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Students must be fully aware of the Emergency Procedures in the shop. Know: Information on the Shop Emergency Plan (handout) The location of First Aid kits, eyewash stations, and emergency exits The location of the Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) . *See Handout: Shop Emergency Plan.
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Students must be fully aware of the Emergency Procedures in the shop. Know: • Information on the Shop Emergency Plan (handout) • The location of First Aid kits, eyewash stations, and emergency exits • The location of the Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) *See Handout: Shop Emergency Plan
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System What is it? • A system put in place to respond to the Canadian workers' right to know more about safety and health hazards of the materials they use in their workplace. • Canada-wide legislation with specific Provincial input. • Provides specific information about hazardous materials (controlled products). *See Video : What is WHMIS Video: Lost Youth Quiz: What is WHMIS
Three parts to WHMIS: • Labels: • Education / Training: • MSDS:
Labels: Alert worker to the identity and dangers of the product and to basic safety precautions. Labels may contain symbols form the 6 Classes of Hazardous Materials *See Handout : WHMIS Labels
MSDS are technical documents that provide more detailed hazard, precautionary, and emergency information about a substance. • An MSDS must be present for each hazardous material regulated under WHMIS Canadian MSDS consist of nine pieces of information: Hazardous Ingredients Preparation Information Production Information Physical Data Fire or Explosion Hazard Reactivity Data Toxicological Properties Preventive Measures First Aid Measures *See Handout : MSDS Sections Video: Making WHMIS work
Assignment: MSDS Sheets • Identify Six chemicals used in the shop. • In groups of 2, compile a list of these substances • Use the web to find the MSDS sheets for any Five • On a sheet of paper hand write: • Product name • First aid measures • Preventive Measures • Sketch The container DO NOT PRINT
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