Safety data sheet checker

Check whether you need a safety data sheet for a product, what it must contain, when its 5-yearly review is due, and whether your register is in order. No chemical database needed.

Figures checked 5 November 2026. Free to use, no sign-in.

Victoria and Western Australia have their own Acts; the tool switches to them.

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Is the product a hazardous chemical?

A hazard pictogram or signal word (Danger, Warning) on the label, or a classification in section 2 of the SDS.

Is it a consumer product used only in household amounts and ways?

For example, a bottle of dishwashing liquid in the staff kitchen.

Shown on the SDS, usually on the first or last page.

At your workplace

You hold the current SDS and workers can get to it
It is on your hazardous chemicals register

Safety data sheet

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Some things to check

Check

  • Check the product is on your hazardous chemicals register with its SDS.
  • The SDS was last reviewed on 30 June 2020, more than 5 years ago. Ask your supplier for the current version. It may still be current if the chemical hasn’t been made or imported for 5 years.

In place

  • Current SDS held and accessible.

The 16 sections, in order

1. Identification · 2. Hazard(s) identification · 3. Composition and information on ingredients · 4. First aid measures · 5. Firefighting measures · 6. Accidental release measures · 7. Handling and storage · 8. Exposure controls and personal protection · 9. Physical and chemical properties · 10. Stability and reactivity · 11. Toxicological information · 12. Ecological information · 13. Disposal considerations · 14. Transport information · 15. Regulatory information · 16. Any other relevant information

Source: r 330, r 344, r 346 and Schedule 7 of the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025 (NSW).

General information, not legal advice. Get SDSs from your manufacturer, importer or supplier.

How this works

Workplaces: r 344 of the WHS Regulations requires the current SDS for each hazardous chemical, and r 346 a hazardous chemicals register. Unsure answers become things to check, never gaps.

Manufacturers and importers: r 330 requires an SDS reviewed at least every 5 years, with the content and 16-section order in Schedule 7.

Victoria: the OHS Regulations 2017 have equivalent rules: review every 5 years (r 146), obtain and give access to the SDS (r 155–156) and keep a register (r 162).

Legal basis

Checked against these sources on 5 November 2026. Spotted a figure that looks wrong? Tell us.

Questions

When do I need a safety data sheet?

When a hazardous chemical is supplied to your workplace, you must get the current SDS from the manufacturer, importer or supplier no later than first supply, and keep it where workers and emergency services can reach it. Consumer products used in household amounts and ways, incidentally to the work, are an exception under the WHS Regulations.

How old can an SDS be?

Manufacturers and importers must review an SDS at least every 5 years. If yours is older, ask the supplier for the current version. It may still be current if the chemical hasn’t been made or imported in the last 5 years.

What must an SDS contain?

Under the WHS Regulations: the date it was last reviewed, the Australian manufacturer’s or importer’s name, address and phone number, an Australian emergency phone number, English, Australian units, and 16 sections from identification to other relevant information, in a set order.

What is a hazardous chemicals register?

A list of the hazardous chemicals used, handled or stored at the workplace, with the current SDS for each, kept up to date and available to workers.

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