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Document ID (ISN)64995
CIS number 95-1263
ISBN(s) 4-8059-0477-1
Year 1993
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Ministry of Labour, Safety and Health Department, Chemicals Evaluation Section
Title Comprehensible labelling system for dangerous and harmful chemical substances - Composing and reading safety data sheets
Original title Wakariyasui kagaku busshitsu no kiken yūgaisei hyōji seido - anzen dētashīto no tsukurikata-mikata [in Japanese]
Bibliographic information Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association, 5-35-1 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, Japan, 30 Sep. 1993. 155p. Illus. Bibl. ref. Price: JPY 2,000.
Abstract This guide reviews domestic standards and practice relating to chemical hazard communication through labels and data sheets. Special emphasis is given to guidelines published in Japan in 1992, and to ILO Convention No.170 and Recommendation No.177, 1990, on Safety in the use of chemicals at work.
Descriptors (primary) Japan; chemical safety; training material; standardization; data sheet; warning notices
Descriptors (secondary) ILO; training manuals; IPCS
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceJapan
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) OSH training
Classification and labelling of chemicals