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HHPS and WHMIS

HHPS and WHMIS. Safety Symbols at Home and Work. HHPS – Household Hazardous Product Symbols. Hazardous Household Product Symbols are found : On products that the public can buy in the store Only in the USA and Canada (Other countries have their own set of symbols ).

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HHPS and WHMIS

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  1. HHPS and WHMIS Safety Symbols at Home and Work

  2. HHPS – Household Hazardous Product Symbols Hazardous Household Product Symbols are found: • On products that the public can buy in the store • Only in the USA and Canada (Other countries have their own set of symbols)

  3. HHPS: Household Hazardous Product Symbols • These symbols are made up of a picture and a frame: • The picture tells you the type of danger. • The frame tells you • if it is the chemical inside the container that is hazardous • if it is the container that is hazardous. Dangerous contents in container Dangerous container Poison      Flammable     ExplosiveCorrosive

  4. HHPS: Household Hazardous Product Symbols Before October 1, 2001 the old regulations required three different frames (Yield sign, diamond and stop sigh) to indicate the degree of hazard. Now, only two frames are used to distinguish between the contents of the product and the container itself.

  5. What HHPS Symbols should be placed on these products?

  6. WHMIS – Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System WHMIS symbols are found: • On hazardous products that are purchased by companies that are NOT available to the public. • Everywhere in the world!!!

  7. WHMIS – Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System WHMIS also includes: • Employee Training • MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) which: • list the hazards • list the storage requirements • list First Aid Procedures • list the Level of Danger

  8. WHMIS – Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System WHMIS has 8 symbols: See your handouts!

  9. What WHMIS Symbols should be placed on these products?

  10. Acetone and Muriatic Acid

  11. WHMIS – Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System WHMIS Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GSvLurpM5c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnWixPrFzn4 (this is 15 minutes long but more comprehensive) Compressed gas video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTWWnIfd46c Oxidizing Material (Mn2O7) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ4BlaqkikQ

  12. WHMIS – Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System Dangerously Reactive Materials (Perchloric Acid Explosion, Pepcon Rocket Fuel Factory, Henderson, Nevada) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrWPWJvzYIM http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=y8RY_ibNq3c&feature=endscreen Nitrogen Triiodide (NI3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KlAf936E90

  13. WHMIS vs. HHPS • What are the advantages of WHMIS? • Who needs to learn WHMIS? • Where would you find HHPS labels? • Where would you find WHMIS labels? • Complete the WHMIS and Safety Worksheet

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