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Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems Flashcards

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What is the sole purpose of WHMIS?

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to provide you with standard information in a uniform amnner so you will be aware of any and all hazards asscociated with those hazardous materials you use in the course of your job.

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Under WHMIS legislation, what are the 3 ways in which information will be provided?

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  1. Labels
  2. Material Safety Data Sheets
  3. Worker Training
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What is the federal legislation that implements WHMIS in Canada? (5)

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  1. Hazardous Product Act
  2. Controlled Products Regulation
  3. Ingredient Disclosure List
  4. Hazardous materials Information Review Act
  5. Hazardous Materials Information Review Regulations
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What is the Hazardous Product Act?

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places duties on suppliers to provide labels and MSDS to customers for their hazardous materials

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What is the Controlled Products Regulation? (2)

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  1. defines what a controlled product is,

2. sets out detailed info that supplier is required to put on label and MSDS

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What is the federal legislation Act is the Ingredient Disclosure List made under?

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Hazard Product Act

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What is the Ingredient Disclosure List?

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contains names of chemicals which mus be identified on MSDS, if they are ingredients of a controlled product

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What Commission does Hazardous Material Information Review Act establish and what does it do?(2)

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  1. The Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission
  2. federal agency that rules on claims for exemption from disclosing confidential business information; also defines types of information that a supplier/employer can withold from a label or MSDS
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What is the Hazardous Materials Information Review Regulations? (2)

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  1. set outs criteria that Commission will use when assessing validity of a claim for exemption
  2. sets out fees to be paid when filing a claim for exemption or appealing a decision of the Commission.
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What are the provicial legislation that implements WHMIS in Ontario? (2)

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  1. Occupational Health and Safety Act

2. WHMIS Regulation, RRO 1990, Reg. 860

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What does the Occupational Health and Saftey Act do? (3)

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  1. places duties on employers of where hazmat are used, to obtain labels and,
  2. MSDS from suppliers
  3. provide worker education programs
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What does the WHMIS Regulation do?

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sets out in detail the employer duties respecting lanels, MSDS and worker education

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What are supplier responsibilities under WHMIS? (3)

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  1. determine classification step- which hazmat used in workplace are controlled products
  2. to label all controlled products as a condition of sale or importation
  3. to provide MSDS for controlled products as a condition of sale/ importation
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What are employer in charge of workplace where controlled products are used responsibilities? (4)

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  1. to ensure controlled substances are labelled
  2. obtain MSDS for controlled products
  3. educate workers
  4. ensure MSDS are available to workers and JHSC
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Niether the Occupational Health and Safety Act nor WHMIS Regulation places direct duties on worker/ supervisor- T/F?

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True

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What would be the Supervisor responsibilities? (2)

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  1. advise workers of chemical hazards, handling procedures, PPE requirments
  2. ensure workers use PPE
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What would be worker Responsibilities based in duties mentioned in the Act? (4)

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  1. follow safe handling procedure and wear necessary PPR
  2. not interfere with WHMIS labels
  3. Work in compliance with WHMIS
  4. report non-compliance of WHMIS regulation
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What are the classes of WHMIS hazards? (6 + 6)

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  1. Class A- Compressed gas
  2. Class B- Flammable/ Combustible material
  3. Class C- Oxidizing material
  4. Class D- Immediately Toxic materials (D1), Other Toxic Effects (D2), Biohazardous materials (D3)
  5. Class E- Corrosive materials
  6. Class F- Dangerously Reactive materials
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What is the def’n of Class A- Compressed Gas ?

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  • any material/ mixture enclosed in a container under pressure

Examples- LPG, propane, Scott air packs, O2

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What is def’n of Class B hazardous material?

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  • solid, liquid, gas that will ignite and conrinue to burn if exposed to a flame
  • flashpoint of flammable material is below 37.6C/ 100F
  • flashpoint of combustible materials equal pr greater than 37.6C/ 100F and below 93C/ 200F
  • Examples- hydrocarbon gases, solvents, liquid fills (gasoline)
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What is the def’n of Oxidizing Materials Class C?

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  • substance that gives off O2 easily and can cause another substance to burn
  • Examples- peroxides, nitrates, chromic acid, perchlorates, chlorates
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What is def’n of Posionous and Infectious Materials (Class D)? (3)

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substance known to cause temporary/ permanent adverse health effects in humans

D1- materials causung immediate and serious toxic effects
example- ammonia, chlorine

D2- materials causing other toxic effects
example- asbestos, silica, solvents

D3- biohazardous infectious material
example- blood samples, viruses, bacteria

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What is def’n of Corrosive Materials (Class E)?

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  • substance that will erode steel, destroy aluminum or animal tissue

example- bromine, chlorine, fluorine, hydrochloric acid, chromic acid

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What is def’n of Class F Dangerously Reactve Materials?

