Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS)

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Workplace Hazardous Material Information System
(WHMIS)
Health, Safety Environment Department
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Outline

• CLS Health and Safety Policy
• What is WHMIS?
• WHMIS
• Hazard Categories
• Labels
• MSDS
• Training

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Everyone is responsible for health and safety.
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HSE Policy
CLSI is committed to provide a safe and
healthful working environment for all staff and
to protect the general public and the environment
from unacceptable risks Approved by CLSI
Executive Director (2001 March 31) Passed by
CLSI Board of Directors (2001 June 26).
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WHMIS

• WHMIS is designed to help workers and employers
  to understand the risks posed by hazardous
  materials in the workplace.
• Identify hazards in the workplace.
• WHMIS ensures consistency of information provided
  to the workers about the hazardous materials in
  all Canadian Workplaces.
• This is accomplished with the use of proper
  labels, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and
  worker training.

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Right To Know
The worker has the right to know if the
chemicals being handled are hazardous and if they
are hazardous, what safe handling, storage, use
and disposal measures should be taken.
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Legislation

• Federal legislation
• The Hazardous Products Act
• Ensures that hazardous products have labels and
  MSDSs
• The Controlled Products Regulations
• Identifies the classes of controlled products
• Identifies the information required on labels and
  in MSDSs
• The Hazardous Materials Information Review Act
• Protects Trade Secrets
• Provincial legislation
• The Occupational Health Safety Act, 1993
• The Occupational Health Safety Regulations,
  2007
• Enforces WHMIS in the workplace

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Benefits

• Benefits from the WHMIS program are
• Better informed workers
• Safer and healthier working conditions
• Reduced accidents and illnesses

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Duties

• Employer
• Ensure that all controlled products have WHMIS
  labels
• Acquires MSDSs and makes them available to all
  workers
• Trains workers to safely store and handle the
  chemicals
• Employee
• Must cooperate with the WHMIS program
• Use the training to protect their health
• Must notify Employer if a deficiency is noticed
• Comply with all Legislation

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WHMIS Classes

• WHMIS uses classifications to group chemicals
  with similar properties or hazards. The
  Controlled Products Regulations specifies the
  criteria used to place materials within each
  classification.
• These classes are
• Class A Compressed Gas
• Class B Flammable and Combustible Material
• Class C Oxidizing Materials
• Class D Poisonous and Infectious Materials
• Class E Corrosive Materials
• Class F Dangerously Reactive Materials

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Labels

• A WHMIS label is a source of information on all
  controlled products designed to alert workers to
  the dangers and hazards of the products and the
  basic safety precautions to be followed.
• The label will be the first hazard warning
  workers are likely to see.
• Supplier Labels
• Required on all controlled products as a
  condition of sale or import.
• Workplace Labels
• Required on materials that have been decanted
  from a larger container.
• Replace labels that are defaced or lost
• Product Identifiers
• Located on pipes and tanks
• Piles of materials

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Supplier Label

• Format
• Distinctive broken-line WHMIS border
• Must stand out from the colour of the container
• Must not conflict with TDG labels
• English and French must be used
• Must be durable and easy to read

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Supplier Label

• The supplier is required to provide the following
  7 items of information on the label
• Name of the Product chemical name, brand name,
  trade name or common name
• Name of the Supplier
• A reference to the MSDS a statement alerting
  the user that additional information is available
• Hazard symbols could have more than one symbol
  if the product falls into more than one category
• Risk Phrases short statement identifying
  hazardous properties
• Precautionary measures short statement
  describing precautions to be taken when handling,
  using, disposing or being exposed to the
  controlled product
• First Aid Measures short statement describing
  the immediate steps to be taken when an accident
  occurs.

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Supplier Label

• Smaller containers require less information.
• Containers with volumes lt 100ml
• Product identifier
• Supplier identifier
• A MSDS statement
• A hazard symbol

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Workplace Label

• Format
• No format
• No hatched border
• No colour requirements
• Information Required on the Label
• Product identifier
• Safe handling instructions
• Statement referring to MSDS

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Workplace Label
(Product identifier) GASOLINE (Precautionary/risk
statement) HIGHLY FLAMMABLE KEEP AWAY FROM OPEN
FLAME (Reference to MSDS) REFER TO MATERIAL
SAFETY DATA SHEET FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Labels

• Product Identifiers
• Tags
• Placards
• Decals

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Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

• What are they?
• A technical document that summarizes the health
  and safety information on a controlled product
• Provide detailed information about health risks
• Describe the properties of the controlled product
• Informs the worker about safe handling
  requirements
• Describes applicable protective measures and
  emergency procedures
• Who is Responsible?
• The employer is responsible to ensure the MSDS is
  available to all workers
• Where are they located?
• Hard Copies
• Located at the entrances to the laboratories,
  work areas and in the Control Room
• Computer
• Manufacturer/supplier websites
• CCOHS website

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MSDS

• Format
• The MSDS will vary in format from one supplier
  to another. The MSDS may vary in length,
  presentation and wording.
• It must have a minimum of 9 sections.
• The sections cannot be left blank, if
  information is unknown then it must be stated in
  the document.
• All hazardous ingredients must be disclosed.
• They cannot be more than 3 years old.
• Care must be taken to read each MSDS and become
  familiar with the document to be able to locate
  the required information.

