OMNOVA Solutions’ Ohio Plant Receives Ohio Chemistry Technology Council Award

The plant received the award for its new electronically managed Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) system. An MSDS is a technical document, which contains information regarding the safe use and handling requirements for a particular material. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HAZCOM), employers are required to maintain an MSDS of each chemical material used in their manufacturing activities, and to ensure ready accessibility to all employees. The new system provides employees at OMNOVA’s Mogadore facility with the enhanced ability to quickly access information on the materials currently used at the plant, as well as a library of three million additional MSDS documents, while reducing paper usage and improving the information retrieval process. The system also provides a faster, simpler way to communicate MSDS changes provided by material suppliers.