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Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1

2.0 APPLICABILITY ................................................................................................................... 1

3.0 DEFINITIONS ....................................................................................................................... 1

4.0 RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES ................................................................ 1

4.1 Management and Supervisor 4.2 Worker 4.3 Worker Representative/ JHSC Member

4.4 Corporate Health and Safety 4.5 Supplier

5.0 INTRODCUTION TO GLOBAL HARMONIZATION SYSTEM (GHS) .................................. 2

6.0 REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICES ................................................................................... 2

5.1 Hazard Identification and Product Classification 5.2 Labels 5.3 Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) 5.4 New Product

7.0 TRAINING AND COMMUNICATION ...................................................................................... 4

8.0 NON-COMPLIANCE ............................................................................................................... 4

Appendix A - New Material Approval Form...................................................................... 5

Appendix B - WHMIS 2015 Pictograms ............................................................................ 6


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1.0 INTRODUCTION The Beer Store (TBS) and Brewers Distributors Limited (BDL) are committed to ensuring a safe and healthy environment for our employees, visitors, and customers. Health and safety awareness, training, reporting, and actions must be integrated into every aspect of our workplace to uphold a culture that prevents injuries and illnesses. All the individuals in the workplace, at all levels and functions, must accept their responsibilities in achieving the objective of an accident free workplace. The Corporate Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) policy has been established to meet provincial legislation to promote workers safety during use, handling, disposal, and storage of applicable controlled and hazardous products.

2.0 APPLICABILITY The Corporate WHMIS policy applies to all BDL/TBS Employees.

3.0 DEFINITIONS Components of WHMIS 1988 and WHIMIS 2015:

Hazardous material identification and product classification Labels Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Worker education and training

Controlled Product - product, material, and/or substance regulated by WHMIS and/or GHS legislation.

Global Harmonization System – (GHS) A new system designed to improve requirements involving WHMIS

Hazardous Product: a substance with certain physical properties including flammability, combustibility, instability, explosively and water reactivity. Human health effects can either be short or long term, and can include skin and eye damage, respiratory problems, allergies, internal organ effects, cancer and reproductive disorders. Safety Data Sheet (SDS) – a written document prepared by the supplier to provide safety information to users of a product regarding safe use/handling/storage/disposal, first aid measures PPE use, and other product specific precautionary measures. Previously referred to as Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) Suppliers – an entity which sells or imports a product.

4.0 RESONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES 4.1 Management and Supervisors shall:

Provide education and training programs for workers exposed to hazardous products in the workplace.

Ensure products in the workplace are labelled. Ensure current MSDS are present and readily available to workers. Monitor policy compliance and suitable follow up on non-conformities. Complete and submit appropriate “New Material Approval Form” before a new product is

introduced into the workplace. Use product only when it has been approved.


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4.2 Workers shall: Actively participate in and complete WHMIS training programs prior to the use of

controlled or hazardous products. Use training information to help them work safely with controlled products and/or

hazardous products. This includes utilizing required personal protective equipment (PPE).

Notify management when labels on containers have been removed or if the label is no longer readable.

4.3 Worker Representatives/Joint Health and Safety Committee shall: Actively promote the implementation and compliance to this policy. Notify Management of activities or conditions which are in non-compliance to this policy.

4.4 Corporate Health and Safety shall:

Monitor the policy and ensure that any legislative requirements are implemented.

4.5 Suppliers Suppliers have specific responsibilities regarding WHMIS. Under WHMIS, a controlled product

includes products that meet specific criteria for determining if a product is hazardous or not. Suppliers shall:

Determine if their products are hazardous. When a product is determined to be a controlled product, the supplier must label the

product or container (the label summarizes key information from the MSDS) and; Provide a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) to their customers (the MSDS explains

the hazards and safe handling procedures for the product).

5.0 INTRODUCTION TO WHMIS 2015/GLOBAL HARMONIZATION SYSTEM (GHS) In 2015, WHMIS was updated to align Canada's system with the U.S. and other major trading partners. WHMIS 1988 is being phased out and by December 1, 2018 only the new WHMIS 2015 will be used. Each type of WHMIS user has a set amount of time to transition to the new WHMIS 2015 system. Although WHMIS has been updated, the roles and responsibilities of suppliers, employers, and workers remain the same. Corporate Health and Safety will implement Global Harmonization System requirements to all sites over a period of 2 years. GHS covers all hazardous chemicals and may be adopted to cover chemicals in the workplace, transport, consumer products, pesticides and pharmaceuticals. The target audiences for GHS include workers, transport workers, emergency responders and consumers. Overall, the current roles and responsibilities for suppliers, employers and workers have not changed in WHMIS.

Suppliers, Importers and Producers duties continue to include:

Classifying hazardous products. Preparing labels and SDSs. Providing these elements to customers.


