The Community College of Rhode Island has a comprehensive program, administered by the Chemical Safety Coordinator's office, for managing its hazardous substance inventory and material safety data sheet (MSDS) file. The MSDS management program may be accessed from CCRI's Environmental Health and Safety Programs List page or by clicking on the program name, MSDS pro. Anyone at the college or any interested party such as a fire department representative or private citizen may access MSDS pro and search the database for CCRI's Hazardous Substance Inventory and MSDS file.

The program allows you to search for all hazardous materials currently in use or used in the past at CCRI by substance name or by location at each of CCRI's four sites  Flanagan Campus (Lincoln); Knight Campus (Warwick); Liston Campus (Providence); Newport County Campus (Newport).

MSDS pro may also be accessed directly at the Internet Protocol (IP) address http://216.19.113.56/. 

At least once a year, in compliance with Rhode Island Chapter 28-21, the Rhode Island Hazardous Substance Right-To-Know Act, a written request goes to each CCRI department for an updated list of its hazardous materials. The hazardous substance inventory for that department is updated by the Chemical Safety Coordinator's office and the MSDSs are entered into the College's database (department inventory updates).  If you have questions about updating your department's inventory or to obtain MSDS's for chemicals in your department or any other area of the college, contact Bernie Terilli at 825-2176 (bterilli@ccri.edu). 

When the inventory and MSDS file for each department is completed, hard copies of the local inventory and each MSDS are placed in a wall-mounted MSDS station outside the room in which the substances are kept. MSDS stations are intended for the use of emergency fire and medical responders. MSDS's should never be removed from these wall stations by any unauthorized person. Anyone at CCRI may obtain an MSDS hard copy for any department, room or area by contacting Bernie Terilli at  825-2176 or bterilli@ccri.edu.

In accordance with Rhode Island Chapter 28-21, an updated hard copy of the hazardous substance inventory is sent yearly to the local (Lincoln, Newport, Providence, Warwick) fire department that serves each campus.
CCRI personnel who used hazardous substances are trained yearly to recognize chemical hazards in their workplaces and how to read and interpret MSDS's (Right-To-Know Law Retraining Program).

Additional Links for Hazardous

 Substance Information

A database of chemical compounds providing chemical and physical data can be found at  http://chemfinder.camsoft.com.  You can find information on a compound by entering its chemical name, CAS number, molecular formula or molecular weight.
The NIOSH Pocket Guide at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/ has industrial hygiene information on hundreds of chemicals.
Information on the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard and links to specific MSDSs may be found at http://www.ilpi.com/msds/osha/1910_1200.html

This page last modified on: August 27, 2008

This page developed and maintained by CCRI's Environmental Health and Safety Specialist, Richard Foote. Send comments and suggestions to ccrifoote@ccri.edu  ©2008, Community College of Rhode Island - All rights reserved.