Where is MSDS located?
One meaning of MSDS is "Material Safety Data Sheet". Any
manufacturer who sells a chemical product is responsible to provide
an MSDS for the product to their customer at the time of delivery -
subject to a few exceptions. Obviously your store doesn't give you
an MSDS every time you buy a bottel of dish detergent. The
wholesaler however usually DOES have to provide one to the store
when they ship several pallets of the detergent to the store.
If you do not have the MSDS, you should be able to get a copy of
it from the local safety office. If they don't have it, they should
be able to get a copy from the manufacturer or supplier. If the
product is uniquely identifiable, you may also be able to Google it
to get a copy of the MSDS online. The MSDS for sodium hydroxide
should be applicable to just about any supplier of sodium
hydroxide. On the other hand, you probably would have to go to the
manufacturer in order to get an MSDS for Draino or Dawn detergent
because they are unique products from their respective
companies.
If you are working at a site and handling chemicals, they should
have the MSDS for every chemical you are working with in one or
more binders located close to where the chemicals are used or
stored. The local safety office or officer is responsible for
making sure everyone who is working with the chemicals knows where
the MSDS binder is. That even applies to people working in
businesses like fast food where the MSDS binder would have
information on cooking oil, detergents, soaps, and CO2 tanks for
the fountain drinks.