Safety Module

Chemical Inventory and References, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

KITRY-EHS-MS includes an integrated MSDS module which makes it possible to carefully manage the complete specifications of chemical products using the 16 sections of the Material Safety Data Sheet.

The data is clearly structured and can be linked with workplace hazard definitions, in order to optimise exploitation by search and retrieval tools and statistical analysis tools.

Example:

  • search and retrieve all the workplaces where products incorporating component X are used,
  • search and retrieve all carcinogenic products, CMR (cancer, mutagenicity, reproductive toxicity group)
  • search and retrieve all products to which risk phrase R20 applies, etc.

Used with DOC-MANAGER, this module allows users to personalise and standardise the printing of the MSDS and extracts of the MSDS (complete sheet, simplified sheet for the workstation, labels, etc) and to include MSDS information in printed reports of individual's exposure to chemical products.

The advantage of this model is to facilitate the building of a basic MSDS without being dependent upon the supplier of a material for information (the risk of prosecution for failure to provide information is reduced by this good management). Additional information can be added when it is received and the MSDS can be updated and re-issued.

For example, in the event of the need to search for and substitute a chemical component which has been re-categorised by regulation as 'CMR' (Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and Repro-toxic), KITRY-EHS-MS makes it possible to immediately identify all the products which contain this chemical component, all the places where these products are used in the company and possibly all the employees who were exposed and their exposure duration.

This type of information management will become more necessary in the immediate future with the introduction of the European REACH - Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals Regulations and their need for information sharing between companies and the authorities. Without a flexible system, this kind of research work will strongly impact productivity.

Chemical Risk Evaluation

KITRY-EHS-MS supports multiple methodologies for the evaluation of chemical risk including that proposed by the French INRS - Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité (ND 2233-200-05).

Evaluation of other hazards

KITRY-EHS-MS supports multiple methodologies to evaluate and classify hazardous situations according to their criticality and priority.
This module is a genuine decision-making aid and permits complete traceability of any corrective actions carried out and those which must be carried out in accordance with the international standard OHSAS 18001.

Once the database has been established, it becomes easy to publish an individual risk evaluation report, personal exposure record reports and various statistical reports.

Work Accidents

KITRY-EHS-MS provides an integrated module for the management of industrial accidents
  • Accident recording and investigation
  • Accident reports to authorities
  • Accident Statistics

Complementary services

  • Documents Management
  • Secure access
  • Legal documents required by country
  • Action tracking
  • Data archiving and restoration
  • Interfacing to other systems
  • Hotline support
  • Maintenance contract

Optional Functions

  • Decentralised database management
  • Questionnaire audit

Exposure Monitoring

KITRY-EHS-MS can be delivered with an optional module, which enables the planning, management, recording, evaluation and reporting of all necessary exposure measurement and exposure monitoring.

This module has been designed to meet the needs of the professional industrial hygienist and to allow simple, structured reporting of aggregated measurements and statistics, for example: area monitoring reports, substance monitoring reports, personal monitoring reports.

It includes facilities for routine and non-routine (incident) monitoring.

The data captured has been designed to meet recognised industrial hygiene standards, recommendations and current best practice, including the recommendations of the ACGIH - American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.