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WHMIS�2015

What students need to know

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WHMIS Stands for…

Workplace

Hazardous

Materials

Information

System

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What does it do?

  • 4 Main Parts of WHMIS
    1. Classification and symbols for hazardous materials
    2. Labels
    3. Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
    4. Worker Education

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Canadian Standard

  • All schools and workplaces in Canada use this hazard labeling system�
  • All students and workers in Canada must be WHMIS trained

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GHS vs WHMIS

  • GHS is an international initiative to standardize chemical hazard classification and communication globally.
  • WHMIS is a national hazard communication system that provides information on the safe use of hazardous products in Canadian workplaces.
  • GHS has not replaced WHMIS. WHMIS has incorporated GHS elements, resulting in new standardized:
    • Classification criteria
    • Label requirements
    • Safety data sheet (SDS) requirements �(formerly material safety data sheet)

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Will WHMIS keep you safe?

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Why is training mandatory for �all workers and students?

  • Everyone has a RIGHT TO KNOW about health and safety hazards�
  • WHMIS labeling helps stop injuries, illness, deaths, medical costs, fires, and explosions caused by UNSAFE use of hazardous chemicals

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Meet the Pictograms

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Gas Cylinder

Compressed Gas:

  • Gas Under Pressure
  • Risk of explosion due � to high pressure�
  • EXAMPLES:
    • Any cylinder of� compressed gas
    • CO2 , O2 , He

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Flame

Flammable:

  • Flammable gases, aerosols, liquids, or solids
  • Self-reactive / Self-heating
  • Emit flammable gases
  • Organic peroxides

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  • EXAMPLES:
    • acetone, methanol

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Flame over Circle

Oxidizing Material:

  • Make fires bigger�
  • EXAMPLES:
    • potassium chlorate,� hydrogen peroxide

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Skull and Crossbones

Acute Toxicity or Fatal:

  • immediately toxic from low exposure
  • Can cause death�
  • EXAMPLES:
    • mercury

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Health Hazard

Long-term Toxicity:

  • May cause:
    • cancer
    • allergic reaction
    • fertility problems
    • birth defects
    • damage to organs�
  • EXAMPLES:
    • asbestos
    • formaldehyde

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Exclamation Mark

Harmful:

  • may cause less serious health effects
  • Irritant
  • Lesser acute toxicity

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  • EXAMPLES:
    • copper sulfate

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Corrosive

Corrosive:

  • chemical burns to� metals and skin
  • serious eye� damage �
  • EXAMPLES:
    • hydrochloric acid (HCl)� sodium hydroxide (NaOH)

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Exploding Bomb

Explosive:

  • May explode or� is dangerously� reactive

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  • EXAMPLES:
    • aluminum chloride

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Biohazardous

Biohazardous:

  • infectious� materials causing� illness or disease

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  • EXAMPLES:
    • bacteria (E.coli)� virus (HIV)

used only in Canada�pictogram conserved from WHMIS 1988

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Environment*

* This GHS category was� NOT adopted by WHMIS 2015, but you may still� encounter it

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  • May cause damage to the aquatic environment

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Recap of Pictograms

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WHMIS Labels

    • All WHMIS controlled chemicals must be labeled
    • Some WHMIS label will have a cross hatched border on the chemical container

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WHMIS Labels

Supplier�Label

Workplace�Label

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WHMIS Labels

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WHMIS Labels

    • Supplier labels are provided by the manufacturer of the chemical and must include:
      • Product identifier / Name of Product
      • Initial supplier identifier
      • Pictogram(s) within a red square
      • Signal word (a word to alert the reader to a presence / severity of the hazard)
      • Hazard statement(s) (describes the nature of the hazard)
      • Precautionary statement(s)
        • how to minimize or prevent adverse effects from exposure, or resulting from improper handling or storage
      • Supplemental label information
        • Based on the classification of the product.
        • Labels may also include supplementary information about precautionary actions, hazards not yet included in the GHS

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  1. How do you know that this is a WHMIS label by looking at it?

Answer:

It has pictograms in red squares and precautionary information

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  1. What hazards are associated with this product?

Answer:

Skull and Crossbones �(fatal if swallowed)��Exclamation Mark�(irritant)

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  1. What safety equipment should you wear when handling Product K1?

Answer:

Gloves

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  1. What should you do if you get Product K1 on your skin?

Answer:

Wash with water

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  1. Who is the supplier of this product?

Answer:

Companie XYZ

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  1. Where should you look to find more detailed technical information about Product K1?

Answer:

The SDS

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SDS Stands for…

Safety

Data

Sheet

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SDS

      • Product Identification
      • Hazard identification
      • Composition
      • First-aide
      • Fire and explosion data
      • Accidental Release measures
      • Handling and storage
      • Exposure controls / Personal protection
      • Physical and chemical properties
      • Stability and reactivity
      • Toxicological information
      • Ecological information
      • Disposal considerations
      • Transport Information
      • Regulatory Information
      • Other Information
    • Contains detailed information about a WHMIS controlled product including:

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SDS example

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SDS practice

  1. What is the full name of the product?
    • Hydrochloric Acid 3 Molar Solution
    • Section 1�
  2. Name the manufacturer, their location and emergency contact information.
    • Boreal Science
    • St. Catherines, ON
    • 1-800-387-9393
    • Section 1

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SDS practice

  1. What safety equipment should you wear when handling this product
    • Goggles, gloves and apron
    • Section 8�
  2. What should you do if you get this product on your skin?
    • Wash with soap and water
    • Section 4

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SDS practice

  1. What should you do if you swallow this product?
    • Call Poison Control immediately.
    • Do not induce vomiting unless instructed.
    • Section 4�
  2. Does this product have an odor?
    • Yes
    • Section 2

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SDS practice

  1. At what temperature will it burn (What is its flash point)?
    • Not Flammable
    • Section 9�
  2. What percentage of the solution is water?
    • 90.57%
    • Section 3

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Does EVERYTHING get a WHMIS label?

  • What do you think?�(brainstorm in small groups)�
  • Answer:

NO!!!

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Does EVERYTHING get a WHMIS label?

  • Materials must be HAZARDOUS and be used in the WORKPLACE to be WHMIS controlled!

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Nine Categories of Materials NOT Controlled by WHMIS

  1. consumer restricted products (those products sold to people in regular stores that are already labelled following the rules of the Hazardous Products Act)
  2. explosives (as defined by the Explosives Act)
  3. cosmetics, drugs, food or devices (as defined by the Food and Drug Act)
  4. pest control products (pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, etc) (as defined by the Pest Control Products Act)
  5. radioactive materials (as defined by the Nuclear Safety and Control Act)
  6. wood and products made of wood
  7. a manufactured article
  8. tobacco or products made of tobacco
  9. hazardous wastes

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Hazardous Household Product Symbols

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Hazardous Household Product Symbols (HHPS)

  • You will find other symbols on products purchased commercially for home use
    • Eg. hairspray, garden herbicides, cleaners�
  • For your safety, you should be able to recognize these symbols and understand what hazards they represent

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Hazardous Household Product Symbols (HHPS)

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  • Poisonous
    • May be lethal or cause serious irreversible effects
  • Flammable
    • May ignite if exposed to a spark or flame or spontaneously
  • Explosive
    • Under pressure and may explode if heated
  • Corrosive
    • Will cause chemical burns

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Now that you know…

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Now that you know…