The International Organization for Standards (ISO) has published ISO 11014

Management Systems

QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (QMS 9001): Current & future needs of the organization, Current product and process performance, Benchmarking, opportunities for improvement, Results of Management Review, Self assessment results, Levels of satisfaction of interested parties, Legal concern in respect of product, Out come of marketing surveys

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS 14001): Environmental Policy, Legal concern, Technological and Operational feasibility, Financial viability, Significant aspects , Resource Depletion, Interested Party Concern , Results of Management Review

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ISO 45001 (OHSAS 18001): OH & S Policy of the company, Legal and other requirements. Significant Risks, Technological options and feasibility. Financial, Operational and Business requirements. Views of employees and Interested Party Concern. Past accident/ incidents data in the complex as well as in similar organisations, Results of Management Review.

PROCESS SAFETY MANAGENT SYATEM (PSMS): Establishing a Safety culture, Providing management leadership and commitment, implementing a comprehensive PSMS, Achieving operating excellence through operational discipline.

Based on our systems we are continuously giving dedication to all because of all the systems having their own significance.

Responsibility Regarding Systems

Section Head Responsible for implementation and maintenance of Management Systems (ISO 9001,ISO 14001,OHSAS 18001 & PSMS) in the section/area Identification of training needs including QMS, EMS, OHSAS & PSMS competency for personnel reporting to him and maintain competency assessment records Ensure employees in the section are adequately trained and instructed to carry out their assigned duties and responsibilities.

‘This Indian Standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on recommendation of the Chemical Hazards Sectional Committee and approval of the Chemical Division Council’.

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) or simply SDS (Safety Data Sheet) is the means of communicating information about the hazardous properties of a material to the users, plant workers, people handling material in transit, the government agencies involved and the general public. This is an essential component of hazard communication.

The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is an internationally agreed-upon system, created by the United Nations (UN). The GHS includes criteria for the classification of health, physical and environmental hazards, as well as specifying what information should be included on labels of hazardous chemicals as well as safety data sheets.

The International Organization for Standards (ISO) has published ISO 11014 ― Safety data sheet for chemical products – Content and order of sections. This international standard has been developed by aligning the text with the GHS as regards hazard communication.

In India ― The Factories Act as per section 41B inserted in 1987 stipulates ― Compulsory disclosure of information by occupier. Under the provision of this section, the respective state governments have stipulated format of MSDS in the respective factories rules. For example, rule 73-M in Maharashtra Factories Rules provides a 10-section format for Material Safety Data Sheet. The Tamil Nadu Factories Rules 1950 has stipulated an 11- section format of the MSDS under an exclusive schedule. The Atomic Energy (Factories) Rules of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) had given an 8- section format of MSDS. The Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals (MSIHC) Rules, 1989 amended in 2000, under the Environment Act of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) stipulates a 10 - section format of Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for collection, development and dissemination of information. This standard has been formulated to harmonize with the internationally available format such as the one provided by ISO and GHS for better hazard communication globally.

While formulating this standard, considerable assistance has been derived from the following references:

1. The Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules 1989 as amended in 2000.

2. The Atomic Energy (Factories) Rules, 1996.

3. The Maharashtra Factories Rules, 1963.

4. The Tamil Nadu Factories Rules 1950 (year of amendment to be added).

5. Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), 2011

6. ISO 11014 : 2014 ― Safety data sheet for chemical products – Content and order of sections.

7. Draft notification: Dangerous Goods (classification, packaging and labelling) Rules, 2013, Ministry of Environment and Forests Indian Standard.

