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Subject: Re: MSDS Retention
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:27:12 -0500
Author: Ben Ruekberg
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Subject: Re: MSDS Retention
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:47:55 +0000
Author: "Peifer, Patricia"
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:33:41 -0600
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From: Brian Truman <Brian.Truman**At_Symbol_Here**USCHEMICAL.COM>
Subject: Re: MSDS Retention
In-Reply-To: <28F93920539A4F4AB4FE1199003CAD2F032F2D70**At_Symbol_Here**USVFMBX01.WestPharma.net>
We keep our old revisions for 30 years also. OSHA Standards state MSDS need
to be kept for 30 years from the date the substance was last received in the
workplace.
Brian Truman | U S Chemical | Quality Assurance Manager | 316 Hart Street
|Watertown | WI | 53094 | brian.truman**At_Symbol_Here**uschemical.com | +1.920.206.3922 |
+1.920.206.3979 fax | Visit www.uschemical.com
Please note that effective March 1 2010, my email address has changed to
brian.truman**At_Symbol_Here**uschemical.com
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Peifer, Patricia <
Patricia.Peifer**At_Symbol_Here**westpharma.com> wrote:
> A debate has come up within our organization concerning the retention of
> MSDSs. I have been saving old copies of MSDSs for which new revisions have
> been issued. My understanding is that this would be proof that we did have
> the MSDS on file if an employee claimed twenty years later that they were
> exposed to a chemical and said we did not provide them with adequate
> information. I planned on keeping them for thirty years.
>
>
>
> Others in my organization feel I may be wasting my time. They feel I
> should be throwing out older versions and only retaining the latest copy
> particularly if the revisions were not significant. They do agree however,
> that I should be keeping old MSDSs for chemicals for which we discontinue
> use.
>
>
>
> Any thoughts? Thank you, everyone.
>
>
>
> Pat Peifer
>
> Health Safety and Training Team Leader
>
> West Pharmaceutical Services
>
>
>
>
> Find West on Twitter and LinkedIn
> .
>
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We keep our old revisions for 30 years also.=A0 OSHA Standards state MSDS n
eed to be kept for 30 years from the date the substance was last received i
n the workplace.
Brian Truman | U S Chemical | Qua
lity Assurance Manager | 316 Hart Street |Watertown | WI | 53094 | brian.truman**At_Symbol_Here**uschemical.com | +
1.920.206.3922 | +1.920.206.3979 fax | Visit www.uschemical.com
Please note that effective March 1 2010, my email address has changed t
o brian.truman**At_Symbol_Here**uschemical.co
m
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Peifer,
Patricia
<Patricia.Peifer**At_Symbol_Here**westpharma.com> wrote:
A debate has come up within our organization concern
ing the retention of MSDSs.=A0 I have been saving old copies of MSDSs for w
hich new revisions have been issued.=A0 =A0My understanding is that this wo
uld be proof that we did have the MSDS on
file if an employee claimed twenty years later that they were exposed to a
chemical and said we did not provide them with adequate information.=A0
=A0I planned on keeping them for thirty years.=A0
=A0
Others in my organization feel I may be wasting my t
ime.=A0 They feel I should be throwing out older versions and only retainin
g the latest copy particularly if the revisions were not significant.=A0
=A0They do agree however, that I should be
keeping old MSDSs for chemicals for which we discontinue use.=A0
=A0
Any thoughts?=A0 Thank you, everyone.=A0
=A0
Pat Peifer
Health Safety and Training Team Leader
West Pharmaceutical Services
=A0
=A0
Find West on
Twitter and
LinkedIn.
The contents of this message are confidential and may be privileged. If you
have received this message in error, please permanently delete it, along w
ith any files that may be attached to this message, without reading, printi
ng, copying, forwarding or otherwise
distributing it. Please notify the sender of the error immediately so that
we can prevent it from happening again.
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