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WHAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET?

• Sold, used or prepared in a retail establishment.
• Foods intended for personal consumption by employees in the workplace.

Cosmetics

• Those packaged for sale in a retail establishment
• Cosmetics intended for personal consumption by employees while in the workplace.

Drugs when it is in the final form for use

• Drugs which are packaged for retail sale.
• Drugs intended for personal use by employees while in the work place.
• Drugs in a first aid kit such as aspirin.

Tobacco or tobacco products

Any consumer product where:

• It is used in the workplace for the purpose the manufacturer intended.
• The duration and frequency of exposure is the same as reasonably experienced by consumers. For example, White-Out used to correct occasional mistakes would be exempted. White-Out used to blank out entire pages of information would require a MSDS.

Wood or wood products

• Lumber that is not being processed, sawed or milled.
• Treated lumber requires an MSDS even if it is not being processed.

Articles, a manufactured item other than a liquid or dust:

• Which is formed to a specific shape or design during manufacture.
• Which has an end use based on its shape or design.
• Which under normal use does not release more than trace amount of a hazards chemical.
• Does not pose a physical hazard or risk to employees.
  This is the exemption for items such as a desk or a computer.

Biological hazards

Hazardous Waste

• regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA )
• Hazardous Waste when it is being removed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) in accordance with EPA regulations.