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Employers must continue to:

Educate and train workers on the hazards and safe use of products. Ensure that hazardous materials are properly labelled. Prepare workplace labels and SDSs as necessary. Provide access for workers to up-to-date SDSs. Ensure appropriate control measures are in place to protect the health and safety of workers.

Workers still must:

Participate in WHMIS and chemical safety training programs. Take necessary steps to protect themselves and their coworkers. Participate in identifying and controlling hazards.

Terminology of GHS:

SDS - Safety Data Sheet. SDS is the term used by GHS for Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS).

Hazard group - While not given a formal definition, GHS divides hazards into three major groups - health, physical and environmental.

Class - Class is the term used to describe the different types of hazards. For example, Gases under Pressure is an example of a class in the physical hazards group.

Category - Category is the name used to describe the sub-sections of classes. For example, Self-Reactive Chemicals have 7 categories. Each category has rules or criteria to determine what chemicals are assigned to that category. Categories are assigned numbers (or letters) with category 1 (or A) being the most hazardous.

Hazard Statement - For each category of a class, a standardized statement is used to describe the hazard. For example, the hazard statement for chemicals which meet the criteria for the class Self-heating substances and mixtures, Category 1 is Self-heating; may catch fire. This hazard statement would appear both on the label and on the SDS.

Precautionary Statement - These statements are standardized phrases that describe the recommended steps to be taken to minimize or prevent adverse effects from exposure to or resulting from improper handling or storage of a hazardous product.

Signal word - There are two signal words used by the GHS - Danger and Warning. These signal words are used to communicate the level of hazard on both the label and the SDS. The appropriate signal word to use is set out by the classification system. For example, the signal word for Self-heating substances and mixtures, Category 1 is Danger while Warning is used for the less serious Category 2. There are categories where no signal word is used.

Pictogram - Pictogram refers to the GHS symbol on the label and SDS. Not all categories have a symbol associated with them.


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6.0 REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICES 6.1 Hazard Identification and Product Classification Manufacturers and distributors must ensure the products they sell/ provided have product specific hazards identified and those hazards identified correspond with WHMIS product classifications. Product general classifications include:

Class A - Compressed Gas Class B - Flammable and Combustible Material Class C - Oxidizing Material Class D - Poisonous and Infectious Material Class E - Corrosive Material Class F - Dangerously reactive material

6.2 Labels Manufacturers and distributors must ensure that hazardous products sold/provided to customers are legible and prominently labelled with, as a minimum; a supplier label must appear on all controlled products received and contain the following information:

Product identifier (name of product); Supplier identifier (name of company that sold it); Statement that an MSDS is available; Hazard symbols (pictures of the classifications); Risk phrases (words that describe the main hazards of the product); Precautionary measures (how to work with the product safely); First aid measures (what to do in an emergency); and WHMIS hatched border (standard border printed on label).

A workplace label must: Appear on all controlled products transferred to other containers; May appear in placard form on controlled products received in bulk from a supplier; and Have the following information:

o Product identifier (product name); o Information for the safe handling of the product; and o Statement that the MSDS is available.

When a controlled product is transferred to another container, the approved container must have a workplace label applied before transferring.

6.3 Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Manufacturers and distributors must prepare and distribute Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) with every initial order of a hazardous product sold or provided to a manufacturing customer. A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is a document that contains information on the potential health effects of exposure and how to work safely with the chemical product. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are intended to:

Tell what the hazards of the product are; How to use the product safely; What to do if accidents occur; How to recognize symptoms of overexposure; and What to do it such incidents occur.

MSDS must be updated when significant new information becomes available. Updated sheets must be provided to customers who purchased the product during the previous three-year period. MSDS must be readily available for employee review at any time employees are in the facility.


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6.4 New Product

Before a new material/product is introduced into the workplace: A “New Material Approval Form” must be completed to determine if there are hazards

requiring special work procedures, control measures and/or employee training. Where possible, materials that are a lesser hazard should be substituted. Materials posing unnecessary hazards should be eliminated.

The “New Material Approval Form” shall be reviewed and approved by Health and Safety.

7.0 TRAINING AND COMMUNICATION Employees must be trained, through e-learning, on the following subjects at the time hire and annually thereafter, as well as whenever a new hazard is introduced into their work area: Requirements of the Provincial requirements and the facilities WHMIS Program; Location and availability of the facilities written WHMIS policy/program, and MSDS; Operations or tasks in their work area involving hazardous products; Using and understanding labels; Methods and observations that can be used to detect the presence of hazardous products in

the work area; and Measures employees must take to protect themselves and the environment during the control

and clean-up of routine spills as contained in MSDS. 8.0 NON-COMPLIANCE

Failure to comply with this policy and/or provincial requirements may result in discipline, up to and including termination.

