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WHMIS and HHPS Safety

WHMIS and HHPS Safety. Key Question. Physical and Chemical Properties Make products useful in the home Make products useful in industry Examples Cleaners Paints Lubricants Question: How do we know when a product is safe to use?. Answer: Product Safety Symbols!.

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WHMIS and HHPS Safety

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  1. WHMIS and HHPS Safety

  2. Key Question • Physical and Chemical Properties • Make products useful in the home • Make products useful in industry • Examples • Cleaners • Paints • Lubricants Question: How do we know when a product is safe to use?

  3. Answer: Product Safety Symbols! • Household Product Symbols • Workplace (Industrial) Product Symbols

  4. HHPS Symbols • HHPS symbols are used for products in the home • Purchased in a supermarket • Purchased in a hardware store • HHPS stands for: • Hazardous • Household • Product • Symbol

  5. HHPS Are A Combination Of… • Hazard Condition • Hazard Level DANGER WARNING CAUTION

  6. HHPS Examples

  7. WHMIS Symbols • WHMIS Symbols are used for workplace products • School / Lab • Public places • Your job • WHMIS stands for: • Workplace • Hazardous • Materials • Information • System

  8. WHMIS Symbols Are… • All at the same hazard level • All symbols are inside a circle • Have a large number of hazard conditions • Based on their Chemical and Physical properties • E.g. Reacts With Oxygen • E.g. Corrosive • E.g. Toxic • E.g. Biohazard • etc.

  9. WHMIS Examples

  10. WHMIS Question 1 • What is the difference between… Poisonous & infectious causing immediateand serious toxic effects Poisonous & infectious causing other toxic effects

  11. WHMIS Question 2 • What is the difference between… Flammable & combustible material Oxidizing material

  12. Other General Safety Symbols

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