Navigate to:
Reports > Customized > Risk Review Trigger
Please note that this is an add-on report. Please contact your account manager or support@intersolia.com if you are interested in this report.
Keep your risk assessments accurate by catching hazard changes in the safety data sheets (SDS) of the products you use.
Why this report exists
Risk assessments need to be updated whenever your situation changes. Some triggers are easy to spot: a new working method, new equipment, a replaced chemical or a relocated activity. One trigger is much harder to catch on your own: a supplier reclassifying a product in an updated SDS.
Suppliers may classify a product as more hazardous because of new regulatory requirements or a changed recipe. If a product becomes more hazardous than your original assessment accounted for, your protective measures (PPE, handling procedures, storage) may no longer be sufficient. Without an automated check, these updates are easy to miss.
Risk Review Trigger closes that gap. It lists the products whose latest SDS has a changed classification, changed hazard statements or changed pictograms compared with the previous version, so you know which risk assessments need a second look.
What the report covers
The report shows changes in classification, hazard statements (H- and EUH-codes) and pictograms, comparing the current SDS with the previous version, for changes in the last 6 months.
It is not a full comparison of two SDS versions. Other parts of the document, such as composition, first aid measures or exposure limits, are not compared. Use the link to the SDS if you need to read those.
How to use the report
Step 1: Find the products that became more hazardous
Start with two columns together:
- Included in Risk Assessment: “Yes” means the product is used in at least one active risk assessment in iChemistry. If it says “No”, nothing needs to be revised yet.
- Added Classification: any new CLP classification in the current SDS that was not in the previous one (for example Aquatic Chronic 1 or Acute Tox. 2, inhalation).
A value in Added Classification combined with “Yes” in Included in Risk Assessment is your priority list. These are products in active use that have become more hazardous since you last assessed them.
Step 2: Understand exactly what changed
Once you have flagged a product, the other columns give you the full picture:
| Column | What it shows | How to use it |
|---|---|---|
| Trade name, article numbers, supplier | The product and its supplier, including the Intersolia article number | Identify the right product |
| Removed Classification | Classifications in the previous SDS that are no longer in the current one | Read it together with Added Classification. A product can lose one classification and gain another, so “removed” does not mean safer overall |
| Current and Previous Classification | The full classification before and after | Useful when documenting why a risk assessment was revised |
| Added, Removed, Current and Previous Hazard Statements | The H- and EUH-codes behind the change (for example H411, H360FD, EUH208) | The codes show what kind of hazard was added. A new H360FD (reproductive toxicity) has very different consequences for PPE and handling than a new H411 (aquatic toxicity) |
| Added, Removed, Current and Previous Pictograms | The GHS pictograms before and after | A quick visual check. A new GHS06 (acute toxicity) or GHS08 (health hazard) usually calls for faster action |
| Current and Previous Classification Date | When the supplier’s classification changed | Shows when the risk changed, independent of when the SDS was republished |
| Current and Previous SDS Publication Date | The publication date printed on the SDS | Confirms you are looking at the latest version |
| First Use Date | The date the record was captured in this report run | The reference point for “the last 6 months”. It is not a property of the chemical |
| Link to SDS | Direct link to the current SDS PDF | Open the source document if you need to quote exact wording |
Step 3: Act on it
Search for the product’s trade name or article number to open its page in iSafe. From there you can see everywhere the product is inventoried and open the linked risk assessments to start editing. Use the Added Classification, Hazard Statement and Pictogram columns to decide what needs to change: new PPE, updated handling instructions or revised storage requirements.
If new protective equipment or handling requirements follow from the update, inform the colleagues who work with the product. A reclassification means little to them until it is translated into “you now need X”.
Worked example
Take a product like DPD Free Chlorine Reagent. Included in Risk Assessment is “Yes”, and Added Classification includes Acute Tox. 2 (inhalation), backed by new hazard statements (H330, H335, H311) and new pictograms (GHS06, GHS07).
That combination, active use and a jump to Acute Tox. 2 for inhalation, belongs at the top of your list. It likely means respiratory protection or ventilation needs to be reassessed, not just that the paperwork needs updating.
The content of this article is protected by copyright and may not be reproduced without permission. ©