Appendix A

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Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHIMS

New Material Approval Form

PRODUCT NAME: __________________PRODUCT MANUFACTURER: _____________________ SUPPLIER NAME _________________________ ADDRESS ____________________________ PHONE NO: ______________________________ CONTACT: ________________________ PRODUCT INFORMATION 1. MSDS available and on site: ________YES_______ NO (do not use if MSDS is not available)

2. If replacing an existing product? Yes ____ No ___ If applicable what product? ______________

What will happen to previous product? ____________________________

3. Where product is used (Department and area)? ____________________________________

4. Specific point of application: _________________________________________________________________________

5. How is the product applied? (Eg: spray, brush, etc.)

______________________________________________________________

6. Will use involve possible exposure to people, or other airborne chemicals? __ YES __ NO

If yes, what protective measures will be implemented? _________________________________ 7. Is this to be mixed with other chemicals, what are they? _________________________________

WHMIS RATING OF PRODUCT

Health ________Flammability ____________ Reactivity _______________ Personal Protection __________________

ROUTING APPROVALS Signatures: Health & Safety Committee Rep/JHSC Member: _________________________________________________________ Management Representative: ____________________________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________________________________ Place completed document with WHMIS file and forward to Corporate H&S. Date Forwarded to Health and Safety (mm/dd/yyyy): _______________________________ Date Approved by Health and Safety (mm/dd/yyyy): ________________________________

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WHMIS 2015 Pictograms Pictograms are graphic images intended to show the user of a product what type of hazard is present. Pictograms from WHMIS 1988 are similar to WHMIS 2015 symbols. WHMIS 2015 includes pictogram for three major hazard groups:

Physical hazards. Health hazards. Environmental hazards.

The graphic below shows hazard pictograms from WHMIS 1988 and WHMIS 2015.There are some new symbols in WHMIS 2015 including “Health hazard”, “Exploding bomb”, Environment”, and the “Exclaimation mark” pictograms, and two symbols from WHMIS 1988 have been retired. Pictograms

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will be on the product supplier labels of the hazardous products you work with. They will also be on Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) as the symbol or words that describe the symbol).

1. The gas cylinder pictogram is used for the following classes and categories:

Gases under pressure (Compressed gas, Liquefied gas, Refrigerated liquefied gas, and Dissolved gas)

2. The flame pictogram is used for the following classes and categories:

Flammable gases (Category 1), Flammable aerosols (Category 1 and 2) Flammable liquids (Category 1, 2 and 3), Flammable solids (Category 1 and

2) Pyrophoric liquids, Pyrophoric solids, Pyrophoric gases (Category 1) Self-heating substances and mixtures (Category 1 and 2) Substances and mixtures which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases

(Category 1, 2 and 3) Self-reactive substances and mixtures (Types B*, C, D, E and F) Organic peroxides (Types B*, C, D, E and F)

3. The flame over circle pictogram is used for the following classes and categories:

Oxidizing gases (Category 1) Oxidizing liquids (Category 1, 2 and 3) Oxidizing solids (Category 1, 2 and 3)

4. The skull and crossbones pictogram is used for the following classes and categories:

Acute toxicity - o Oral (Category 1, 2 and 3) o Dermal (Category 1, 2 and 3) o Inhalation (Category 1, 2 and 3) o

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5. The health hazard pictogram is used for the following classes and categories:

Respiratory or skin sensitization - Respiratory sensitizer (Category 1, 1A and 1B)

Germ cell mutagenicity (Category 1, 1A, 1B and 2) Carcinogenicity (Category 1, 1A, 1B, and 2) Reproductive toxicity (Category 1, 1A, 1B and 2) Specific Target Organ Toxicity - Single exposure (Category 1 and 2) Specific Target Organ Toxicity - Repeated exposure (Category 1 and 2) Aspiration hazard (Category 1)

6. The biohazardous infectious materials pictogram is used for the following classes and categories:

Biohazardous Infectious Materials (Category 1)

7. The corrosion pictogram is used for the following classes and categories:

Corrosive to metals (Category 1) Skin corrosion/irritation - Skin corrosion (Category 1, 1A, 1B and 1C) Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Serious eye damage ( Category 1)

8. The exploding bomb pictogram is used for the following classes and categories:

Self-reactive substances and mixtures (Types A and B*) Organic peroxides (Types A and B*)

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9. The environment pictogram is used for product that may cause damage to aquatic enviroments. The GHS system defines an Environmental hazards group. This group (and its classes) was not adopted in WHMIS 2015. However, you may see the environmental classes listed on labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDSs). 10. The exclamation mark pictogram is used for the following classes and categories:

Acute toxicity – Oral, Dermal, Inhalation (Category 4) Skin corrosion/irritation – Skin irritation (Category 2) Serious eye damage/eye irritation – Eye irritation (Category 2 and 2A) Respiratory or skin sensitization – Skin sensitizer (Category 1, 1A and 1B) Specific target organ toxicity – Single exposure (Category 3)

Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety & WorkSafe BC Record of Changes

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September 2016

Added appendix with GHS diagrams Kaley Keefe

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