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WHMIS after GHS

Risk Management Services

Purpose• This course is intended for those that already have

WHMIS training

• After completion of this course, you should be familiar with the new WHMIS symbols, labels and Safety Data Sheets

• After completing this section, there is a short quiz (70% needed to pass)

June 2015

• Canada began implementing the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of hazardous materials identification and hazard communication

• Old WHMIS symbols will disappear slowly from products

1. Labels on Hazardous Materials

2. Classification Changes

3. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) to change to Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

Main Changes

1. Labels on hazardous materials

New pictograms

Signal words

Modified supplier labels

Main Changes

General Pictogram Changes

• Circle around symbol has been replaced with a red diamond

• Pictogram to be accompanied with a hazard phrase

Class A: Compressed Gases

Gases Under Pressure

Pictogram Changes

Class B: Flammable and Combustible Materials

Flammable: flammables,

pyrophorics, self-heating substances and mixtures, substances and mixtures that emit flammable gases when in contact with water

Pictogram Changes

Class C: Oxidizing Materials

Oxidizing Materials: oxidizing gases category 1, oxidizing liquids categories 1,2,3 oxidizing solids categories 1,2,3

Pictogram Changes

Toxic: acute toxicity category 1,2,3

Pictogram Changes

Class D: Poisonous & Infectious Materials

Division 2: Materials causing other toxic effects

Class D: Poisonous & Infectious Materials

Division 2: Materials causing other toxic effects

Health Hazard: Respiratory sensitization, germ cell mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, specific organ toxicity, aspiration hazard

Pictogram Changes

Irritant: Acute toxicity, eye irritation, skin sensitization, specific organ target toxicity

Respiratory tract irritation

Narcotic effects

Pictogram Changes

Class D: Poisonous & Infectious Materials

Division 2: Materials causing other toxic effects

Class D: Poisonous & Infectious Materials

Division 3: Biohazardous infectious materials

Biohazardous infectious materials

Pictogram Changes

Corrosive: Skin corrosion categories 1A, 1B, 1C

Serious eye damages category 1

Corrosive damage to metals category 1

Class E: Corrosive Materials

Pictogram Changes

Pictogram Changes

No direct translation to new system

Class D: Poisonous & Infectious Materials

Division 1: Immediate and toxic effects

Class F: Dangerously Reactive Materials

No direct translation from previous system

Self reactive substances and mixtures (types A and B)

Organic peroxides (type A and B)

Pictogram Changes

GHS Symbols Not Adopted in Canada

Environmentally DamagingToxic to the aquatic environment

Main Changes

1. Labels on hazardous materials

New pictograms

Signal words

Modified supplier labels

Signal Words

• Danger

• For more severe hazard categories (categories

1 and 2)

• Warning

• For less severe hazard categories

(See p. 39-40)

Main Changes

1. Labels on hazardous materials

New pictograms

Signal words

Modified supplier labels

Supplier Labels

Supplier Labels

1. Product Identifier

2. Hazard Pictograms

3. Signal Word (NEW)

4. Hazard Statements

5. Precautionary Statements

6. Supplier Identification

3. Classification Changes Definitions of hazard groups and classes changed to match international standards

Physical & Health Hazards

Within hazards classes:

Categories 1, 2, 3

Types a, b, c, d, e, f, g

Main Changes

Physical Hazard Classes

• Combustible Dusts

• Corrosive to Metals

• Flammable Aerosols

• Flammable Gases

• Flammable Solids

• Gases under pressure

• Organic peroxides

• Oxidizing Liquids

• Oxidizing Gases

• Oxidizing Solids

• Pyrophoric Gases

• Pyrophoric Liquids

• Pyrophoric Solids

• Self Heating Substances and Mixtures

• Self Reactive Substances and Mixtures

• Simple Asphyxiates

• Substances and Mixtures Which, in

Contact with Water, Emit Flammable

Gases

• Physical hazards not otherwise

classified

Health Hazard Classes• Acute Toxicity

• Aspiration Hazard

• Biohazardous Infectious Materials

• Carcinogenicity

• Germ Cell Mutagenicity

• Reproductive Toxicity

• Respiratory or Skin Sensitization

• Serious Eye Damage/Eye Irritation

• Skin Corrosion/Irritation

• Specific Target Organ Toxicity - Repeated Exposure

• Specific Target Organ Toxicity - Single Exposure

• Health Hazards Not Otherwise Classified

Hazard Classes Not Incorporated in Canada

• Explosives

• Hazardous to the aquatic environment

• Hazardous to the ozone layer

3. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) to change to Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

