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The Environmental Health and Safety Office maintains an inventory of hazardous materials for the entire Dalhousie University campus. Chemical inventories are essential for emergency responders and are a legal requirement enforced by the Occupational Health and Safety Act:
 
Duty of employer to prepare list of chemicals
 
59 (1) Subject to Section 61, unless the employer has received from the Director specific written direction to the contrary and the direction has not been revoked by the Director, the employer shall prepare a list of all chemical substances regularly used, handled, produced or otherwise present at the workplace that may be a hazard to the health or safety of the employees or that are suspected by the employees of being such a hazard, and the list shall identify all chemical substances by their common or generic names where they are known to the employer.
 
(2) The list referred to in subsection (1) shall include the trade name and the address of the supplier and manufacturer of any chemical substance, the chemical composition or common or generic name of which is unknown to the employer.
 
The EHS Office requests that laboratory supervisors who are responsible for research and teaching laboratories where chemicals are used and stored submit copies of their current inventories. The EHS Office encourages the use of the Chemical Inventory Template; however, other templates or file formats will be accepted. Completed inventories can be submitted to Steve Beaton, Chemical Safety Officer. When completing their inventories, laboratory supervisors should take the opportunity to review their MSDS collection to ensure that they are available and up-to-date (MSDSs must be less than three years old o ensure the hazard information is current).
 
We thank you for your cooperation.