Hi All

I am currently in a confusing discussion with a supplier of mine. The supplier is proving us with powders for powder coating. Powder coating is something new to our company and I have never come across this method of providing MSDS before: (but I may be wrong)

The supplier has a generic MSDS which covers many of its powders (more than 20)? Although the powders are different, the suppliers says that they can be covered by one MSDS. Although the sheets have a very recent date on, they seem to be out of date as they display OEL's rather than WEL's?

We have been spraying paints and solvents for years, and historically (and to my limited knowledge) each substance has had its own MSDS.

any thoughts on this?

Thanks, Adam

Adam

I agree with the above; if the chemistry of the powders is the same, and only the pigment is different, a single MSDS may well be sufficient. I am an occupational hygienist as well as a safety advisor; if you want to discuss in more detail, drop me a PM.

LB

Very common and perfectly OK as long as all the risks presented by each material really ARE covered by the one sheet. As others have said it's likely that the coatings have the same hazardous ingredients but just a variation in, e.g. colour or minor ingredients.