Summary of Occupational Safety & Health

(Classification, Packaging and labelling of Hazardous Chemicals) Regulations 1997

1. Came in force 15th April 1997

2. "Supplier" is a person who includes a formulator, a manufacturer, an importer or a distributor

3. "Hazardous chemical" is any chemical which possesses any of the following properties in Schedule I of the regulations: explosive, oxidising, extremely flammable, highly flammable, flammable, very toxic, toxic, corrosive, harmful, irritant, or if relevant information exists to indicate that the chemical is hazardous

4. Applies to all chemicals except chemicals:

	Defined as radioactive material under the Atomic Energy Licensing Act 1984;
	Defined as a pesticide under the Pesticides Act 1974;
	Listed as poisons under the Poisons List Order 1993, except for chemicals classified as industrial and laboratory poisons;
	Defined as a drug under the Sales of Drugs Act 1952;
	Listed as scheduled waste in First Schedule of Environmental Quality (Schedules Waste) Regulations 1989;
	Foodstuff

5. Regulations shall not apply to:

	Transportation by rail, road, inland waterway, sea, air etc.;
	Chemicals in transit which are stored in bonded warehouse.

6. Duty of supplier to classify the chemicals

7. Packaging of chemicals shall have the following requirements:

	If packaging is a container, container shall be such that contents cannot escape;
	Material of packaging and fastenings are suitable and not susceptible to attack by the chemical;
	Packaging and fastenings are suitable for normal handling;
	Containers with replaceable fastening devices are designed that it can be repeatedly fastened

8. Packages are to be initially closed with a seal

9. Every package is labelled with:

	Name of hazardous chemical;
	Name, address, telephone number of supplier;
	Danger symbol and indication of danger;
	Nature of special risk and safety precautions

10. Dimension of label is specified in the regulations

11. Label is in English and Bahasa Malaysia

12. Labelling with sticker, printing or tagging of packaging is allowed

13. Furnish up to-date Chemical Safety Data Sheet both in English and in Bahasa Malaysia to the customer

14. Where the name of the chemical and the concentration of ingredients are confidential information, the information may be omitted from the CSDS but the information shall be disclosed to:

	An occupational health doctor;
	Any person who uses or handles the chemical

Summarised by:  HSK

Disclaimer:- The authors do not guarantee the correctness of the information above. Please refer to the original Act or Regulations or Order. Reference: Malaysian OSHA, OS&H (CPL) Regulations 1997, Dept. DOSH / JKKP