Why it is important to innovate this process
Chemical risk assessment is one of the pillars of HSE (Health, Safety & Environment) management and a mandatory step to ensure the safety of workers handling hazardous substances. However, it is also one of the most complex processes, prone to errors and difficult to standardize when carried out manually.
Traditionally, everything starts with reading Safety Data Sheets (SDS)—essential documents that are often lengthy, heterogeneous, and frequently updated. Correctly extracting H-statements, HP hazard classes, and physico-chemical data requires time, attention, and specialized skills.
Today, thanks to advanced tools such as HSE Genius, this phase can be fully automated, improving data accuracy and significantly reducing analysis times.
Automatic SDS analysis as a turning point
HSE Genius uses an artificial intelligence engine to automatically analyze safety data sheets and transform the information into structured data that can be used for chemical risk assessment.
Specifically, the system can:
- Detect and organize H-statements contained in the document
- Extract data on the concentrations of hazardous substances
- Identify properties such as flammability, corrosivity, toxicity
- Link extracted data to official ECHA regulatory references
