Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)RegulationsRegulations for Hazardous Chemical Agents, 202014A. Safety data sheet |
| (1) | Subject to section 10(3)(b) of the Act and regulation 14, a safety data sheet for an HCA must be— |
| (a) | prepared by an importer or manufacturer before manufacture and, if this is not reasonably practicable, immediately after manufacture but before import: Provided that the safety data sheet is— |
| (i) | GHS compliant; |
| (ii) | classified for the HCA, in accordance with regulation 14; |
| (iii) | reviewed at least once every five years; |
| (iv) | amended whenever necessary to ensure that it contains correct and current information, aligned to its GHS classification required by regulation 14(c), which includes new data regarding the hazard presented by an HCA that changes its classification in a category or subcategory of a hazard class or results in its classification to another hazard class; and |
| (v) | given the most recent applicable date, which may be the date of first issue, review or amendment; |
| (b) | provided by a manufacturer or importer to— |
| (i) | a supplier of the HCA to a workplace; and |
| (ii) | any person who is likely to be affected by the HCA; |
| (c) | provided by a supplier of the HCA— |
| (i) | when the HCA is first supplied to the workplace; |
| (ii) | if the SDS for the HCA is amended; and |
| (iii) | to any person at the workplace if they request the SDS; and |
| (d) | obtained by the employer from the manufacturer, importer or supplier of the HCA and provided to— |
| (i) | any person who is involved in using, handling, or likely to be exposed to, the HCA at the workplace; |
| (ii) | any person at the workplace who needs the information to assess risk related to health and safety; |
| (iii) | any health practitioner who needs the information to treat a person who has been exposed to the HCA; or |
| (iv) | an emergency service professional who requires the information to fulfil his duties as an emergency respondent. |
| (2) | Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subregulation (1) do not apply to a manufacturer or importer of an HCA who has not manufactured or imported that HCA in the past five years. |
| (3) | The information in the GHS compliant safety data sheet must be presented using the following 16 headings in the order given below, as may be updated from time to time: |
| (a) | Section 1: identification of the substance/mixture and of the company/undertaking; |
| (b) | Section 2: hazards identification; |
| (c) | Section 3: composition/information on ingredients; |
| (d) | Section 4: first-aid measures; |
| (e) | Section 5: firefighting measures; |
| (f) | Section 6: accidental release measure; |
| (g) | Section 7: handling and storage; |
| (h) | Section 8: exposure controls/personal protection; |
| (i) | Section 9: physical and chemical properties; |
| (j) | Section 10: stability and reactivity; |
| (k) | Section 11: toxicological information; |
| (l) | Section 12: ecological information; |
| (m) | Section 13: disposal considerations; |
| (n) | Section 14: transport information; |
| (o) | Section 15: regulatory information; and |
| (p) | Section 16: other information. |