Once logged in to the Chemical Platform, as a Facility Admin User, you will see five steps listed on your home page, pictured below. 

In the Facility Step, you can see your Facility information, users, and trading relationships, all of which has been derived from RBA-online. To change or update any of this information, please do so in RBA-online. You can find directions in the article titled “How RBA Online Works Hand-In-Hand with the Chemical Platform”. 

After confirming facility information, users, and trading relationships, you can add product lines using the “+Add Product Line” option. 

The Chemical Inventory Step allows for you to upload all Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for the Chemical Products within the facilities chemical inventory. To do so, use the “Upload SDS” button or the Drag and Drop feature and follow the directions listed on the Chemical Inventory page. 

While your SDSs are being uploaded, the system is working in the background to organize your Chemical Data. Each SDS document receives a unique SDS ID, while each Chemical Product is assigned its own Chemical Product ID. Multiple SDS IDs can be linked to a single Chemical Product ID. 

The system then automatically calculates a Chemical Hazard Rating based on the extracted SDS data. These ratings are in reference to CHEMFORWARD's rating scale and the SDS receives the lowest score for any one chemical. Find more information under the article titled “Hazard Rating Calculation”

The Product Lines Step calculates the total amount of chemicals used, or currently on site for the calendar year. For each Chemical Product used by the selected Product Line, you'll need to provide accurate usage information. If the year is not complete, estimate the remaining usage for the total year.

Once you have selected a Product Line, you can begin to fill in the table with the information needed. Please note that “Save Product Line” can only be clicked once all the information on the table has been entered. 

This information includes:

1. Form- What is the physical state? Solid, Liquid, or Gas? 
2. Amount- The estimated annual quantity used. 
3. Unit of Measurement (UOM)- Select the UOM for the annual amount of Chemical Product used. 

Following the instructions on the Product Lines page, you can then press “Save Product Line”. You will find the table showing the Product Name and Product PDID on the Product Lines page. 

The Uses and Control Step provides the platform with the information needed to calculate the Chemical Exposure Rating. 

Using the dropdown arrows from the table, select the appropriate usage and controls for each Chemical Product of each Product Line (light blue columns) and the appropriate classification/category (grey columns). Any Chemical Products that are being omitted from the reported data must be marked in the ‘Exempt’ column. 

Fields marked as “Required” must be completed. 

Lastly, the Risk Scorecard is a summary of the Chemical Hazard Rating and the Exposure Rating shared with all companies that you are connected to on the platform. Here you can filter the information from the options listed, generate a PDF, and export the data to Excel.