Free for founding users
The Free Digital SDS Binder
Every shop has the white binder by the door. Upload its contents once, and every employee gets a searchable, always-current SDS binder on their phone — the readily accessible system OSHA 1910.1200(g)(8) actually asks for.
Free for founding users · no credit card · no sales call
The white binder was never the point
The binder exists because OSHA requires safety data sheets to be readily accessible to employees during each work shift. Paper was just the only way to do that in 1994.
It goes stale the day you print it
Manufacturers revise safety data sheets constantly. A paper binder holds whatever was current the day someone last printed — and OSHA expects the SDS for the product actually in use.
"Readily accessible" is doing a lot of work
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) requires SDSs to be readily accessible to employees during each work shift, in their work areas. One binder by the front door does not help the crew at the far end of the shop — or on a job site.
Nobody can find anything in it
A 300-page binder organized by whoever added sheets last is a two-minute search in an emergency — for a document someone needs in twenty seconds.
It only holds SDSs
The binder cannot tell you which chemicals are missing an SDS, which products changed hazards on the latest revision, or what your chemical inventory list even is. Those are exactly the questions an inspector asks.
From paper binder to digital in an afternoon
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Create your free account
Sign up free as a founding user — no credit card, no sales call. Your company workspace and first site are created automatically.
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Upload your safety data sheets
Drag in the PDFs from your existing binder, folder, or email. AI parses each SDS — product identifier, manufacturer, GHS hazards, pictograms, first aid — and files it into a searchable chemical inventory.
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Give your crew one-tap access
Every employee can search the binder from any phone or computer. Print a site access poster with a QR code, or share a public SDS portal link, so the current sheet is always readily accessible — no logins for lookups.
More than a place to keep PDFs
Searchable in seconds
Find any sheet by product, manufacturer, or hazard — from any phone.
AI does the filing
Upload the PDF; AI extracts hazards, pictograms, and first aid into your inventory.
QR site posters
Post a QR code by the door — the whole crew gets the current binder, no logins.
Works where the work is
Shop floor, job site, or truck — the binder is wherever a phone is.
Knows what is missing
Missing SDSs and stale sheets are flagged instead of discovered during an inspection.
Unlimited everything
Unlimited products, SDSs, users, and sites for founding users. AI features have generous daily limits to prevent abuse — in normal use you won’t reach them.
Digital SDS binder FAQs
Is a digital SDS binder OSHA compliant?
Yes. OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) requires safety data sheets to be readily accessible to employees during each work shift in their work areas — it does not require paper. OSHA has long accepted electronic access, provided employees know how to use it and there is a way to get the information during power or internet outages (many shops keep the option to print current sheets for that reason). A searchable digital binder on every phone in the building is typically more accessible than one paper binder at the front office.
Is it really free?
Yes — free and unlimited for founding users while the founding-user program is open: unlimited products, SDSs, users, and sites, with no credit card required. When we introduce plan limits, founding users keep unlimited access to everything they use, and we'll give at least 30 days' notice before the program closes to new signups. That commitment is written down in our Founding User Promise.
What happens to my old paper binder?
Keep it while you transition — upload its contents first. Many companies keep a thin printed set of the highest-risk chemicals as an outage backup and let the digital binder be the working copy. Uploading is drag-and-drop; the AI reads each PDF so you are not retyping product names and hazard data.
Do my employees need accounts to look up an SDS?
No. You can print a site access poster with a QR code, or share your public SDS portal link, and anyone can search and read the current sheets from a phone browser — no login, no app install. Named accounts are only needed for people who manage the inventory.
What about the OSHA 30-year retention rule for old SDSs?
Under 29 CFR 1910.1020, SDSs can serve as employee exposure records, which carry a 30-year retention obligation. A digital binder keeps superseded revisions instead of tossing them in the recycling bin when the new sheet arrives — and you can export your records at any time.
How is this different from a folder of PDFs on a shared drive?
A shared drive stores files; a binder needs an index. Tellus reads each SDS with AI and builds the chemical inventory list around it — searchable by product, manufacturer, or hazard, with GHS pictograms and signal words surfaced, missing-SDS gaps flagged, and labels printable from the same data. The folder of PDFs cannot tell you what is missing.
Can I print GHS labels from the binder?
Yes. Because each SDS is parsed into structured hazard data, you can print GHS, NFPA 704, and HMIS labels for secondary containers directly from the inventory — no retyping H-codes. There are also free standalone label generators if you just need a label today.
Software tools, not legal advice — verify your program against 29 CFR 1910.1200 and your state plan. Our Founding User Promise is written down and versioned.
Retire the white binder
Free and unlimited for founding users. When we introduce plan limits, founding users keep unlimited access — we'll give at least 30 days' notice before the program closes.
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