WHMIS training

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WHMIS training

• Summary of what you kneed to know

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What is WHMIS ?

• The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information
  System (WHMIS) is Canada's hazard communication
  standard.

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What are the main parts of WHMIS?

• The main components of WHMIS are
• hazard identification and product classification,
• labelling,
• material safety data sheets, and
• worker training and education.

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Why was WHMIS created?

• It was created in response to the Canadian
  workers' right to know about the safety and
  health hazards that may be associated with the
  materials or chemicals they use at work.

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• Exposure to hazardous materials can cause or
  contribute to many serious health effects such as
  effects on the nervous system, kidney or lung
  damage, sterility, cancer, burns and rashes.

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• Some hazardous materials are safety hazards and
  can cause fires or explosions.
• WHMIS was created to help stop the injuries,
  illnesses, deaths, medical costs, and fires
  caused by hazardous materials.

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What are controlled products?

• Controlled products is the name given to
  products, materials, and substances that are
  regulated by WHMIS legislation.
• All controlled products fall into one or more of
  six WHMIS classes.

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The 6 WHMIS classes

• 1. Class A Compressed gas
• 2. Class B Flammable and Combustible material
• 3. Class C Oxidizing material

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• 4. Class D Poisonous and Infectious materials
• Division 1 (D1) - Materials Causing Immediate and
  Serious Toxic Effects
• Division 2 (D2) - Materials Causing Other Toxic
  Effects
• Division 3 (D3) - Biohazardous Infectious Material

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• 5. Class E Corrosive material
• 6. Class F Dangerously Reactive material

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Labeling controlled products

• Under WHMIS regulations most controlled products
  must be labeled.
• Supplier labels and workplace labels are the only
  two types used in WHMIS.
• All WHMIS labels have to be clear, easy to read
  and prominently displayed on the product
  container.

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Supplier labels

• Display these seven pieces of information
• material identification number or product name -
  this is a designation or identification of a
  material,
• supplier's name and address,
• reference to the material safety data sheet
  (MSDS) for more information,
• WHMIS hazard symbols for each of the classes to
  which the product belongs,

main hazards of the product including risk
phrases appropriate to the class of material,
precautionary measures, first aid measures.
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Workplace labels

• This label does not need as much information as
  the supplier label
• material identifier or product name,
• reference to a material safety data sheet (MSDS)
  for further information,
• information on how to use the product safely.

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Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs)

• WHMIS MSDSs have nine categories
• of information
• Section 1 - Product Information including
  identification and use
• Section 2 - Hazardous Ingredients listing of
  ingredients considered hazardous as well as each
  ingredient's concentration, etc.
• Section 3 - Physical Information form, odor,
  appearance, pH, etc.
• Section 4 - Fire or Explosion Hazard conditions
  of flammability, flash point, etc.

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• Section 5 - Reactivity Information conditions of
  instability, reactivity, decomposition, etc.
• Section 6 - Health Hazard Information route of
  entry, effects of exposure, exposure limits, etc.
  
• Section 7 - Preventive Measures personal
  protective equipment, waste disposal, storage,
  etc.
• Section 8 - First Aid Measures
• Section 9 - Preparation Information and Update
  person who wrote MSDS, date of preparation

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WHMIS is Law

• WHMIS became law effective October 31, 1988. This
  applies to all of Canada.
• WHMIS legislation includes
• the HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS ACT and
• the HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INFORMATION REVIEW ACT.
• In Newfoundland
• Occupation Health and Safety Act
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
  (WHMIS) Regulations

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What are our duties under WHMIS?

• Suppliers, employers and workers all have
  specified responsibilities in the Hazardous
  Products Act.

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A Suppliers duty...

• Canadian suppliers are those who sell or import
  products.
• When this product is considered a "controlled
  product" according to the WHMIS legislation, a
  supplier must label the product or container, and
  they must provide a material safety data sheet
  (MSDS) to their customers.

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An Employers duty...

• Employers are required to establish education and
  training programs for workers exposed to
  hazardous products in the workplace.
• Employers must also make sure that the products
  are labeled and that an MSDS is present for each
  product and that they are readily available to
  workers.

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A Workers duty...

• Workers are required to participate in the
  training programs and to use this information to
  help them work safely with hazardous materials.
• They may also inform employers when labels on
  containers have been accidentally removed or if
  the label is no longer readable.

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On-line WHMIS training

• http//access.nscc.ns.ca/safety/whmis.htm
• Where to find WHMIS symbols
• http//www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/whmis/whmis_symbo
  ls.htm
• Where to find Hazardous Household Product
  Symbols
• http//www.region.peel.on.ca/pw/waste/resident/hhw
  .htm

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Know WHMIS symbols and the nine MSDS categories

• Know the Hazardous Household Product Symbols