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MSDS

• MSDS Sections
• Hazardous Ingredients
• Preparation Information
• Product Information
• Physical Data
• Fire or Explosion Hazard
• Reactivity Data
• Toxicological Properties
• Preventive Measures
• First Aid Measures

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MSDS - Sections

• Hazardous Ingredients
• This section must provide information on the
  name concentration and toxicity of each of the
  hazardous ingredients of a controlled product.
• Chemical Identity
• Concentration
• CAS Number (Chemical Abstract Service)
• PIN Number (Product Identification Number)
• LD50 (lethal dose 50)
• The lethal single dose required to cause death in
  50 of a test animal population.
• LC50 (lethal concentration 50)
• The concentration in air which, administered over
  a specific period of time, is expected to cause
  death in 50 of the test animal population.

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MSDS - Sections

• 2) Preparation Information
• Name of the person or department who prepared the
  document
• Phone number
• Preparation date

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MSDS - Sections

• 3) Product Information
• Product Name
• Product Use
• Manufacturer Identifier
• Supplier Name and Address
• Emergency Phone Numbers

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MSDS - Sections

• 4) Physical Data
• This section provides information on the
  physical properties of the product.
• Physical State pH
• Odour and Appearance Odour Threshold
• Vapour Pressure Vapour Density
• Boiling Point Freezing Point
• Evaporation Rate Percent Volatile
• Specific Gravity
• Coefficient of Water/Oil Distribution

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MSDS - Sections

• 5) Fire or Explosion Data
• Provide information to assist with fire and
  explosion prevention.
• Flashpoint
• Auto-ignition temperature
• Lower Flammable Limit
• Upper Flammable Limit
• Means of Extinction
• Sensitivity to Impact
• Sensitivity to Static Discharge
• Hazardous combustion Products
• Conditions of Flammability

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MSDS - Sections

• 6) Reactivity Data
• This section provides information on the
  stability of the product and its reaction with
  other chemicals or exposure to heat, shock or
  temperature.
• Chemical stability
• Incompatible materials
• Conditions of reactivity
• Hazardous decomposition products

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MSDS - Sections

• 7) Toxicological Properties
• This section provides information on how the
  product enters the body and what the short and
  long term effects are to be on the exposed
  worker.
• Routes of entry
• Inhalation, skin contact, eye contact, ingestion
• Exposure Limits
• Irritancy to product
• Sensitivity to Product
• Carcinogenicity
• Reproductive Toxicity
• Teratogenicity
• Mutagenicity

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MSDS - Sections

• 8) Preventive Measures
• This section provides information to the worker
  that protect the health and safety of the worker
  during transportation, storage, use and disposal.
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Gloves
• Respiratory
• Eye
• Footwear
• Engineering controls
• Ventilation controls
• Leak and spill procedure
• Waste disposal
• Storage requirement
• Handling procedures

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MSDS - Sections
9) First Aid Measures Provides the necessary
information for the immediate treatment of a
person experiencing acute effects from
inhalation, ingestion, eye contact or skin
contact with a hazardous substance.
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Exempted Materials

• There are materials that are not covered by
  WHMIS because they are covered by other
  legislation.
• These materials are
• Manufactured Materials
• Tobacco Products
• Wood Products
• Consumer Products- Consumer Products Act
• Explosives Explosives Act
• Food Drugs Food and Drug Act
• Pesticides Pesticide Control Act
• Radioactive Materials CNSC Act
• Hazardous Wastes

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Trade Secrets

• The Hazardous Materials Information Review Act
• Allows companies to protect valuable information
  regarding their products.
• A company must file a claim and receive a
  registry number.
• This information is only given to a health
  professional.

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Training

• An employer shall ensure that a worker who works
  with or in the proximity to a controlled product
  is informed about all the hazard information and
  other information concerning the safe use,
  storage and handling of hazardous materials.
• This training can come in 2 forms, generic and
  specific.
• Generic Training
• WHMIS training includes
• Labels
• MSDS
• Specific Training
• Site specific
• Supervisor