Activities and Assessments: ASSIGNMENT (SUBMIT your answers at EDMODO

ASSIGNMENT SECTION )

1. What is Hazard?

2. A substance is a mixture made up of the following components

Ammonium Nitrate 71%
Water 16%
Diesel fuel 8%
An emulsifier composed of:
Oleic Acid 3%
Sodium Hydroxide (50% aq. soln.) 2%
The mixture has a paste like consistency which does not meet the GHS definition of a liquid.

Question: Considering the components of this mixture, identify the possible physical hazard
classifications for this mixture, providing reasons for your choice.

Possible classifications are: ( underline or color it yellow for your answer )

a) Explosive – will need to consider if the mixture is intended as an explosive and which of
the complex UN tests it passes or fails

b) Oxidizing substance as a result of the ammonium nitrate component

c) Flammable solid ‐ consider whether or not the emulsified diesel fuel enable the
substance to burn as specified in the UN tests (test are essentially apply a small amount
of energy and determine whether a line of the substance would burn faster than 2.2m/s.

3. A highway patrol officer presents you with a number of small round disks about 30mm in
diameter apparently made of a soft metal of some sort. The disks are marked “railway fog
signal.” The officer explains that the disks were picked up from the side of a main interprovincial
highway and, considering the remnants of a similarly labelled cardboard box found nearby,
appear to have fallen from a truck travelling at high speed. When shown a copy of the GHS
‘explosive’ pictogram, the officer agrees that part of the box found may have had a similar
symbol on it. (The remnants of the box are not available to you.)
Question: Classify these articles, explaining how you derived the classification of your answer.
a) Gift
b) Explosives
c) Biodegradable Material
d) Flammable
4. By Dec. 1, employers are required to have trained workers on chemical Safety Data Sheets
and labels as part of OSHA’s updated Hazard Communication Standard. Both new SDSs and
labels will feature pictograms, and workers must know what hazards these pictograms
represent. Can you match the pictograms below with the corresponding hazards?

Answers:

1. __________ 5. ___________
2. __________ 6. ___________
3. __________ 7. ___________
4. __________ 8. ___________

5. In your own words differentiate Hazard from a Risk.