Welding Health and Safety Flashcards
who is responsible for health and safety in the workplace?what are the roles?
joint responsibility of the employer and the worker. employer must inform the work about the hazard, worker must use protective equipment and follow safety procedure
what is “right to know” legislation
the idea that anyone in the workplace has the right to know about hazards of materials they may be exposed to or work they may have to undertake
health and safety in canada concerning welding is addressed by
can/csa w117.2 health and safety in welding cutting and allied process
objective of WHIMS
to ensure that info on hazard/material gets to all those in the workplace that could be exposed to the hazard
WHIMS information is conveyed by 3 methods:
- product labels
- msds
- training
Controlled product Class A:
compressed gas
Controlled product Class B
Flammable and Combustible
Controlled Class C
Oxidizing
Controlled Class D
Poisonous and biohazardous infectious
Controlled Class E
Corrosive
Controlled Class F
Dangerously reactive
when do you need a supplier label?
any controlled product coming into or produced in a workplace
why do we use workplace labels
to ensure information is transmitted to the end user
also controlled products decanted from their original containers into another at the workplace
name a characteristic of an WHIMS label
cross hatched border
supplier label contains these 7 following information
- product identifier
- supplier identifier
- MSDS statement
- hazard symbol
- risk phase i.e. “spontaneously flammable”
- precautionary measure
- first aid measure, in case of exposure
