Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems and the Globally Harmonized System WHMIS Orientation

Agenda What is WHMIS? Classes and symbols Labels Supplier Workplace Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

WHMIS ORIENTATION WHAT IS WHMIS?

WHAT IS WHMIS? WHMIS is: WHMIS has three key components: the Canadian standard for materials hazard communication since 1988 a legally binding requirement administered by Health Canada WHMIS has three key components: Specific Labelling Requirements Safety Data Sheets (formerly Material Safety Data Sheets) Education of Workers (and students where applicable)

WHAT IS WHMIS? WHMIS has under gone some changes in order to ease international global trade. These changes to WHMIS have led to a distinction between “WHMIS 1988” and “WHMIS 2015”. WHMIS 2015 is no less legally binding. It incorporates a system known as the Globally Harmonized System.

WHAT IS WHMIS? Specific labelling of controlled products KEY COMPONENTS: WHMIS 1988 KEY COMPONENTS: WHMIS 2015 Specific labelling of controlled products Includes specific icons with black round border Material Safety Data Sheets Must be updated every three years Accessible to workers, as a printed (Hardcopy) document Worker Education Specific labelling of controlled products Includes specific icons with red diamond border Safety Data Sheets Must be updated as information becomes available Accessible to workers, can be digital or hardcopy document Worker Education

WHAT IS WHMIS? WHMIS is founded on a worker’s right to know what hazards they [you] are working with: Education is fundamental to WHMIS WHMIS facilitates identification of hazards. Allows for a Canada wide (and now global) consistency for hazard communications including: The type and amount of information required A standard way to display the information required The agency or individual(s) responsible for the product The revision period of information provided

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS WHMIS ORIENTATION HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS Physical (19) Health (12) Group Environment Flammable gases Acute toxicity Hazard Classes Gases under pressure Eye damage/irritation Adapt slide directly from Dr. Hyed (1:53-4:28) Oxidising gases Carcinogenicity + 9 more Flammable liquids Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 + 15 more

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS Included among the ways which WHMIS communicates information to an end user is a list of specific symbols. Each symbol or pictogram identifies a different hazard. As mentioned already these symbols are different for WHMIS 1988 and WHMIS 2015.

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS SYMBOLS: WHMIS 1988 SYMBOLS: WHMIS 2015

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS These pictograms help to quickly highlight dangers associated with a substance. You should note that the black bordered pictogram has been retained from WHMIS 1988. The red bordered pictograms are new (WHMIS 2015) and are a part of the Globally Harmonized System.

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS GAS CYLINDER PICTOGRAM: Physical Hazard Compressed Gasses Liquefied Gases Dissolved Gases THE OLD PICTOGRAM: Gases under pressure **NOTE: We will not be discussing the old pictograms, however, for comparison they are shown

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS FLAME PICTOGRAM Physical Hazard Combustible solid Combustible liquid Combustible gas Combustible aerosols Pyrophoric solid/liquid Self reacting materials Organic Peroxides (Type B-F)

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS FLAME OVER CIRCLE PICTOGRAM Physical Hazard Increased fire risk if contact with flammable or combustible materials

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS EXPLODING BOMB PICTOGRAM Physical Hazard Dangerously reactive Explosion/Reactive Hazard Explosives Self-reacting substances Organic Peroxides (Type A&B) ** NOTE the similarity to the consumer product label (without red diamond border); those do NOT indicate reactive substances.

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS CORROSION PICTOGRAM Health & Physical Hazard Materials that can damage skin, eyes and/or metal

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS SKULL & CROSSBONE PICTOGRAM Health Hazard Acute Toxicity (Cat.1-3) Oral Dermal Inhalation Immediate and serious toxic effects

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS HEALTH HAZARD PICTOGRAM Carcinogenicity Germ cell mutagenicity Aspiration Hazard Respiratory sensation STOT single exposure STOT repeat exposure Reproductive toxicity [STOT: Specific Target Organ Toxicity]

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS EXCLAMATION MARK PICTOGRAM Health Hazard Skin and/or eye irritation Less severe categories Acute toxicity (Cat. 4) Oral Dermal Inhalation Skin Sensitization STOT (Cat. 4) NOT Used if Skull & Crossbones, Corrosion, or Health Hazard pictogram is also used.

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS BIOHAZARD INFECTIOUS PICTOGRAM Health Hazard Biohazardous Infectious Materials (Cat. 1) Disease-causing organism Probable or known Not part of GHS (Retained from WHMIS 1988)

HAZARD CLASSIFICATION AND PICTOGRAMS NO PICTOGRAM ARE REQUIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING: Flammable gases [Cat. 2] Flammable liquids [Cat. 4] Self-reactive substance and mixture [Type G] Organic Peroxides [Type G] Combustible dusts [Cat. 1] Simple Asphyxiants [Cat. 1] Serious eye damage/ irritation [Cat. 2B] Reproductive toxicity [Effects on or via lactation] NOTE: It is important to read the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) of products you work with!

