WHMIS in Construction

Workplace Hazardous Materials

Information System

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 WHMIS

Workplace
Hazardous
Materials
Information
System
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 WHMIS in Construction
MAIN TOPICS
1. Hazardous materials
2. Getting information out
3. Implementing WHMIS
4. Occupational health
5. Controlling hazards
6. WHMIS Evaluation
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TOPIC 1
Hazardous Materials

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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
WHMIS is the Law
1. Federal legislation
ƒ Hazardous Products Act
ƒ Controlled Products Regulation

2. Provincial legislation
ƒ WHMIS Regulation 644/88
ƒ Enforced by MOL Inspectors

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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Controlled Products

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CLASS A – Compressed Gas

CLASS B – Flammable &

Combustible Material

CLASS C – Oxidizing Material

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 CLASS D
Poisonous & Infectious Material
1. Materials Causing Immediate
and Serious Toxic Effects

2. Materials Causing
Other Toxic Effects

3. Biohazardous
Infectious Material
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 CLASS E – Corrosive Material

CLASS F – Dangerously
Reactive Material

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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Physical States
GAS & VAPOUR
Dust

Fume SOLID LIQUID Mist

Smoke

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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Exclusions
 Other legislation
ƒ Explosives Act
ƒ Food and Drug Act
ƒ Pest Control Products Act
ƒ Atomic Energy Control Act
 Consumer products
 Hazardous wastes
 Manufactured articles
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Trade Secret Protection

Hazardous Materials
Information Review Act

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Topic 2
Getting Information Out

Right to know
1. Labels

2. Material Safety Data Sheets

(MSDSs)

3. Worker Education

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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
WHMIS Labels

1. SUPPLIER labels

2. WORKPLACE labels

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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Supplier Labels

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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Workplace Labels

CLEAN-ALL 100
Safe use and handling
instructions
Reference to MSDS
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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Workplace Identifiers
 When workplace label
is not practical
 Examples:
ƒ Colour-coded containers
ƒ Warning signs
ƒ Pictures
ƒ Placards
ƒ Name of product
written on container
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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Responsibilities re LABELS

 Supplier

 Employer

 Worker

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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Material Safety Data Sheets
 Available at the site for
workers and their reps
 Provided on or before
date of first shipment
 Valid for 3 years
unless new information
 Available in English
and French
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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
MSDS Content
1. Product Identification 6. Toxicological
and Use Properties

2. Hazardous Ingredients 7. Preventive Measures

3. Physical Data 8. First Aid Measures

4. Fire & Explosion 9. Preparation

Hazard Information

5. Reactivity Data
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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Product Identification and Use

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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Hazardous Ingredients

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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Physical Data

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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Fire or Explosion Hazard

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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Toxicological Properties

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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Preventative Measures

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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Location of MSDSs
“Readily available”
 Close to workers

 In printed form

 Accessible to all shifts

 May be on computer.

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GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Responsibilities re MSDSs
Supplier
 Deliver or obtain MSDS
 Ensure MSDS is up to date
 Transmit MSDS on or before date of sale

Employer
 Obtain MSDS on or before date of first shipment
 Ensure MSDS is up to date
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 GETTING INFORMATION OUT
Worker Education and Training
Requirements of a WHMIS training program
 Content
ƒ General info (labels, MSDSs)
ƒ Safe use, handling, storage, disposal
 Workplace-specific
 Performance-based
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Topic 3
Implementing WHMIS

Multi-Employer Sites
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IMPLEMENTING WHMIS
Training
ELECTRICAL
ELECTRICAL TILE&&FLOORING
TILE FLOORING
SUBCONTRACTOR
SUBCONTRACTOR SUBCONTRACTOR
SUBCONTRACTOR

TRAINING
TRAINING TRAINING
TRAINING

DIRECT-HIRE
DIRECT-HIRE DIRECT-HIRE
DIRECT-HIRE
EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEES
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IMPLEMENTING WHMIS

Suggested Information Flow

GENERALCONTRACTOR
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
(Constructor)
(Constructor)

MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL TILE & FORMING

FLOORING

DIRECT-HIRE DIRECT-HIRE
EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES

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IMPLEMENTING WHMIS
Industrial Sites
CLIENT

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
( Constructor)

MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL TILE & FLOORING FORMING

DIRECT DIRECT DIRECT DIRECT

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Topic 4
Occupational Health

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Routes of Entry

 Inhalation

 Absorption

 Ingestion

 Injection
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Inhalation

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Absorption

 The skin

 Skin irritants

 Solvents

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Ingestion
Toxic materials may reach the stomach when:
 Food or drink is consumed
 Clean lunch rooms are not provided
 Food is left unwrapped in a dusty place
 Cigarettes are smoked in a dusty work area
 Workers fail to wash hands before eating or smoking.

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Injection

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
What Can Be Damaged?
 Circulatory system

 Liver

 Kidneys and bladder

 Nervous system

 Reproductive system
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Effects of Hazardous Substances

 Latency of workplace disease

 Acute & chronic effects

 Factors influencing toxic effect

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Topic 5
Controlling Hazards
Source

Path

Worker

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CONTROLLING HAZARDS
Principles of Control
An effective control must:
1. Adequately control the hazard

2. NOT create any new hazards

3. Protect all workers who might be exposed

4. NOT create any environmental hazards.

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CONTROLLING HAZARDS
Control at the Source
 Elimination
ƒ Engineering controls

 Isolation
 Enclosure
 Change of process
 Administrative controls.
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CONTROLLING HAZARDS
Control Along the Path
 Ventilation
ƒ General
ƒ Local
 Portable barriers
 Housekeeping
ƒ General clean-up
ƒ Wet methods
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CONTROLLING HAZARDS
Control at the Worker
 PPE
ƒ Selection
ƒ Equipment limitations
 Administrative controls
 Education
 Medical follow-up

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CONTROLLING HAZARDS
Emergency Planning
Objectives of emergency planning

1. Prevent death and injury

2. Reduce damage

3. Accelerate resumption of normal operations.

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Topic 6
WHMIS Evaluation
 Individual effort

 35 multiple choice questions

 Use the answer sheet on page 76.

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