This X12 Transaction Set contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Material Safety Data Sheet Transaction Set (848) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used to communicate chemical characteristics, hazards, and precautions for the safe handling and use of a material. The transaction set is intended to convey the information required for a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200 in the United States, and Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHIMS) in Canada, and various state, province, and local requirements under right-to-know legislation.
The MSDS provides the receiver with detailed information concerning material identity, emergency response, chemical and physical characteristics, toxicology, and industrial hygiene procedures.
State and federal law dictate who is obligated to provide the MSDS and to whom it should be issued. In addition, third-party providers or others with no statutory obligation may voluntarily provide an MSDS to anyone.
This transaction set allows for transmission of MSDS data in a structured, unstructured, or semi-structured form.
CAUTION: With this transaction set, text format is critical due to the MSDS's primary role as a vehicle for hazards communication. The risk if this information is not transmitted clearly and accurately could be harmful to human life, harmful to the environment, could cause mishandling of product, could result in regulatory non-compliance, and could result in liability.
Trading partners need to agree on how to interpret, store, and display/print MSDS text, especially text contained in the MSG and SD1 segments. For example, a sender may wish to format text so that one print line is mapped to one MSG segment. Segment terminator and data element delimiter characters shall not appear in any MSDS data.
WARNING: Alteration of the original document will occur if the EDI translator or application software converts characters to uppercase. This may adversely affect the appearance, effectiveness, clarity, readability, and communicability of the printed MSDS document.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To indicate the beginning of the Material Safety Data Sheet Transaction Set, identify the distinct type of report, and transmit key identifying numbers and dates relating to that report
To transmit information in a free-form format, if necessary, for comment or special instruction
To specify identifying information
To specify pertinent dates and times
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify additional names
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To specify identifying information
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To specify basic item identification data
To describe a product or process in coded or free-form format
To identify the report section
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
To provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information
To provide safety data information to recipients of the transaction, including identification of the hazard that the material being described represents, and the organization or party which declared this material to be a hazard or established exposure limits or other guidelines for that material
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
To describe marking, packaging, loading, and unloading requirements
To specify transportation special handling requirements, or hazardous materials information, or both
To provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information
To specify the general class or specific characteristic upon which test results are being reported or are to be taken
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
To reference a line number in a transaction set
To specify the general class or specific characteristic upon which test results are being reported or are to be taken
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
To provide summary statistics related to a specific collection of test result values
To describe the nature of the test performed
To provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information
To provide safety data information to recipients of the transaction, including identification of the hazard that the material being described represents, and the organization or party which declared this material to be a hazard or established exposure limits or other guidelines for that material
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
To describe marking, packaging, loading, and unloading requirements
To specify transportation special handling requirements, or hazardous materials information, or both
To provide a free-form format that allows the transmission of text information
To specify the general class or specific characteristic upon which test results are being reported or are to be taken
To specify physical measurements or counts, including dimensions, tolerances, variances, and weights
(See Figures Appendix for example of use of C001)
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
