Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems

 Canadian Legislation  Ensures ready access to information on how to work safely with chemical  Workshops, offices, laboratories, clinical setting  Concerned with “controlled products”  Criteria of both health and safety risks

 Consumer products-Why?  Cosmetics  Explosives  Food & Drugs  Hazardous waste  Pesticides  Radioactive materials

 Supplier ◦ Provide a label for products that  Classify products  Label products with a WHMIS label  Prepare and provide customer’s Material Safety Data Sheet  Update the MSDS at least every three years

 Train employees who work with chemical in WHMIS  Ensure safe work practices  Ensure a workplace label is on all containers  Ensure access to MSDS’s

 Participate in training  Follow prescribed work practices  Wear required protective equipment

1. Compressed Gas ◦ Stored under pressure ◦ Oxygen 2. Flammable & Combustible Materials 3. Oxidizing Materials-laboratories 4. Poisonous & Infectious Materials ◦ Immediate and serious toxic effects ◦ Other toxic effects

Compressed Gas Gas at normal temperature and pressure Packaged under pressure Compressed air, O2, hydrogen, nitrogen

Flammable and Combustible Materials Ignite and continue to burn in air Gases, aerosols, liquids and solids Solvents, cleaning material

Oxidizing Materials Materials that release O2 or other oxidizing substances and contribute to the combustion of other flammable materials Chlorine, nitrogen dioxide, hydrogen peroxide

Materials causing Immediate and Serious Toxic Effects Extremely toxic Cause severe damage in single overexposure cyanide

Materials causing other Toxic effects Poses threat to our health through long term exposure Suspected carcinogen, mutagenicity, sensitization, embryotoxicity, reproductive toxicity

Biohazardous Infectious Material Presents the risk of biological or viral infection on contact Biomedical waste containers for syringes, needles and sharps Linen and material contaminated with bodily fluids

Corrosive Material Attacks metals and other substances Fumes can cause permanent damage to human tissues & organs Strong acids, ammonia, fluorine

Dangerously Reactive Material React violently under certain conditions React violently with water

 Bilingual  Name of product  Suppliers name and number  Symbols as indicated by the product classification

 Risk phrases which give a concise statement of the hazard  Precautionary measures  First aid measures  Statement indicating that an MSDS is available

 Name of the chemical  Safe handling information  Reference to MSDS

Chemical Product and Company information ◦ Supplier name & number ◦ Name of the product ◦ Validation/preparation date (no older than 3 years) ◦ Product uses ◦ Product Classification: which WHMIS class(es)

Percent make-up of all hazardous ingredients will be listed here

Overview of known health effects Concentrations LD50 (Lethal Dose kills 50% of test animals)

 Appearance including odor, colour  Melting and freezing point  Flammability  Evaporation Rate

 Describes First Aid or medical treatment if exposure occurs

 Details fire fighting measures  Extinguishing media  Hazardous of combustion  Flammability such as flash point

 Provides information on how to clean up spills or accidental releases of hazardous materials

 Safe handling procedures to minimize exposure to hazardous material  Identifies incompatible storage

 Recommendations for working environment  Proper ventilation  PPE  Exposure limits

 Unique properties of hazardous materials for safe handling procedures

 Information on reactivity with other materials and changes that can occur during storage

 Information about the toxicity of the material and various routes of entry

 Effect the material may have on the environment and assist in determining proper disposal procedures

 Information regarding treatment, recycling and disposal methods

 Information regarding transport regulations such as TDG class, packing group, PIN numbers and other special considerations when transporting the material

 Additional information regarding the material

 Applicable to governmental regulations that pertain to the product  Various international regulations may also be found here

Fire & Explosion Data ◦ How do you put it out ◦ Ignition temperature ◦ Sensitivity to static electric ignition Reactivity Data ◦ Stability ◦ Incompatibility ◦ decomposition

Toxicological Properties ◦ Route of entry ◦ Acute effects ◦ Long term effects ◦ Legal limit of exposure Preventive Measures First Aid