Chemical Safety Tips

These are articles, written by Rillea Personnel or guests, that provide helpful tips on how to responsibly consume and manage workplace chemicals.

SDS RiskAssist on a tablet showing the WHMIS summary dashboard including chemical hazards overview

Hazardous Materials – 10 Things You Don’t Know (But You Should)

Blog, Chemical Safety Tips / / 2 December 2020 / , , ,

Using digital technology, I have read more than 50,000 SDSs in over 1000 different workplaces. The technology has allowed me to see the challenges and opportunities that a typical employer faces when using hazardous materials. The following are examples from a typical workplace chemical collection: A typical workplace has 120 chemical products. That is over […]

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Chemical Safety – It’s like money in the bank

Blog, Chemical Safety Tips / / 19 November 2020 / , , ,

Your system to manage your money Every successful organization (large or small, public or private, charity or for profit) must have an effective system to manage its money. While this work can be completed by a department, an individual or contracted out there are 3 main types of activities required to ensure the organization’s success:

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The Challenge With Managing Designated Substances

Designated Substances, Blog, Chemical Safety Tips / / 8 October 2020 / , , ,

Originally posted 28 October 2018 One of the most frequent and erroneous statements we hear from clients is that they do not have designated substances in their chemical collections. I thought the same about products used in my own home until I looked a bit closer at some of the ingredients contained in some infrequently

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Case Study – How One Company Improved Chemical Safety

Blog, Chemical Safety Tips / / 9 September 2020 / , ,

Originally Published March 5, 2019 Imagine you are responsible for maintaining the paper copies of safety data sheets in a company with 150 people. This a soul sucking, thankless job that does not provide tangible benefits to anyone. It is hard to get motivated to start. But what if your efforts actually made your workplace

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