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Table 1 Section Headings (Clause 4) Sl No. Section Headings

i) 1 Chemical product and company identification

ii) 2 Hazards identification

iii) 3 Composition/information on ingredients

iv) 4 First-aid measures

v) 5 Fire-fighting measures

vi) 6 Accidental release measures

vii) 7 Handling and storage

viii) 8 Exposure controls and personal protection

ix) 9 Physical and chemical properties

x) 10 Stability and reactivity

xi) 11 Toxicological information

xii) 12 Ecological information

xiii) 13 Disposal considerations

xiv) 14 Transport information

xv) 15 Regulatory information

xvi) 16 Other information

With best regards,

Dr. Amar Nath Giri 

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SCAFFOLDING

Safety Guidelines

Pre-erection precautions

Fixed scaffold erection

Mobile scaffold erection

Scaffold use

WARNING!:

Serious injury or death can result from your failure to familiarize yourself, and comply with all applicable safety requirements of federal, state and local regulations and these safety guidelines before erecting, using or dismantling this scaffold.

ERECTION OF SCAFFOLDING

Prior to Erection-All Scaffold Assemblies

Jobsite should be inspected to determine ground conditions or strength of supporting structure, and for proximity of electric power lines, overhead obstructions, wind conditions, the need for overhead protection or weather protection coverings. These conditions must be evaluated and adequately provided for.

Frame spacing and mud sill size can only be determined after the total loads to be imposed on the scaffold and the strength of the supporting soil or structure are calculated and considered. This analysis must be done by a qualified person. Load carrying information on components are available from the manufacturer.

Stationary scaffolds over 125 feet in height and rolling scaffolds over 60 feet in height must be designed by a professional engineer.

All equipment must be inspected to see that it is in good condition and is serviceable. Damaged or deteriorated equipment should not be used.

Wood plank should be inspected to see that it is graded for scaffold use, is sound and in good condition, straight grained, free from saw cuts, splits and holes. (Not all species and grades of lumber can be used as scaffold plank. Wood planks used for scaffolding must be specifically graded for scaffold use by an approved grading agency).

The scaffold assembly must be designed to comply with local, State and Federal safety requirements. Erection of Fixed Scaffold

Scaffold must be erected, moved, or disassembled only under the supervision of qualified persons. Hard hats must be worn by all persons erecting, moving, dismantling or using scaffolding.

Mud sills must be adequate size to distribute the loads on the scaffolding to the soil or supporting structure. Special care is needed when scaffolding is to be erected on fill or other soft ground or on frozen ground. Sills should be level and in full contact with the supporting surface.

Base plates or screwjacks with base plates must be in firm contact with both the sills and the legs of the scaffolding. Compensate for uneven ground with screwjacks with base plates. DO NOT USE unstable objects such as blocks, loose bricks, etc.

Plumb and level scaffold until connections can be made with ease. Do not force members to fit. Be sure scaffold stays level and plumb as erection progresses.

Ties, guys, bracing and/or outriggers may be needed to assure a safe stable scaffold assembly. The height of the scaffold in relation to the minimum base width, wind loads, the use of brackets or cantilevered platforms and imposed scaffold loads determines the need for stability bracing. The following general guides are minimum requirements.

Federal OSHA requires that scaffolding must always be secure when the height of the scaffold exceeds for (4) times the minimum base width. (California requires stability bracing when the scaffold height exceeds three (3) times the minimum base width).

The bottom tie must be placed no higher than four (4) times the minimum base width and every 26 feet vertically thereafter. Ties should be placed as close to the top of the scaffold as possible and, in no case, less than four (4) times (three (3) times in California) the minimum base width of the scaffold from the top.

Vertical ties should be placed at the ends of scaffold runs and at no more than 30 feet horizontal intervals in between.

Ties should be installed as the erection progresses and not removed until the scaffold is dismantled to that height.

Side brackets, cantilevered platforms, pulleys or hoist arms and wind conditions introduce overturning and uplift forces that must be considered and compensated for. These assemblies may require additional bracing, tieing or guying.

Circular scaffolds erected completely around or within a structure may be restrained from tipping by the use of "stand off" bracing members.

Each leg of a free standing tower must be guyed at the intervals outlined above or otherwise restrained to prevent tipping or overturning.

Work platforms must be fully planked either with scaffold graded solid sawn or laminated plank, in good sound condition, or with fabricated platforms in good condition.