Transcript WHMIS TRAINING

WHMIS TRAINING
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
What is WHMIS?
 WHMIS stands for the Workplace Hazardous
Materials Information System
 It was introduced in the late 1980’s by a
combination of Federal and Provincial legislation
What is the goal of WHMIS?
The Goal of WHMIS implementation is to reduce
the occurrence of injury and illness caused by
hazardous materials in the workplace.
There are 6 Classes of Hazardous Materials recognized
under WHMIS. The chart on the next slide shows the 6
classes and their symbols .
Hazardous materials are harmful to the body when they
are:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Ingested
Absorbed
Inhaled
Injected
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.
The main components of WHMIS are
as follows -
1.
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3.
Labeling
Material Safety Data Sheets
Training
1.
WHMIS LABELS
The purpose of labels is to alert workers to the main hazards of
controlled products and provide instructions for safe handling
and to direct workers to the Material Safety Data Sheets
(MSDS) for more information.
The two types of WHMIS labels are the supplier label and
the workplace label. Other means of identification may be
used where appropriate (such as warning signs, colour codes,
or placards).
WHMIS Supplier Labels
Suppliers must provide supplier labels on
containers of all controlled products sold
or imported for use in the workplace.
 Supplier labels must show seven types
of information within the WHMIS
hatched borders (product name, hazard
symbols, risk phrases, precautionary
measures, first aid measures, supplier
identifier, reference to an MSDS).
 The written information must be
shown in both English and French.
 The label must stand out from the
container itself and other markings on
the container.
WHMIS Workplace Labels
Workplace labels are required on
containers of controlled products
produced on site and on secondary
containers where the product has been
transferred from the original container.
The workplace label contains the
following:
 Product name
 Safe handling procedures
 Reference to the MSDS
The format for workplace labels is
flexible and may be in the language of
choice in the workplace.
2.
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS
(MSDS)
What is an MSDS?
 A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is designed to provide both
workers and emergency personnel with the proper procedures for
handling or working with a controlled substance. MSDS’s include
information such as physical data (melting point, boiling pint, flash
point etc.), toxicity, health effects, first aid, reactivity, storage,
disposal, protective equipment, and spill/leak procedures.
 An MSDS must be available on site for every controlled product
that is either used or produced at that location
 MSDS’s must be readily accessible by everyone at all times and
must be clearly identified.
Material Safety Data Sheets - MSDS
• If you are unsure of any
information contained in
MSDS that is applicable to
your work, please contact
your supervisor or your
certified health & safety
management /worker
representative.
MSDS sheets are available in the operations where controlled
products are used (i.e. The Spoke and The Wave). Please ensure
that you know where the MSDS binder is located in your
operation.
3.
TRAINING
 Employers are responsible for educating all workers who
work with or in the proximity of controlled products about
WHMIS and safe work procedures.
 Each operation will provide employees with training
regarding safe handling procedures for the controlled
products that are specific to their area.