Chemical register general

This guide walks through the Chemical Register generally and describes briefly chemical register properties.

More detailed instructions on how to use the properties, you can find in the separate guides.

Adding and managing chemicals

Chemical QR code

Chemical Tags

Chemical risk assessment

Overview of the Chemical Register

The main view of the Chemical Register lists organization´s chemicals. For each user, the list shows the chemicals which are in use at the sites for which the user has chemical permissions.

The following information is displayed in the list of chemicals:

the name of the chemical,
the producer,
the hazard icons of the chemical,
the safety data sheets date of published,
the risk assessment status,
Tags (if the organization has tags in use).

Under Export chemical list, you can create a list of all chemicals in the chemical register list.

Chemicals can be searched from the list using chemical names or producer. You can also use different filters to search for chemicals. The filters are displayed by clicking on the Filters button.

Filters for the Chemical Register

The level-filter allows you to filter the chemicals of a specific level(s).
The hazard icons -filter allows you to filter chemicals with a specific hazard icon(s).
The hazard statements -filter allows you to filter the chemicals with a specific hazard statement(s).
The tags-filter allows you to filter chemicals by company tags if the tags are used by the company.
The risk assessment status -filter can be used to filter chemicals by risk assessment status; undone, done, expired.

In addition, chemicals can be filtered using the Show chemicals without tags -option. With this option enabled, the search will show chemicals without tags.

Chemical specific view

From the chemical-specific view, you can see a quick guide for the chemical, usage information (such as level’s storage amount and yearly usage), risk assessment and tags.

Quick Guide

On the Quick Guide tab, you can easily find the following contents of the safety data sheet:

sections 2.3, 4, 5, 6 and 8.2 of the safety data sheet,
OEL information,
hazard class & descriptions,
H-statements & descriptions,
P-statements & descriptions,
emergency information,
supplier information.

In the quick guide tab you can read the full safety data sheet for the chemical, print the quick guide and label, and create a QR code for the chemical by clicking on the buttons on the left.

There are separate instructions for creating a QR code for a chemical.

Use

On the Use tab you can view and edit company-specific usage information for the chemical. For instructions on how to edit chemical-specific information and manage chemicals, see the separate guide.

Risk assessment

The Risk assessment tab lists all the risk assessments that have been made for the chemical. The list shows the following information about the risk assessment:

ID,
the usage information,
the level where the chemical is used,
the health, environment and fire values of the risk assessment sections, which are color coded,
name of the editor
and the date of the risk assessment.

The list can be sorted by use, risk assessment sub-areas, editor or date of issue. Sorting is done by clicking on the desired filter.

On the tab you can also make a new risk assessment for the chemical. You can find more detailed instructions on how to make a risk assessment for a chemical in a separate guide.