Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) and Laboratory Safety

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) and

Laboratory Safety

WHAT IS WHMIS??

•A Canadian-wide Information System

•Designed to protect the worker

•Provides information about hazardous materials

•Provides workers with the right to be informed

“No employer may allow the use, handling or storage of a

Controlled Product in a workplace unless the product carries a label and a material safety data sheet which meet the requirements of this Act and the regulations and

unless the worker has received the training and information required to carry out the work entrusted to

him safely”.IT’S THE LAW!!!!

Main Elements of WHMIS

•LABELS

•MSDS

•TRAINING

LABELS

•Supplier

•Workplace

•Laboratory

Supplier Labels

Pictograms on Supplier Labels

CLASS A:

Compressed Gas

CLASS B:

Flammable and Combustible Material

CLASS C:

Oxidizing Materials

CLASS D:

Controlled ProductsDivision 1: Materials Causing Immediate and Serious Toxic Effects

Division 2: Materials Causing Other Toxic Effects

Division 3: Biohazardous Infectious Materials

CLASS E:

Corrosive Materials

CLASS F:

Dangerously Reactive Materials

NOT CLASSIFIED AS CONTROLLED PRODUCTS

•Explosives•Radioactive materials

•Domestic goods•Cosmetics

•Food and drug additives•Drugs and diagnostic chemicals

•Pesticides•Hazardous waste

Workplace Labels

Laboratory Labels

MSDS

TRAINING: Lab Safety

•Maintain quiet, orderly behaviour

•Be alert

•Do not leave experiments unattended

•Know the lab procedure

•Avoid loose, bulky clothing

•Tie back long hair

•No shorts or sandals

•No food or drink

•Stay out of the Storage Room

Lab Safety•Wear safety goggles

•Know location and operation of safety equipment

•Know escape route

•Keep work areas clean and tidy

•Do not carry hot or dangerous chemicals

through a crowd

•Always waft odors towards your nose

•Wash hands after handling any chemical

•Remove electric plugs with the plug, not the

cord

•Never taste chemicals

•Broken glass should be placed in a container

provided for that purpose

•Dispose of chemicals as instructed by the

teacher

•Never return unused solutions to stock

containers or reagent bottles

•Rinse any skin burn immediately with lots of

water

•Report all injuries, regardless of how minor

•Beware of drops on the table, they may be

corrosive

Lab Safety

WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD

OF CHEMISTRY…

You have just received WHMIS training for

Secondary School Science Programs

BE SAFE and ENJOY!!!