Pronghorn Controls WHMIS Annual Refresher

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1 Pronghorn Controls WHMIS Annual Refresher \R RREFE2013 Safety Meeting 1 January 2017

2 Instructions 1. This course is intended for employee s who have missed the Pronghorn WHMIS Refresher at the January Safety Meeting each year. 2. Course is not intended for brand new employees. 3. Review all slides. 4. Complete Exam on-line. 5. Print your ticket. 6. Submit copy of ticket to branch administrator.

3 Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) Training WHMIS is a nationwide system designed to provide information on hazardous materials at the workplace. All Pronghorn employees are: Provided with mandatory WHMIS Training upon hire and yearly WHMIS Refresher Training. Expected to utilize that WHMIS Training. Pronghorn Controls must provide information about hazardous products which could be harmful to worker s safety and health either immediately or over a longer period of time. Identification Handling Use Storage Disposal

4 LABELS Labels on hazardous material and their containers alert employers and employees to the dangers of certain products and provides basic safety precautions to be followed. Employer and employees are to ensure all material is labelled appropriately and that labels are correct and legible. Supplier Label or Work Site Label: A hazardous product or its container at a work site must have a label on it. or Supplier Label Worksite Label

5 Supplier Label Requirements If a supplier label is not attached to a hazardous product, Pronghorn Controls employees are not to use the material until the supplier provides an SDS and a Supplier Label. A Supplier Label must appear on all hazardous products received at Pronghorn Controls and contain the following information: 1. Product identifier - name of product; 2. Supplier identifier - name of manufacturer; 3. A statement that an SDS is available; 4. Hazard symbols the pictures of the classification(s); 5. Risk phrases - words that describe the main hazards of the product; 6. Precautionary measures (How to work with the product safely), and first aid measures (What to do in an emergency). 7. All text in English and French; 8. WHMIS hatched border.

6 Worksite Label Requirements A worksite label must appear on all hazardous products produced in a workplace or transferred (decanted) to other containers. Worksite labels may appear in placard form on hazardous products received in bulk from a supplier. These are the minimum requirements for workplace labels: 1. Product identifier (product name), as it appears on the MSDS; 2. Information for the safe handling of the product; 3. Statement that the SDS is available; 4. May contain the WHMIS hazard symbols or other pictograms. A supplier label must not be removed, modified or altered on a container in which a hazardous product is received from a supplier if any amount of the hazardous product remains in the container. If the supplier label on a hazardous product or its container is illegible or is removed or detached, Pronghorn Controls workers will immediately replace the label with another supplier label or a work site label.

7 Safety Data Sheet (SDS) formerly MSDS SDS has (16) sections which provides detailed hazard and precautionary information on the hazardous products. SDS Access is on the company intranet Einstein accessible to all to handle and consult and is readily available at a work site (including mobile work sites.) Pronghorn Controls ensures that the most recent SDS for hazardous products is kept at the work site where the product is being used. SDS do not expire after 3 years.

8 Safety Data Sheets (SDS) Located on Einstein

9 GHS has a common set of rules for labels and standard form for Safety Data Sheets (SDS) formerly MSDS. All MSDS s will be replaced with SDS s which do not have a 3 year expiry. GHS hazardous products and material that may have any or all of the following hazardous characteristics, represented by (9) hazard symbols. New GHS and Hazardous Product Symbols

10 Pipes and Vessels Pipes and reaction vessels will be marked using colour coding, or placards. CLASSIFICATION RESPONSIBILITIES: Suppliers must classify all hazardous products imported or sold in Canada. Employers must classify all hazardous products produced at the work place and imported into the workplace; Workers must identify and understand the (6) classes.

11 Transferring of a Hazardous Product When transferring a hazardous product to another container, you must ensure that a workplace label is placed on the new container. When a hazardous product is poured into a container that is going to be used immediately, no label is required. Required labels for decanted products do not apply to a hazardous product at a work site if the hazardous product is contained or transferred in a piping system that includes: Valves Reaction Vessel Tank Car Tank Truck Ore Car Conveyor belt or similar conveyance.

12 Hazardous Waste If a hazardous product is a hazardous waste generated at the work site, Pronghorn Controls ensures: It is stored and handled safely using a combination of any means of identification. Instruction provided for workers on the safe handling of the hazardous waste. This waste will be sent to an approved facility for disposal. Workers must be informed by a sign and by training if fugitive emissions are present. The signage shall indicate the precautions to be taken in handling them and in case of exposure to them.

13 Bringing Hazardous Products onto Site Owned By Others Prior to bringing hazardous products onto a client s site, Pronghorn Controls will give clients a chance to review and approve the selection of the product. If our client does not approve the hazardous product, an approved substitute product will be found.

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