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Hazardous Chemicals and Safety Flashcards

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1
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What are the 5 physical hazards?

A
  • Exploding bomb
  • Flame
  • Flame over circle
  • Gas cylinder
  • Corrosive to metals
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What are the 4 health hazards?

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  • Skull and crossbones
  • Corrosive to skin
  • Health hazard
  • Exclamation mark
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What harm could a Biohazardous Infectious Material cause?

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Risk to the health of humans, animals, or the environment.

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How is the environmental hazard dangerous?

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Hazardous to aquatic environment and/or ozone layer.

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5
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What does the hexagon mean?

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Danger

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6
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What does the diamond/square mean?

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Warning

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7
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What does the triangle mean

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Caution

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8
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What are the 3 levels of warning?

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Danger, warning, caution

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9
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What does HHPS stand for?

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Hazardous Household Product Symbols

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What are the HHP symbols?

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  • Poison (skull and crossbones)
  • Explosive (explosion)
  • Flammable (fire)
  • Corrosive (hand in box)
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11
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Exploding bomb meaning and classification

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Classification: Physical hazard
Meaning: Explosive, self-reactive

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Gas cylinder meaning and class

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Class: Physical hazard
Meaning: Substance or container with GASES UNDER PRESSURE

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Health hazard meaning and class

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Class: Health hazard
Meaning: May cause serious health effects

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Flame meaning and class

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Class: Physical hazard
Meaning: fire hazard

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Corrosive to skin and metals meaning and class

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Class: Physical and health
Meaning: corrosive to skin, metals, irritation, damage

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Exclamation mark meaning and class

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Class: Health hazard
Meaning: acute toxicity, may cause serious side effects to someone’s health

17
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Flame over circle class and meaning

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Class: physical hazard
Meaning: (the chemical is) Something that is flammable when exposed to a certain amount of oxygen

18
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Skull and cross bones class and meaning

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Class: physical hazard
Meaning: Acute toxicity, may cause death.

19
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Environmental hazard class and meaning

A

Class: environment hazard
Meaning: hazardous to aquatic environment and ozone layer

20
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Biohazardous infectious material class and meaning

A

Class: Health and environmental hazard
Meaning: Hazardous to the health of people, animals, and the environment

21
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What are the two main types of safety?

A

WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System)

and

HHPS (Hazardous Household Product Symbols)

22
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What are physical and chemical characteristics

A

Odour, colour, etc.

23
Q

What is the reactivity data of a chemical referring to?

A

If it will react with other chemicals

24
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What is “toxicological health hazard data”?

A

How the chemical can get into your body and how it will affect your health

25
Q

What are “safe-handling procedures”?

A

The correct way to use and dispose of the chemical

26
Q

What are “control measures”?

A

How we can protect ourselves against the hazardous material

27
Q

How many different sections are on the SDS paper?

A

16

28
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What does SDS stand for?

A

Safety Data Sheet

29
Q

How must chemicals be stored?

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Must be stored in approved containers, and as stated on their labels. Flammables should be stored in cool, dry places, away from heat.

30
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What does it mean when something is “oxidizing”?

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An oxidizing substance is a substance that combines with oxygen and loses hydrogen to form another substance

31
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How do you get the chemical off your skin

A

Wash your skin with water

32
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What would an adult do if a chemical spilled?

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Sweep up chemicals and use them as fertilizer if not contaminated.

33
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What should you do if a chemical gets in your eye?

A

Wash your eyes with water while lifting your upper and lower eyelids. Do this for 15 minutes.

34
Q

What should you do if you inhale the chemical?

A

Get fresh air (outside) and seek medical attention.

35
Q

Why is WHMiS important?

A
  • to identify hazards
  • provides health and safety information
  • explains how to protect ourselves from exposure
  • explains what we should do in the case of an emergency
36
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What is the difference between WHMIS and HHPS?

A

WHMIS products are for the workplace or used in a lab, where HHPS is a household place, where products are used for household.

37
Q

When you see a WHMIS Label, THINK:

A

STOP! Think
Do I know the
hazard?
Do I need more
information?

38
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Label must include

A

A product identifier (name)

Hazard symbol(s)

Signal word

Hazard Statements

Precautionary statements

Supplier identifier

39
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