01
Create the chemical record
Add a product manually, import existing information or upload an SDS, then review the identity and hazard facts you want the team to rely on.
How it works
One chemical record, connected to the workplace around it
Safe Foundry carries confirmed information from the SDS and register into locations and assessment workflows, while keeping human review and workplace decisions visible.
The lifecycle
Start where your current gap is
You do not need to complete every module at once. The connected model becomes more useful as chemical, place and assessment context accumulates.
02
Connect the workplace
Assign the chemical to one or more sites, rooms, cabinets or shelves with approximate quantity and container context.
03
Create the right assessment
Start COSHH for health risks or DSEAR for fire, explosion and metal-corrosion risks. Reuse relevant facts without merging distinct decisions.
04
Review, sign off and maintain
A competent person checks the workplace context and controls, records the decision and keeps the assessment current as the record changes.
Step by step
What the team does at each stage
1
Create the chemical record
Add a product manually, import existing information or upload an SDS, then review the identity and hazard facts you want the team to rely on.
- Searchable product and supplier identity
- Versioned SDS documents
- Manual first, optional AI-assisted extraction
2
Connect the workplace
Assign the chemical to one or more sites, rooms, cabinets or shelves with approximate quantity and container context.
- Site-to-shelf hierarchy
- Chemical and location QR labels
- Advisory placement screening from confirmed data
3
Create the right assessment
Start COSHH for health risks or DSEAR for fire, explosion and metal-corrosion risks. Reuse relevant facts without merging distinct decisions.
- Task-specific COSHH workflow
- Activity- or area-based DSEAR workflow
- Form-first with optional SDS assistance
4
Review, sign off and maintain
A competent person checks the workplace context and controls, records the decision and keeps the assessment current as the record changes.
- Review and rejection workflow
- Gated sign-off and PDF export
- Due dates and stale sign-off visibility
When COSHH is the next step
Describe the task, people, exposure routes and controls. Use the SDS to support the draft, then make the workplace judgement before sign-off.
See the COSHH workflowWhen DSEAR is the next step
Define the activity or area, add the relevant dangerous substances and ignition sources, then record controls and competent-person zoning confirmation.
See the DSEAR workflowThe operating principle
Supplier facts flow forward. Workplace judgement stays explicit.
Safe Foundry is designed to reduce duplicate entry and make gaps visible, not to turn an SDS into an automatic declaration that the work or storage arrangement is safe.
Connect your first chemical record
Start with the register or a structured assessment and build from there.