WHMIS-2015/GHS

Awareness Education
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WHMIS 2015/GHS- Awareness

• What is-WHMIS 2015/GHS – Canada has aligned the Workplace
Hazardous Materials Information System of Classification & Labelling
of chemicals.
• Why a WHMIS/GHS Program-A WHMIS program ensures that the
information about hazardous products is effectively communicated to
workers. Effective communication of information means that workers
understand the WHMIS system, know the hazards of the products
they work with, know and apply the safe work procedures specific to
their jobs and tasks, and know how to respond in an emergency.
• In this session, Manpower is providing you awareness information
for WHMIS 2015/GHS.

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WHMIS 2015/GHS- Awareness

Don’t Forget- WHMIS can be thought of as two separate parts
Education and Training:
Part one- what Manpower does:
• Education refers to general or portable information such as how
WHMIS works and the hazards of the products. For example, you may
learn about the hazard classes (e.g., why a product is called a
corrosive, and what information you can find on labels and SDSs).
Part Two- what our Clients do:
• Training refers to the site- and job-specific information to Manpower
Associates that will cover our clients workplace's procedures for
storage, handling, use, disposal, emergencies, spills, and what to do
in unusual situations.
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Started
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WHMIS 2015/GHS-
WHMIS has incorporated GHS elements, resulting in new standardized:
 Classification criteria
 Label requirements
 Safety Data Sheets (SDS) requirements (formerly material safety data
sheet)

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WHMIS 2015/GHS- Classification

WHMIS 2015 incorporates physical and health hazard
classes from the GHS and retains the Bio hazardous
Infectious Materials hazard class.

 Physical Hazard Class: based on the physical or chemical properties

of the product – such as flammability, reactivity, or corrosively to
metals
 Health Hazard Class: based on the ability of the product to cause a
health effect – such as eye irritation, respiratory sensitization (may
cause allergy or asthma symptoms or breathing difficulties if inhaled),
or carcinogenicity (may cause cancer).

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Physical Hazards
• Flammable gases
• Flammable aerosols
• Oxidizing gases
• Gases under pressure
• Flammable liquids
• Flammable solids
• Self-reactive substances and mixtures
• Pyrophoric liquids
• Pyrophoric solids
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Physical Hazards(continued)
• Self-heating substances and mixtures
• Substances and mixtures which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases
• Oxidizing liquids
• Oxidizing solids
• Organic peroxides
• Corrosive to metals
• Combustible dusts
• Simple asphyxiants
• Pyrophoric gases
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Health Hazards
• Acute toxicity
• Skin corrosion/irritation
• Serious eye damage/eye irritation
• Respiratory or skin sensitization
• Germ cell mutagenicity
• Carcinogenicity
• Reproductive toxicity

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Health Hazards (continued)
• Specific target organ toxicity – single exposure
• Specific target organ toxicity – repeated exposure
• Aspiration hazard
• Biohazardous infectious materials
• Health hazards not otherwise classified

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WHMIS 2015/GHS – Classification Pictograms

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WHMIS 2015/GHS – Product Labels

• In Canada, WHMIS legislation requires that products used in the
workplace that meet the criteria to be classified as hazardous
products must be labelled.
• Labels are the first alert to the user about the major hazards
associated with that product, and outline the basic precautions or
safety steps that should be taken.
• WHMIS 2015/GHS: Signal words
– Danger" is used for high risk hazards, while "Warning" is used for less
severe hazards.
– If a signal word is assigned to a hazard class and category, it must be
shown on the label, and listed in section 2 (Hazards Identification) of the
Safety Data Sheet (SDS).

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Supplier Labels
The product label is the first source of information about the hazards of a
product and how to use it safety. In WHMIS 2015/GHS supplier labels must
consist of 6 sections. They must be in English and French, easy to read and
durable. If the label is lost, damaged, or no longer readable the product must be
relabeled. The pictogram(s), signal works and hazard statement(s) must be
grouped together on a label. *A secondary supplier label should only be applied to a
product ONLY if, the hazard is being transferred into another container, when a hazardous
chemical is being stored in a secondary container and or when the label on the hazard is
lost or damaged.*
Example Supplier Label:

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The 6 sections that must be displayed on a label:
1) Product Identifier: the product name exactly as it appears on the
container on the safety data sheet (SDS)
2) Hazard Pictograms: Hazard pictograms, determined by the hazard
classification of the product. In some cases, no pictogram is
required.
3) Signal Word (NEW): “Danger” or “Warning” is used to emphasize
hazards and indicate the severity of the hazard.
4) Hazard Statements: Brief standardized statements of all hazards
based on the hazard classification of the product.

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5) Precautionary Statements: These statements describe recommended
measures to minimize or prevent adverse effects from exposure to the
product, including protective equipment and emergency measures. First
Aid is included in the precautionary information.
6) Supplier Identifier: The company which made, packaged, sold or
imported the product, and is responsible for the label and SDS. Contact
the supplier for additional product information.
Signal words-”Danger” or “Warning-what do they mean?
"Danger" is used for high risk hazards, while "Warning" is used for less
severe hazards. If a signal word is assigned to a hazard class and
category, it must be shown on the label, and listed in section 2 (Hazards
Identification) of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS).

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WHMIS 2015/GHS– Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

• A Safety Data Sheet (SDS) is a technical document that provides detailed
information about the hazards, uses and risk management of a specific
hazardous material or product in the workplace.
• SDS’s protect workers by providing information on a hazardous material
including physical and health hazards, safe use and storage, signs of
exposure, and what to do in case of emergency
• Manpower Associates use SDS’s to protect themselves from hazards, to
reference safe handling and storage procedures, and to determine first aid
and other emergency measures.

*Note: Environmental Hazards & Explosives is a third group that has not
been adopted in Canada but information may still appear on labels &
SDS’s*
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WHMIS 2015/GHS-SDS (Safety Data Sheets)

SDS Section
1.) Identification 7.) Handling and storage

2.) Hazard Identification 8.) Exposure controls/personal

protection

3.) Composition/information on 9.) Physical and chemical properties

ingredients

4.) First-aid measures 10.) Stability and reactivity

5.) Fire-fighting measure 11.) Toxicological information (short &

long term effects)
6.) Accidental release measure 12.) Ecological information*

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SDS Section SDS Example:

14.) Transport information*

15.) Regulatory information*

16.) Other information

*sections 12 to 15 require the heading to be present. The

supplier has the option to not provide information in these
sections.

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Final Thoughts
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WHMIS 2015/GHS-
Remember:
That every worker has a duty to do the following:
Participate in WHMIS/GHS training programs
Take necessary steps to protect themselves and their co-
workers
 Participate in site specific WHMIS training at each of
Manpower’s client’s sites
And participate in identifying and controlling hazards at
each work site
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