r/WorkplaceSafety • u/Turbulent_Grocery792 • 16h ago
What do OSHA inspectors want to see for SDS compliance?
I just had my first OSHA inspection. The compliance officer asked a floor worker to show him the SDS for the product on the worker's bench. The worker walked to the binder, flipped through it for three minutes, and couldn't find it. The officer wrote it up. The citation wasn't for not having the SDS. We had it. It was in a different section of the binder under a slightly different product name. The citation was for the SDS not being "readily accessible" to the employee during their work shift. Now I'm wondering what "readily accessible" actually means. Is there a time standard? Does digital access count? What else do inspectors check beyond just whether the SDS exists?