MSDS Sheet on Wood

Paul Rohrs

Noel and I were chatting at the HVACTV site and somehow the conversation stumbled on to MSDS sheets. This is for wood.

I believe that any company vehicle is supposed to carry an MSDS sheet for anything combustible on their vehicle. (The DOT inpection vehicles have pulled OUR delivery vehicles over at times, each truck has an MSDS booklet)

I would think any lumberyard delivery vehicle should at least have this as a minimum.

Regards,

PR

Unknown

I wonder

is there one for water?

Constantin

Actually...

... a kid ran a fake campaign in high school to see just how gullible classmates, etc. were regarding the dangers of "dihydrogen monoxide". Here is a web-site that served its purpose as apparently a lot of people were fooled into signing the petition.

But it doesn't stop there. A town in CA became the laughingstock this year when it attempted to ban the usage of dihydrogen monoxide. The reason: some city employee had stumbled across the above site or somethign similar to it and had not realized it is a spoof.

It would be interesting to discover if the fooling has more to do with the important sounding name for H₂O, the bevy of true statistics and facts twisted out of proportion, or simply being too trusting about what other people say. A good lesson for all of us!

In closing, this odorless, colorless, and tasteless substance is clearly a daily hazard in our lives.

Matt Clina

Additional hazard

Plus, wood can be extremely dangerous if you make it pointy and poke yourself in the eye.

Matt Undy

Actualy it is pretty important. Sawdust (just like grain) when its a fine powder in the air in the right concentration is explosive. This is why even very old lumber yards have equally old no smoking signs in them (though the saws would sever as just as good an ignition source as a cigarette).

Matt