Main Changes

Changes to MSDS

• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) changed to

Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

• SDS will have 16 sections in a consistent ordering to

replace the existing 9 sections

• Removal of 3 year update requirement

1. Hazardous Ingredients

2. Preparation Information

3. Product information

4. Physical Data

5. Fire or explosion

hazard

6. Reactivity Data

7. Toxicological Properties

8. Preventative Measures

9. First Aid Measures

MSDS Sections

SDS Section

1 Product Identification

2 Hazard Identification

3 Composition/Information on Ingredients

4 First-aid Measures

5 Fire-fighting Measures

6 Accidental Release Measures

7 Handling and Storage

8 Exposure Control/Personal Protection

9 Physical and Chemical Properties

10 Stability and Reactivity

11 Toxicological Information

SDS Sections

SDS Sections SDS Section

12 Ecological Information*

13 Disposal Considerations *

14 Transport Information *

15 Regulatory Information *

16 Other Information

* Sections 12 to 15 require the headings to be present.

The supplier has the option to not provide information in

these sections

1. Product and Company Information

• Product identifier, recommended use and restrictions on use, supplier

contact information, emergency phone number.

2. Hazard Identification

• Classification , label elements including hazard pictogram, signal word,

hazard statement and precautionary statements, and other hazards

3. Composition / Information on Ingredients

• Identities of Ingredients, including impurities and stabilizing additives

where classified, concentrations of ingredients of mixtures

SDS Sections

4. First Aid Measures

• First aid measures by route of exposure as well as important

symptoms/effects

5. Fire-fighting Measures

• Suitable (and unsuitable) extinguishing media, specific hazards, special

equipment and precautions for fire fighters

6. Accidental Release Measures

• Protective equipment, emergency procedures, environmental

precautions, methods and materials for containment and clean up

SDS Sections

7. Handling & Storage

• Precautions for safe handling, conditions for storage including any

incompatibilities

8. Exposure Controls / Personal Protection

• Exposure limits, engineering control, personal protective equipment

9. Physical & Chemical Properties

• Appearance, odour, odour threshold, pH, melting/freezing point, boiling

point and range, flashpoint, upper and lower flammable or explosive

limits

SDS Sections

10. Stability and Reactivity

• Chemical stability, possible hazardous reactions, conditions to avoid,

incompatible materials, hazardous decomposition products

11. Exposure Controls / Personal Protection

• Description of various toxic effects by route of entry, including the effects

of acute or chronic exposure, carcinogenicity, reproductive effects,

respiratory sensitization

12. Ecological Information

• Aquatic and terrestrial toxicity, persistence and degradability,

bioaccumulative potential, soil mobility

SDS Sections

13. Disposal Considerations

• Safe handling and methods of disposal including waste packaging

14. Transport Information

• UN number and proper shipping name, hazard class and packing group

15. Regulatory Information

• Safety, health and environmental regulations specific to the product

16. Other Information

• Other information including date of preparation of the latest revision of

the SDS

SDS Sections

• MSDS’s were previously required to be updated every

3 years. This requirement has been eliminated.

• New regulation requires SDS’s to be updated within

certain timelines of receiving significant new data

3 Year Update Requirement

Review

Canada has adopted the Globally Harmonized System

within WHMIS, creating 3 major changes to the WHMIS

system:

Pictograms: image, color & shape

Labels: content

SDS: from 9 to 16 sections

Questions?

Carolyn HedgeRisk Management Services

carolyn.hedge@ubc.ca

604-822-6732