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Wercs GHS Wizard Presented by Paula Laux Senior Regulatory Specialist Wercs Professional Services. GHS Wizard Features. Ability to use GHS substance classifications within the WERCS to calculate mixture classifications and author a GHS MSDS Ability to self-classify substances/mixtures
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Wercs GHS WizardPresented by Paula LauxSenior Regulatory SpecialistWercs Professional Services
GHS Wizard Features • Ability to use GHS substance classifications within the WERCS to calculate mixture classifications and author a GHS MSDS • Ability to self-classify substances/mixtures • Wizard to assist in physical hazard classification • Ability to set up various GHS formats based on country specific requirements
What is available today • A wizard that uses Purple book SDS format and UN hazard classification guidance. • Includes all UN proposed categories • Contains classification for about >28,000 substances
What is available today • Hazard Classification for substances converted from Annex 1 using EU guidance for conversion • Also conversions from EU classification done by Danish Authority using EU guidance for conversion
What system does today/ what is available • Uses converted EU Substance classification and ties various purple book mixture rules to create a product level evaluation for health and environmental hazards • Physical classification must be done manually due to reliance on product level data; however wizard allows product level data entry to assist in classification
Coming Attractions • Extend SDS Format • As countries implement regulations, country specific GHS formats • Possible ability to use Japanese classifications (1500) to create Japanese GHS SDS