MSDS access Articles
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3E Company`s MSDS On Demand Program has the Right Ingredients for PJ Food Service at Papa John`s International, Inc.
Background Papa John’s is a leading pizza restaurant chain, with 3,500 locations in all 50 states and 29 countries. To ensure quality and consistency across all their locations, Papa John’s depends on its subsidiary PJ Food Service, which supplies all restaurants with everything from pizza dough to cleaning supplies. Deb Vessels, Safety Coordinator at Papa John’s, manages ...
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5 Questions To Ask Before Choosing An Electronic MSDS Management System
MSDS Management is a real pain in the neck, to put it one way. If you secretly know you're not 100% in compliance, you're not alone. OSHA studies show that only around 70% of a company's hazardous chemical inventory has accurate MSDS's available. But what can you do? Electronic MSDS management is being adopted with increasing frequency. After all, anything has to be better than trying to keep ...
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Exelon Electrifies Cost Savings Using 3E
Background With several million customers and more than $15 billion in annual revenues, Exelon Corporation is a leading electric utility. The company has one of the industry's largest power generation portfolio consisting of natural gas, fossil fuel, hydroelectric and nuclear power generation capabilities. The company offers nationwide service and has a strong presence in the Midwest through ...
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MSDS Management Leads to Better Inventory Control for City of Manassas Schools
Background Manassas is located in Virginia, thirty miles southwest of Washington, D.C. and has a rich historical background dating back to the Civil War. Their motto, "Providing an innovative, engaging, inspiring, and challenging learning environment for all students”, drives the motivation of its staff, who serves approximately 7,000 students on eight campuses. Maximizing the resources ...
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Occupational health and safety - right to know Vs right to understand
On the heels of yet another federal investigation attributing chemical-related deaths and injuries to defective hazard communications systems in the workplace, few would question that a public health crisis is afoot. More than 30 million American workers are exposed each day to hazardous chemicals at the workplace, with upwards of a halfmillion chemicals being stored and used in today's ...
By Incora
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America West Airlines On Board with 3E Compliance Management Services
Background In a time when most airlines are struggling with the sluggish economy and decreased passenger demand, America West has seen steady growth. With operational hubs in Phoenix and Las Vegas, the airline has expanded its route system to 93 destinations, including four in Canada and 12 in Mexico, and has become the second largest low-fare carrier in the U.S. America West has more than ...
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Costco Bulks Up Compliance Program with 3E
Background Costco Wholesale Corporation operates an international chain of membership warehouse stores, mainly under the ""Costco Wholesale"" name, that carry quality, brand name merchandise at substantially lower prices than typically found at conventional wholesale or retail sources. As of March 2004, Costco operates 319 warehouses in 38 U.S. states and Puerto Rico with more than 78,000 ...
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Costco Bulks Up Compliance Program with 3E
Untitled Document Background Costco Wholesale Corporation operates an international chain of membership warehouse stores, mainly under the "Costco Wholesale" name, that carry quality, brand name merchandise at substantially lower prices than typically found at conventional wholesale or retail sources. As of March 2004, Costco operates 319 warehouses in 38 U.S. ...
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Best Practices for Chemical Management for Cost Savings, Regulatory Compliance, and Environmental Responsibility
If you ask industrial and laboratory operations managers about their biggest challenges, the answers you'll hear most often relate to environmental regulations and the management of chemicals. And the concern permeates the whole organization as well -- according to Accenture and the Conference Board, over one third of 500 top US CEO's named chemical-related Environmental ...
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Construction Site Safety Inspections – Is a Checklist Sufficient?
Most safety inspections at construction sites use some form of a checklist. There are hundreds of them available and they can vary from a couple of pages to 20, 30, or more pages. If carefully chosen to match the type of construction activity (roadway, high rise building, demolition, landfills, residential, multi-family housing, land clearing, bridges, tunnels, etc.) all have value—at ...
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Improve your approach to hazardous materials
Today most large organizations that must deal with hazardous materials follow a time-honored process for identifying critical compliance needs and spend the money necessary to make it work. However, committing this level of resources can be tough for smaller companies. The challenge is to effectively manage their entire chemical inventory to stay in compliance and avoid the dangers, fines and ...
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More than penalty avoidance - the role of the MSDS throughout the supply chain
Environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance programs are typically geared toward delivering continuous improvement in performance and/or reducing risk. Companies that want to deliver sustainable ongoing improvements in compliance associated with handling chemicals are best advised to take a full-lifecycle approach to understanding and managing chemical product compliance across the ...
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The Wercs added to FedResults GSA IT 70 schedule contract
FedResults, Inc., the premier provider of Government business development services, and The Wercs, Ltd., experts in Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) software, green chemistry analysis and hazard communications documents, today announced that The Wercs MSDS software solutions are now accessible for government procurement under the FedResults' IT 70 GSA schedule. The Wercs provides automated ...
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Case study - msdsBinders provides safer, faster and more compliant MSDS management
Husky Energy: Responsible Offshore Operations The Atlantic division of Husky Energy is a key growth area for Husky and runs the offshore operations off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Situation Before msdsBinders, Atlantic Husky used an excel spreadsheet to track all 600 approved chemicals; “The problem was that the document was stagnant and could become out of date quite easily ...
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Quaker Chemical Case Study - Raw Material MSDS Management
Quaker Chemical Corporation, with revenues of $450 million, is a leading global provider of process chemicals, chemical specialties, services, and technical expertise to a wide range of industries — including steel, automotive, mining, aerospace, tube and pipe, coatings, and construction materials. As Quaker continues to expand worldwide, their existing outsourced material safety data sheet ...
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An Overview of Material Safety Data Sheet
MSDSs are specified by section 1910.1200(g) of the HCS (enclosed). The MSDS lists the hazardous substances of a product along with its physical and chemical characteristics and its effect on human health. It also provides detailed information on the chemicals with which it can adversely react, how to handle them, its precautionary measures, methods to prevent a spill and first aid procedures. ...
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Tenet Health`s Western Medical Center Calls for 3E`s MSDS Compliance Program-- Stat!
Background Western Medical Center of Santa Ana, Calif., distinguishes itself as a leader in redefining health care delivery. As a member of the Tenet Health System, a national provider of health care services, WMC is recognized for providing an “environment of care” that is innovative to patients. WMC has served Orange County residents since 1902 and now, more than a century later, ...
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Taking the Guesswork Out of Compliance: Software Management Tools Ease the Burden of Hazardous Chemical Regulations
While government regulations regarding hazardous chemicals are necessary, they can be burdensome. But, software management packages are available to help ease the pain. And, users say they also prove to be time and money savers. The regulations Occupational Safety & Health Administration's Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) regulations and the Environmental Protection Agency's SARA Title III ...
By Incora
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Managing Compliance: Taking Stock of Your Regulatory and Product Data in 2012
As we head into 2012, the regulatory landscape remains volatile and unpredictable. OSHA’s adoption of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) was announced in March, significant progress is being made on the Safe Chemicals Act and the new requirement to produce REACH exposure scenarios (ES) further burdens manufacturers and distributors who already are struggling to conform to REACH’s ...
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MSDS evolution: from document to data to globalization
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) was first adopted in 1983 for the manufacturing sector. In 1987, the agency expanded the scope of coverage to include all industries where employees are potentially exposed to hazardous chemicals. The catalyst for HCS was the powerful Right-to-Know (RTK) movement that gained momentum in the late 1970s, first at the state level, as it forged ahead to ...
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