[Nfb-science] MSDS Sheets/Training Accessibility

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Leisa and listers,

I don't believe that making MSDS sheets available in specialized formats is
any more complicated than making other types of material available in these
formats. I've accessed these sheets from chemical manufacturer Web sites, or
have had them translated in to Braille just as I would any other type of
document. That's really where it begins and ends as far as I'm concerned.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leisa Sekhon" <lsekhon at guidedogs.com>
To: <nfb-science at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 1:54 PM
Subject: [Nfb-science] MSDS Sheets/Training Accessibility


Hello,

I'm trying to find people that are employed in jobs that come in contact
with certain chemicals, or if you know of anyone that goes through MSDS
Training or had to access MSDS chemical sheets on your or their job
sites?  These information sheets are put out by chemical manufacturers
to describe the chemical, what it would interact badly with, and what to
do if you ingest it, etc.  The sheets are usually kept in each
department of a job site that comes in contact with certain chemicals,
disinfectants, etc., on a regular basis.  There is also usually a yearly
training to refresh employee knowledge of such products and procedures.




I work for Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc., in the kennels, and we have
such information presented to our staff regularly.  I am researching
what other blind/visually impaired employees have done to make this
information accessible to them.  What format is used, have they had any
dealing with the chemical companies to make this info accessible, etc.
So, these may be somewhat questions for managers of those employees, but
I thought you may be a good resource.  Please feel free to forward this
email to anyone that may have some insight on this issue.



Thanks,



Leisa










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