WHMIS regulations are clear; employers need to have a Material Safety Data Sheet on site for each controlled product in their workplace.  This requirement certainly makes sense, but keeping the MSDSs current can be a pain for safety administrators.  Health Canada and the provincial OH&S regulators added specific language to the WHMIS regulations that opens the door for computerized Material Safety Data Sheets to help deal with MSDS hassles.

There have been CD, DVD and online systems available for managing MSDSs for some time, but they're usually overly complicated and expensive.  For example, CCOHS has an MSDS tool (http://www.ccohs.ca/products/msds/) available on DVD and the web that allows users to search over 320,000 MSDSs.  That's great, but most companies I've been involved with only need about 20!  CCOHS's tool is pricey too at $1,800 for unlimited users.

We've developed a tool that is simple, but that we feel will satisfy most companies' requirements.  Specifically, you upload only the MSDSs that apply to your operations.  SafetySync does not maintain a huge inventory of MSDSs; there's no point.  The internet has pretty much any MSDS you could want.  If you can't find your MSDS with a Google search, you could try www.MSDS.com (a free search tool with over 3.5 Million MSDSs!)  For the rare MSDS that cannot be found online, we recommend you just scan the one provided by your supplier.  Most image file formats work with our tool, including pdf, jpg, tif, gif and png.


When you load each MSDS into our system, you also enter a "Date of Preparation".  As the 3-year expiry approaches, your safety administrator will be alerted.  Never fail another OH&S inspection on account of an old MSDS!

Our price is hard to beat too.  We're basically throwing it in with our Safety Management System.  One less headache without even denting your pocketbook!