents, MSDS Vault is powered by Actio’s cutting-edge IntelligenTEXT™ technology, which organizes and manages a manufacturer’s (M)SDS data in defined fields that are structured down to the microscopic level – facilitating unlimited search, analysis and reporting capabilities. To assist in global compliance, MSDS Vault has integrated a comprehensive library of more than 150 international, federal, state and local regulatory lists that can identify potential chemical liability by comparing a company’s chemical inventory against regulatory content in near real time.
MSDS Vault provides employees across all facilities timely, online access to accurate, consistent material safety data sheet data. Assembled from the content in the IntelligenTEXT™ database, SDS data is presented to the user in a uniform, easy-access format. Data can quickly be turned into reports that can be emailed, faxed or printed directly from the MSDS toolbar. Easy! Time-saving! And easy to locate later on.
Summary sheets or regional worker safety cards that consolidate specific MSDS information for quick access can also be provided. The IntelligenTEXT™ database includes a glossary allowing users to cross-reference unknown terms against a library of more than 100,000 definitions. In addition, the database can easily create NFPA or Federal and State regulatory reports and create HAZCOM labels linking the actual chemical/manufacturer data with the secondary container or shipping label.
MSDS Vault supports a variety of MSDS formats, such as ANSI, OSHA, GHS (Global Harmonized System), GHS Japan and Australia, WHMIS, Worker Safety Cards, and EC Directive, and supports all languages, ensuring 100% global compliance with all hazard communication standards.
MSDS Vault subscribers have the luxury of delegating all of the burdens associated with MSDS management to Actio Corporation. Designated Account Teams handle the acquisition, organization and revision maintenance for your MSDS inventory enterprise-wide, as well as provide customer and technical support and training to designated employees. MSDS Vault also serves as a distribution platform for manufacturers to easily supply their customers with SDS documents.
Material Safety Data Sheet Software Benefits
- MSDS data is stored as content in a relational database providing structured data to the substance level – facilitating extensive search, analysis and reporting capabilities for quicker, better health and safety management
- Centralized MSDS library provides online access to MSDS-compliant documents ensuring around-the-clock accessibility and consistency throughout the enterprise – while minimizing distribution costs
- Supports a variety of MSDS-compliant formats and languages ensuring 100% global compliance and promoting improved worker safety records
- Database-driven platform provides unparalleled flexibility to quickly adapt to changes in regulations, format requirements or supplier MSDS information – without the high cost of MSDS re-creation
- MSDS Vault can be leveraged to link all stages of the chemical life cycle – reducing chemical handling costs and providing visibility and transparency of your chemical footprint across the enterprise
- Delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS) with no hardware and software to purchase and maintain providing faster time to benefit and lower total cost of ownership
Material Safety Data Sheet software makes for a leaner department and more efficient reporting, MSDS compliance with the OSHA hazardous communication standard, Worker Safety codes, and SDS distribution. Click here to see an example of what an MSDS or SDS should look like: Behr Premium Plus Int Ultra Eggshell Enamel Paint
