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WHMIS Flashcards

1
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When did WHMIS first become a law?

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1988

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Under WHIMIS every container must be labelled. What are the 3 types of labels used?

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Supplier label, workplace label, other mans of identification (are used when workplace labels would be impractical

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What is the danger signal word used for?

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Is used for high risk hazards

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What is the signal word warning used for?

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Used for less severe hazards

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5
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What are the employers responsibilities?

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  • properly labelling controlled products that are used, stored, handled, or disposed of in your workplace
  • making SDS available to workers and making sure you know how to use the information provided
  • ensuring workers receive education and training about how to safely store, handle, and use the chemicals in your workplace
  • providing the PPE you require after making every effort to reduce or eliminate hazards
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What are the suppliers responsibilities?

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Providing a safety data sheet and applying a label showing the required information as part of selling a hazardous product

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What are your responsibilities?

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  • following Safe work procedures, especially when working with hazardous products
  • completing the WHMIS training provided by your employer
  • using the recommended control measures when they are required
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8
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What 6 things must the supplier label include?

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  • product identifier
  • supplier identifier
  • pictofram(s)
  • signal word
  • hazard statements
  • precautionary statement(s)
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What does the product identifier on a supplier label contain?

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The exact name of the product as it appears on the container and SDD

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What does the supplier identifier on a supplier label contain?

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The name, address and telephone number of the company which made or packaged the product

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What does the pictogram on a supplier label contain?

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Hazard symbol within a red square set on one of its points

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What does a signal word contain on a supplier label?

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A word used to alert the reader to a potential hazard and to indicate the severity of the hazard

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What does the hazard statement on a supplier label contain?

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Brief, standardized sentences that describe the hazards of a product, and indicate the degree of the hazard.

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What does the precautionary statement(s) on a supplier label contain?

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Standardized advice about how to minimize or prevent harmful effects of a product. Instructions may include: 
• use of the product 
• PPE 
• storage 
• first aid 
• emergency measures
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What information must a workplace label include?

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  • product name
  • Safe handling procedures
  • A reference to the SDS
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What information does the safety data sheet contain?

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  • Identification
  • Hazard identification
  • Composition/information on ingredients
  • first-aid measures
  • fire-fighting measures
  • accidental release measures
  • handling and storage
  • exposure controls/personal protection
  • physical and chemical properties
  • stability and reactivity
17
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What does the identification on the SDS contain?

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Product name, other identification, product use/restrictions, Canadian supplier name and address, emergency phone number

18
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What does the hazard identification on the SDS contain?

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Hazard classification, label elements, pictogram/signal word/hazard and precautionary statements, and other hazards (not classified) such as molten metal hazard.

19
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What does the composition/information on ingredients on the SDS contain?

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List of chemical ingredients in the mixture and its concentration

20
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What does the fire fighting measures on the SDS contain?

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Specific hazards (how it could ignite or cause a fire), what should be used to extinguish it, and any special PPE

21
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What does the first aid measures on the SDS contain?

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Specific first aid measures, the most important symptoms, effects, and any medical or special treatment required

22
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What does the accidental release measures on the SDS contain?

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Personal precautions, protective equipment, emergency procedure, and methods and materials for containment/cleanup

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What does the handling and storage on the SDS contain?

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Precautions for safe handling, and conditions of safe storage, including any other products that should not be stored together with it

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What does the exposure controls/personal protection on the SDS contain?

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Expose your guidelines, engineering controls, protective measures such as PPE, and hygiene considerations

25
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What does the physical and chemical properties on the SDS contain?

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Physical state (gas, liquid, solid), odour, appearance, PH, melting/freezing/boiling point, flashpoint etc.

26
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What does the stability and reactivity on the SDS contain?

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If it will react when combined with other materials

27
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What does the toxicological information on the SDS contain?

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How does it enter the body, delayed an immediate affects, and chronic affects from short term and long term exposures

28
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What does the ecological information on the SDS contain?

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Info about if products bills or leaks, including toxicity in the environment, how easily it biodegrades, and how mobile it is in the soil

29
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What does the disposal considerations on the SDS contain?

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Info about the safe handling for and methods of disposal

30
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What does the transport information on the SDS contain?

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Info that is important if you’re going to ship product by Road, rail, ship or air

31
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What does the regulatory information on the SDS contain?

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Info about safety, health and environmental regulations specific to the product

32
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What are the four MAIN purposes of a SDS?

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  • identification
  • hazards
  • prevention
  • response
33
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What do the letters WHMIS represent?

A

Workplace hazardous materials information system

34
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What are the products that are covered under the WHMIS system called?

A

All hazardous products in the workplace

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