How a site's code works
- Add each site as a location. A job site, a yard and a shop are each a location, and each location gets its own QR code. Print its poster and put it where crews will see it: the trailer door, the gang box, the chemical storage area.
- Assign chemicals to the site. A product used on several sites is entered once and assigned to each of them, so every site's code lists it with the same SDS.
- Scan with the phone's camera. The site's chemical list opens in the browser. A worker searches it, taps a chemical, and sees its hazard warnings (GHS pictograms, signal word and hazard statements) and the SDS itself.
There is nothing to install and nothing to sign in to. See what a worker sees on a sample site.
Subcontractors on the same site
The code isn't tied to your employees' accounts, so a subcontractor's crew on the site sees the same list when they scan it. When a sub brings a product onto the site, add it there with its SDS, and it's on the site's code from then on.
That matters because HazCom has its own rule for shared sites. As our guide to the written HazCom program puts it: if employees of other employers might be exposed to chemicals at your site, the program must describe how you give those other employers access to your SDSs, how you inform them of precautionary measures, and how you tell them about your labeling system (29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(2)). A posted site code is one way to give that access. The program, the precautions and the labeling explanation are still yours to write.
Does a QR code meet OSHA's access rule?
OSHA allows electronic SDS access. The condition is that there are no barriers to immediate employee access during each work shift (29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)). A code that opens without a password helps with that. A site with no phone signal works against it: the site page loads over the phone's connection, and SafeSheet has no offline mode. OSHA also expects an electronic SDS system to have a plan for when it isn't available, as our guide to electronic SDS access explains with OSHA's own backup examples. Where a site has no reliable signal, the simplest plan is a printed set of that site's SDSs. Our SDS guide for construction companies covers the rest of a contractor's SDS duties.
When a job closes
Rename a location and its posted code keeps working. Delete the location when the job is done: scanning the old code then says the location is no longer active, and the chemicals stay in your inventory, ready to assign to the next site.
What it costs
Every plan includes QR access. Starter ($29/month) covers 1 location, Professional ($59/month) covers 3, and Business ($99/month) has no location limit. Compare the plans, or read how to upload the SDS PDFs you already have.