WHMIS ORIENTATION LABELLING STANDARDS

LABELLING STANDARDS LABLES ARE A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY: Labels will contain the pictograms required Labels act as an immediate reference CHANGES FROM WHMIS 1988 and 2015: WHMIS 1988 – Label is hatched WHMIS 2015 – Label is NOT hatched

LABELLING STANDARDS SUPPLIER LABLES Must be written in English and French and will contain the following information: Contain the product identifier (Name) Supplier Identifier (Contact) Pictogram and Signal Word (Danger or Warning) Hazard Statement Precautionary Measures Supplemental Information (if not standard) Supplemental information is present only if there is supplemental information. It is not required if there is no such available information, but if there is it cannot be legally omitted. It applies mostly to products which are not standard in their production or which are unique in some way.

LABELLING STANDARDS WHMIS 1988 WHMIS 2015 There is no set standard for how a label must look, but the information must all be present.

LABELLING STANDARDS WORKPLACE LABELS are required when: Product is made in house Product is dispensed in another container Supplier Label is illegible ** Workplace labels are NOT required when the use is a single use within a single shift, but once this no longer applies, a label is required. Others should not need to guess or assume what you put into a container.

LABELLING STANDARDS WORKPLACE LABELS must have: Product identifier (Name) Safe Handling and Precautions Reference to the SDS

LABELLING STANDARDS Notice that this workplace label sample does not contain all the information provided on a supplier label. QUESTION: Should we include a HazCom note to introduce it? Dr. Heyd has done so after his introduction to Labelling Standards.

WHMIS ORIENTATION Safety data sheets

SAFETY DATA SHEET The Safety Data Sheet (SDS) is required (by legislation) to give details and standardized technical information. The information provided is more detailed than that of a label. Updates by suppliers are required within 90 days of an update being released. The legally required technical information includes: Specific hazard information Safe handling information Emergency procedures

SAFETY DATA SHEET An employer must: Ensure that SDSs are readily available (close by and accessible) to employees. Information is up-to-date when a product enters the workplace

SAFETY DATA SHEET For those opting for digital SDSs: An accessible device to the employee must be made available (can’t assume you will use your own smart phone to look up information). Training on use of the provided digital device must be provided (can’t assume you will know how to navigate the provided device). A paper copy of an SDS must be provided upon request.

SAFETY DATA SHEET RYERSON LABS SDSs are found in binders in each lab Online Inventory will be operational soon Chemical supply companies will also have SDS information should you want to look up other substances. Each grade of the same product will have its own SDS). Some supply companies include: SigmaAldrich VWR Etc.

SAFETY DATA SHEET While WHMIS 1988 had specified 9 sections that were required in the Material Safety Data Sheet. WHMIS 2015 has 16 sections specified in the Safety Data Sheet. Each section must be present; though some parts under a section may be left blank.

SAFETY DATA SHEET WHMIS 2015 REGULATORY HEADINGS 1 Identification 2 Hazard Identification 3 Composition/Information on Ingredients 4 First-aid Measures 5 Fire-fighting Measures 6 Accidental Release Measures 7 Handling and Storage 8 Exposure Controls/Personal Protection 9 Physical and Chemical Properties 10 Stability and Reactivity 11 Toxicological Information 12-15 Ecological, Transport and Regulatory Information, Disposal Considerations (These may all appear without information) 16 Other

SAFETY DATA SHEET Product & company identification Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Hazards Identification Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Composition and ingredients Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET First Aid Measures Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Fire fighting measures Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Accidental release measures Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Handling and storage Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Exposure controls and personal protection Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET TWA = time-weighted average allowed average exposure (upper limit) over 8-h day STEL = short-term exposure limit allowed level of exposure for up to 15 min, 4 times/day LD50 = lethal dose 50 (ingestion) LC50 = lethal concentration 50 (inhalation) exposure that kills 50% of test animals Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Physical & chemical properties Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Stability and reactivity Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Toxicological information Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Ecological information Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Disposal considerations Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Transportation information Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Regulatory information Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

SAFETY DATA SHEET Other information Adapt slides directly from Dr. Hyed (17:40-23:19)

WHMIS ORIENTATION CLOSING REMARKS

CLOSING REMARKS Please recall that the roots of WHMIS are founded in a workers right to know what they are handling. You should always be aware and attentive of the substance you work with.

CLOSING REMARKS WHMIS 2015 legislates information in the form of: Symbols Red bordered diamond shape pictograms Labels Supplier and Workplace Safety Data Sheets Containing sixteen sections

CLOSING REMARKS You may find more information on WHMIS and GHS, if you would like it, through Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS).

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