HAMILTON, ON (June 26, 2013)- The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) announced today that it has released its newest version of CANWrite. This latest CANWrite release is based on the U.S. HazCom 2012 implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). CANWrite GHS will produce an OSHA GHS and WHMIS compliant safety data sheet (SDS). Clients will be able to write and maintain quality (M)SDSs that meet current Canadian WHMIS and U.S. OSHA requirements.
Aimed at small to medium-sized chemical manufacturers and suppliers in Canada and the U.S., the CANWrite GHS authoring solution features:
• The ability to produce a 16-section (M)SDS that meets U.S. Hazard Communication Standard 1994 or 2012 and current Canadian WHMIS requirements, which includes:
o A detailed GHS OSHA classification worksheet (HazCom 2012), an OSHA hazard determination worksheet (HazCom 1994), and a GHS Audit tool which checks for OSHA-GHS required information on the SDS.
o A detailed WHMIS classification worksheet and a WHMIS audit tool for both ANSI MSDSs and GHS SDSs.
• Built-in logic that links key hazards to appropriate hazard controls.
• Integrated access to reliable and comprehensive chemical hazard and regulatory information resources (e.g. RTECS®, CHEMINFO, HSDB®).
• An auto-population feature for easy maintenance of exposure limits, carcinogenicity, acute lethality and aquatic toxicity data.
• Clear language phrases in English, French, and Latin American Spanish.
For more information on CANWrite GHS, please visit www.ccohs.ca/products/canwrite/ . Additionally, CCOHS has a variety of resources to help workplaces understand the changes to the Globally Harmonized System, including fact sheets, a podcast and e-courses. These resources and more can be found at www.ccohs.ca by searching for GHS.
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For Further Information, Contact:
Eleanor Westwood, Manager - Communications
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
(905) 572-2981, Ext. 4408 E-mail: eleanorw@ccohs.ca
www.ccohs.ca/
Ashleigh Blackmore, Communications Officer
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
(905) 572-2981, Ext. 4443 E-mail: ashleigh.blackmore@ccohs.ca
www.ccohs.ca/
About CCOHS
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), a Canadian federal government agency based in Hamilton, Ontario is Canada's national resource for the advancement of workplace health and safety. CCOHS promotes the total well-being - physical, psychosocial and mental health - of working Canadians by providing information, training, education, management systems and solutions that support health and safety programs and the prevention of injury and illness. CCOHS partners and collaborates with agencies and organizations from Canada and around the world to improve the quality and quantity of resources and programs, as well as expand the breadth of usage of occupational health information to many different segments of society.
