Discover How the SDS Mobile App is Helpful for Safety Compliance
No matter what industry you work in, maintaining safety compliance is of utmost priority. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, maintaining a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) is mandatory.
If you’re struggling with SDS management, our intuitive SDS mobile app can help.
Read on to learn about SDS app benefits and how it can help you maintain the right level of safety compliance for your business.
About Our Company
Since 1985, Kelleher, Helmrich, and Associates, Inc. (KHA) has been a dedicated leader in Safety Data Sheet management. We embrace technological innovations to provide you with a comprehensive, user-friendly SDS management system.
KHA is a pioneer in SDS management software and has introduced several features over the years, including our SDS mobile app. We provide customized solutions individually tailored to your needs while providing seamless integration with your existing systems.
From online databases and distribution to the archival process, KHA ensures personalized, prompt customer support for digital SDS management. With over 35 years of service, we help a wide variety of industries including manufacturers and distributors, municipalities, healthcare organizations, and more.
SDS Mobile App Benefits
Our digital SDS management plans help you maintain compliance in an easy-to-use format. Online SDS indexes each SDS with 35 fields of data, and the powerful search engine helps you locate SDS by any of those fields for quick, easy access. This advanced search feature also lets you perform a variety of specific, multi-criteria searches based on your needs.
The SDS Mobile App gives you mobile safety solutions by letting you access your account on your mobile device from anywhere at any time. It’s available on both Android and Apple platforms, giving you quick access when you’re on the go. You can also back up information from the app to your device for offline access.
We know that unexpected Internet failures or power losses can wreak havoc on your SDS management. Our Load-N-Go backup allows you to store all of your SDS emergency access offline on a flash drive, laptop, or other device. A single click downloads the most recent SDS for future offline access in non-emergency situations.
Flexibility for Any Job
With our SDS Mobile App and SDS Online, you can automatically give your employees access to the most up-to-date SDS information. We never limit the number of users on your account. Whether you have five employees or 1,000, you’ll have access available to an unlimited number of users.
The SDS system is web-based and accessible from any connected device. Simply use your Apple or Android mobile devices, and you can serve all locations within your company with the SDS system.
You’ll also have the ability to archive SDS products that are no longer in use. And, we never bill you to access any archived SDS. With SDS Mobile, you can competently and quickly respond to emergencies and gain insight into the chemicals and products you’re working with from any connected device.
Why Safety Data Sheets are Important
All companies with a written hazard communication program must include Safety Data Sheets. These written or printed materials focus on hazardous chemicals that are prepared per all of the requirements found in paragraph G of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).
According to the top five sections cited under the HCS, Safety Data Sheets are the most common issue found on OSHA’s Top Ten Most Frequently Cited Violations. SDS were referenced either directly or indirectly in all five, which only emphasizes the crucial role that SDS plays in proper workplace safety compliance.
SDS plays an important role in helping employers in situations where the chemicals used at their facilities have no OSHA permissible exposure limit or PEL. There are currently hundreds of chemicals with a PEL already established.
Using SDS ensures that the decision maker for your company has the facts they need to make informed decisions about the potential hazards of those chemicals. This vital information assists employees when they’re conducting a hazard assessment for new chemicals introduced into the workplace.
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), all employees who are potentially exposed to hazardous chemicals in the workplace must be fully informed about the chemical’s hazardous properties and the protective measures available to minimize exposure. Supervisors must make employees aware of all the potential hazards these chemicals pose if or when they are handled or encountered.
Why You Need Digital SDS Management
While employers don’t need to maintain SDS for non-hazardous chemicals, managing the SDS for hazardous chemicals is a must. You may maintain your SDS either on paper or electronically, as long as your employees have immediate access to them in their respective work areas.
Older versions of SDS might still need to be maintained. According to OSHA, these archives should be kept as a record of employee exposure.
Searching the Internet is not considered an acceptable method to obtain an SDS, which is why digital and mobile SDS management is so important. Additionally, your employees must have unrestricted access to all SDS on all shits. They can’t be locked in file cabinets or in offices where employees must ask for them.
Providing access to your company’s SDS digital and through our mobile app is the best way to provide uninhibited access to everyone. It’s also easy to search using various terms so you can find what you need in an emergency. You should also conduct a verification of your chemical inventory periodically by randomly looking at your master inventory list to confirm that it matches the label and other SDS identifiers.
Stay on Top of SDS Requirements
With the SDS Mobile App, you’ll stay on top of all the latest SDS requirements and OSHA regulations and get access to your SDS in seconds. Thanks to our new technologies, you can access the information you need anytime, anywhere to help keep your employees safe and maintain compliance.
KHA has been a leader in SDS management since 1985. If you’re interested in learning more or if you would like to schedule a free demo, contact us today to get started.