{"id":8920,"date":"2026-09-18T12:20:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T04:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omni-translation.com\/blog\/dosh-sds-compliance-guide-malaysia\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T04:20:41","slug":"dosh-sds-compliance-guide-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.omni-translation.com\/ms\/blog\/dosh-sds-compliance-guide-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"DOSH SDS Compliance in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DOSH SDS Compliance in Malaysia: What You Need to Know<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t

What CLASS 2013 actually requires, who it applies to, and what happens if you ship a Safety Data Sheet without a Malay translation.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n

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Quick Answer<\/span>Under the Occupational Safety and Health (Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet of Hazardous Chemicals) Regulations 2013 (CLASS 2013), any hazardous chemical supplied, used, or stored in a Malaysian workplace must have a Safety Data Sheet available in Bahasa Malaysia \u2014 not just English. DOSH (the Department of Occupational Safety and Health) enforces this, and non-compliance can mean rejected shipments, halted operations, or fines during an inspection.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What CLASS 2013 requires<\/h3>

CLASS 2013 (the Malaysian regulation aligning with the Globally Harmonized System, GHS) requires that every hazardous chemical have a 16-section Safety Data Sheet, and that this SDS be made available in Bahasa Malaysia to anyone who handles, stores, or is exposed to the chemical at a Malaysian worksite. An English-only SDS is not sufficient on its own for a workplace where Malay-speaking workers handle the chemical \u2014 the regulation exists specifically so frontline workers can read and understand the hazard information in their own language.<\/p>

Who this applies to<\/h3>