Chemical Management Is Truly Hard. We Solve It Together with PicChem
An AI-based smart chemical management solution for workplaces that handle chemicals
Chemical Management Solution — PicChem, an AI-based smart chemical management solution from PicChem Inc., automates everything from building a chemical inventory to risk assessment, starting from a single photo.
Chemical safety management starts with your camera. Complex regulations that change all the time, mountains of material safety data sheet (MSDS) paperwork, and the information gap between the office and the field — it’s time to get out of the chemical management quagmire. Build your inventory from a single photo and experience the most advanced chemical safety copilot, with AI helping you all the way through risk assessment.
PicChem is a product of PicChem Inc.; EHS Friends participated in its development as a chemical-management domain partner.
Who it’s for · Companies with 100 or more workers
Are You Facing These Challenges?
EHS Friends knows the real concerns of safety and health managers better than anyone.
Endless Paperwork
Between keeping MSDSs on hand, creating warning labels and training workers, I’m swamped with paperwork and don’t have enough time to look after the site itself.
Confusing, Frequent Regulatory Changes
It’s overwhelming for one person to track and interpret complex regulations like the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) and the Chemicals Control Act (K-CCA), which are amended all the time.
Dangerous Information Gaps with the Field
The data in our system doesn’t match the chemicals actually used on site. It feels like we’re sitting on a ticking time bomb.
PicChem and EHS Friends Experts, Working Together
Together, PicChem, an AI-based smart chemical management solution, and EHS Friends’ experienced experts redefine the chemical management system, giving a transparent view of on-site risks while significantly reducing managers’ workload.
Easy Chemical Product Registration and Management
- Take a photo with your phone, and PicChem finds the MSDS and builds your chemical inventory automatically.
- Upload the MSDSs you already have in bulk, and your chemical inventory is created automatically.
- PicChem automatically provides warning labels, process-specific handling guidelines and regulatory analysis results for 4 major regulations.
- Register additional information on how each chemical product is used, and PicChem provides more detailed regulatory analysis and a theoretical risk assessment of the chemicals.
An IT Communication Tool Connecting the Field and Managers (QR Code & Camera)
- Mobile innovation that ends information gaps.
- Products bought ad hoc by individual departments often go untracked (a shadow inventory). Now field workers simply take a photo with their phone, and the inventory is completed automatically.
- QR codes posted on site let workers see the hazards of the substances they use at a glance and contact managers immediately if they feel unwell, creating a strong safety network.
The Easiest Way to Automate Risk Assessment
- Your biggest headache, done in a few clicks.
- Forget complex data entry and formula calculations. AI analyzes each substance’s toxicity information and how it is used on site, and automatically proposes a draft risk assessment.
- Simple Yes/No checks such as “Is local exhaust ventilation in place?” and “Is protective equipment worn?” are all it takes to complete a chemical risk assessment report.
Chemical Management in Three Steps
- STEP 1
Product Registration
- Photograph chemical product labels on site, or upload the MSDSs you already have in bulk.
- STEP 2
AI Recognition and Ontology
- OCR technology and PicChem’s MSDS database match each product to its MSDS, and the PicChem ontology produces chemical information that accurately reflects your site.
- STEP 3
Automatic Organization
- Your chemical inventory, warning labels, process-specific handling guidelines and regulatory information are generated automatically.
- Enter how the chemicals are used to get more detailed regulatory information and conveniently carry out a site-focused chemical risk assessment.
Expected Benefits
90% Less Time on Routine Tasks (PicChem Data)
MSDS updates and report writing that used to take all day are done in just minutes.
Minimized Legal Risk
Automatic monitoring of mandatory obligations under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (SAPA) and the OSH Act, with nothing missed, blocks administrative fines and legal risk at the source.
A Safety Culture That Takes Root on Site
As experts and field workers share hazard information openly, a voluntary safety culture grows in which workers take part on their own initiative.
“A manager’s time belongs on the site, not buried in paperwork.”
Leave the paperwork and regulatory interpretation to PicChem and EHS Friends experts, and focus on real safety on site.