Carpentry 1 - WHMIS

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Where would you find info about restricted or prohibited materials?

Excluded from WHMIS - can find through Hazardous Product Act & Controlled Product Regulations
Why are prohibited or restricted products not included in the WHMIS program?

It's already regulated.
Who is responsible for supplying the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)?

Supplier of the product
The supply label is distinguished by which unique feature?

Unique crosshatched WHMIS border
Who is responsible for worker education?

Employer
How often must a MSDS be reviewed?

Every 3 years
What does this symbol mean?

Class E - Corrosive Material
What does this symbol mean?

Class A - compressed gas
What does this symbol mean?

Class B - combustible and flammable materials
What does this symbol mean?

Class C - oxidizing material
What does this symbol mean?
- Class D - Division 1
- Poisonous and infectious material
What does this symbol mean?
- Class D - Division 2
- Poison and infectious material
- (Can cause cancer, sterility, birth defects)
What does this symbol mean?
- Class D - Division 3
- Biohazard
What does this symbol mean?

Class F - Dangerously reactive material