CHEMICAL INVENTORY

SERVICES

Mapping/registration of chemicals for the inventory.

Assistance with implementation and/or periodically updating of the chemical inventory.

Assistance with disposal of chemicals.

Chemical inventory management.

The service may include entering of new safety data sheets (SDS), routinely check for updated SDS, archiving of SDS for expired chemicals, assistance with purchasing, substitution assessments, registration of workers who are exposed to carcinogenic chemicals, etc.

Employee training, see internal courses.

LEGISLATION

Requirements for a chemical inventory (substance index) have been issued in Regulations concerning the Performance of Work, Chapter 2, from the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority; The employer shall establish a substance index of hazardous chemicals that can constitute a health hazard, including those that are formed during processes within the undertaking. The substance index shall be established before the hazardous chemicals are formed, produced, packed, used or stored by the undertaking.

The employer shall ensure that the employees have easy access to the substance index and information about the chemicals that they use in their work

or otherwise come into contact with.