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  • a substance which will react with water to produce a posionous gas or which will undergo a reaction if container is heated, pressurized or violently shaken

examples- benzoyl peroxide will explode if heated or dropped, aluminum sulphide will react with moisture and release hydrogen sulphide

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What materials may be hazrdous but do not fall uder WHMIS? (10)

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  1. Explosives
  2. Pesticides
  3. Cosmetics
  4. Radioactive materials
  5. consumer product in normal quantities
  6. hazardous waste
  7. tobacco
  8. wood/ wood product
  9. manufactured product
  10. control products during transport
26
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What types of labels are used on containers of hazmat? (2)

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  1. supplier labels
  2. workplace labels

** both have same purpose but different in content and format

27
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How can a supplier label be recognized?

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its unique hatch- marked border

28
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What informations must supplier labels contain? (8)

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  1. product identifier- name, brand name, code name, number
  2. applicable hazard symbol- 1 of 8 hazard symbols
  3. risk phrases- ex. “dangerous if inhaled”
  4. precautionary measures
  5. first- aid measures
  6. supplier/ manufacturer identifier- name/ location
  7. reference to MSDS
  8. Bilingual
29
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When are Workplace Labels used?

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when no supplier label on container.

example- when hazmat is transferred from original container to another container

30
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How many pieces of info are req’d on workplace label? (3)

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  1. Product identifier
  2. info for safe handling of hazmat (precautions)
  3. reference to MSDS
31
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Where can one find what the effects of substance on health of hazardous material?

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in the Health Hazard Data section of the MSDS.

32
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What does Preventative Measures section tell you in MSDS?

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how to avoid exposure and protect yourself

33
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What are the major factors which dtermine and influence the degree of harm a hazmat can cause to body? (6)

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  1. route of entry
  2. amount/ dose entering body
  3. length of exposure
  4. target of accumulation sites
  5. metabolism and elimination of material in body
  6. biological or individual variation
34
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How can hazmat enter the body (4)

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  1. inhalation- most common

2, absorption - skin/ eye contact

  1. ingestion
  2. injection
35
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What is MOST IMPORTANT Factor when determining whether or not hazmat will cause adverse efrects?

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  • amount of hazmat entering body
36
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Where are the main sites in the body that hazmat may cause harm? (4)

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  1. where enter the body - lungs, intestines, skin
  2. in the blood
  3. in central nervous system
  4. in organs (liver, kidneys, bladder)
37
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What biological variations of an exposed person can influence the dgree of posioning that may or may not occur? (7)

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  1. age
  2. sex
  3. species
  4. body temperature
  5. nutritional status
  6. individual susceptibility
  7. patholgical status
38
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What are exposure limits?

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airborne concentrations of a material to which it is believed that nearly all workers may be exposed without experienceing any adverse effects.

39
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What are Threshold Limit Values? (3)

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  1. Time Weighted Average (TWA)
  2. Short Term Exposure Limit (STEL)
  3. Ceiling Exposure Limit (CEL)
40
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What is Time Weighted Avereage (TWA)?

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time weighted average concentration for a normal 8 hr workday and a 40hr workweek of any exposure w/ithout adverse effects

41
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What is Short Term Exposure Limit (STEL)? (3)

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  1. 15min weighted average exposure, which should not be exceded at any time during workday even if 8hr TWA is within threshold limit value;
  2. not repeated more than 4X/ day
  3. at least 60mins between successive exposures at STEL
42
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What is Ceiling Exposure Limit (CEL)?

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concentration that should not be exceeded at any time, even for an instant.

43
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What are health effects produced from hazmat categorized into? (2)

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  1. Acute Toxicity

2. Chronic Toxicity

44
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What is Acute Toxicity?

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  1. health effect that develop either immediately or short time after exposure (24hrs)
45
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What are health effects of Acute Toxicity? (2)

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temporary- skin irritation, sickness, trauma

permanent- blindness, mental impairment, scars from burns

46
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What is Chronic Toxicity?

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health effects that result from long term exposure to a small dose over many years, 10+yrs

47
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What are actions to be taken to avoid health effects when using hazmat? (3)

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  1. read container’s label
  2. follow precautions listed
  3. wear necessary PPE
48
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WHat is MSDS?

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document containing detailed hazard and safe handling info for a given hazardous material. It is prepared and supplied by manufacturer, so varies in length, format, appearance

49
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What do MSDS contain? (4)

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  1. data on heakth risks of exposure
  2. safest method of using/ storing material
  3. protective measures for safe-guarding workers from exposure
  4. emergency exposure procedures
50
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What are the categories of info found on MSDS? (9)

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  1. Product Information
  2. Hazardous Ingredients
  3. Physical Data
  4. Fire and Explosion Data
  5. Reactivity Data
  6. Toxiclogical Properties/ Health Hazard Data
  7. First Aid Measures Data
  8. Preventative Measures
  9. Preparation Information
51
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What are types of PPE? (4)

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  1. Hand protections
  2. Foot protection
  3. Eye Protection
  4. Respiratory Protection
52
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What are types of Respiratory Protection? (3)

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  1. Air purifying
  2. supplied air
  3. SCBA

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