1. WHMIS-2015

2. Definitions
WHMIS – Workplace Hazardous Material Information System
Comprehensive system to identify and provide H&S information on hazardous products used
GHS – Globally Harmonized System
Worldwide hazard communication system for classifying and labelling chemicals
WHMIS 2015
Alignment of WHMIS and GHS

3. Differences between GHS & WHMIS
What is the difference between WHMIS 1988 and WHMIS 2015 after the GHS implementation?

4. Differences between GHS & WHMIS
WHMIS was first introduced in 1988 and was modified in February 2015 as a result of the GHS implementation.
"WHMIS 2015" is the term used to describe WHMIS incorporating the GHS through amendments to the Hazardous Products Act (HPA) and the finalization of the Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR), as well as amendments of appropriate occupational health and safety legislation and/or regulations in each federal, provincial and territorial jurisdiction.

5. Differences between GHS & WHMIS
WHMIS 2015 aligns Canada's workplace chemical hazard communication with that of our international trading partners who have adopted the GHS.
"WHMIS 1988" is the term used to describe the original WHMIS program pursuant to the old HPA and Controlled Products Regulations (CPR) and occupational health and safety legislation and/or regulations in each federal, provincial and territorial jurisdiction.

6. Differences between GHS & WHMIS
The amended HPA received Royal Assent on June 19, 2014.
The amended HPA and new HPR came into force on February 11, 2015.
The CPR and the Ingredient Disclosure List were repealed on February 11, 2015.

7. WHMIS – 2015 Provides many benefits new hazard classes
improved indication of hazard severity
physical hazards are consistent with Transport of Dangerous Goods (TDG) regulations
standardized language
standardized SDS (Safety Data Sheets) format and comprehensive requirements

8. WHMIS – 2015 Legislation currently in force
Suppliers beginning to use and follow new requirements for labels and safety data sheets (SDS) for hazardous products sold, distributed or imported into Canada.
Transition period with various timelines
Supplier must choose to use either WHMIS or WHMIS Regulation
Classification, Labels, (M)SDS must comply with chosen regulation fully and can not be a combination of the two.

9. WHMIS – 2015
Covers all hazardous materials that meet the criteria to be considered a ‘hazardous product’ as set out in the Hazardous Products Act.
“hazardous product” means any product, mixture, material or substance that is classified in accordance with the regulations made under subsection 15(1) in a category or subcategory of a hazard class listed in Schedule 2

10. WHMIS – 2015 Does NOT cover (exempt from WHMIS-2015 requirements) .
Explosives as defined by the Explosives Act
Cosmetic, device, drug or food as defined by the Food and Drugs Act
Pest Control products defined in the Pest Control Act
Consumer Products defined in the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act
Wood or products made of wood
Nuclear substances within the Nuclear Safety and Control Act
Hazardous waste that is sold for recycling or recovery intended for disposal
Tobacco and Tobacco products as defined in the Tobacco Act
Manufactured Articles .

11. WHMIS – 2015
Although exempt from requirement to Label or have SDS, employers are still required to provide training and education on Health effects, storage and safe use of these products

12. Transition Timeline Phase 1 – February 11, 2015 to May 31, 2017
Suppliers who produce hazardous materials for distribution can use either WHMIS or WHMIS-2015 to classify hazards but not both or combination of the two
Phase 2 – June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018
Distributors can continue to sell hazardous materials compliant with either WHMIS or WHMIS-2015, Suppliers can continue to import if importing for own internal use
Phase 3 - June 1, 2018 to November 30, 2018
Distributors and Suppliers shall be compliant with WHMIS-2015, employers can continue using both WHMIS or WHMIS-2015 compliant materials, but must comply and educate employees on both regulations
Completion – December 1, 2018

13. Hazardous Products Act 1985
Pertinent Regulations are 15, 18 and 19. Copies of these regulations are included in the resources.

14. Main Differences Hazard Groups
Two Main Groups – Physical and Health
New rules for classifying hazardous workplace chemicals
New label requirements, including pictograms instead of symbols that correspond to hazard classes
New format for Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

15. Schedule 2 (Section 2) Hazard Classes Physical Hazard Classes:
1. Explosives
11. Self-heating substances and mixtures
2. Flammable gases
12. Substances and mixtures which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases
3. Flammable aerosols
13. Oxidizing liquids
4. Oxidizing gases
14. Oxidizing solids
5. Gases under pressure
15. Organic peroxides
6. Flammable liquids
16. Corrosive to metals
7. Flammable solids
17. Combustible dusts
8. Self-reactive substances and mixtures
18. Simple asphyxiants
9. Pyrophoric liquids
19. Pyrophoric gases
10. Pyrophoric solids
20. Physical hazards not otherwise classified

16. Schedule 2 (Section 2) Hazard Classes Health Hazard Classes:
1. Acute toxicity
7. Reproductive toxicity
2. Skin corrosion / irritation
8. Specific target organ toxicity – Single exposure
3. Serious eye damage / eye irritation
9. Specific target organ toxicity – Repeated exposure
4. Respiratory or skin sensitization
10. Aspiration Hazard
5. Germ cell mutagenicity
11. Biohazardous infectious materials
6. Carcinogenicity
12. Health hazards not otherwise classified

17. Original WHMIS (1988) Classes
Class A - Compressed Gas

18. Original WHMIS (1988) Classes
Class B - Flammable and Combustible Material
Division 1: Flammable Gas
Division 2: Flammable Liquid
Division 3: Combustible Liquid
Division 4: Flammable Solid
Division 5: Flammable Aerosol
Division 6: Reactive Flammable Material

19. Original WHMIS (1988) Classes
Class C - Oxidizing Material

20. Original WHMIS (1988) Classes
Class D - Poisonous and Infectious Material
Division 1: Materials causing immediate and serious toxic effects
Subdivision A: Very toxic material Subdivision B: Toxic material
Division 2: Materials causing other toxic effects
Division 3: Biohazardous Infection Material

21. Original WHMIS (1988) Classes
Class E - Corrosive material

22. Original WHMIS (1988) Classes
Class F - Dangerously reactive material

23. Original WHMIS Symbols to Indicate Classes

24. Labels In Canada, hazardous products must be labelled
Labels are the first alert about the hazards of that product
Labels are first the supplier’s then the employer’s responsibility
There are two types of labels; Supplier Labels and Workplace Labels

25. What information is required on a supplier label?
Supplier labels must be written in English and French. They may be bilingual (as one label), or available as two labels (one in English, one in French).

26. Supplier Labels Must Include:
Product Identifier
Initial supplier identifier
Pictogram(s)
Signal word
Hazard statement(s)
Precautionary statement(s)
Supplemental label information

27. Pictograms Old and New

28. GHS Pictograms

29. GHS Pictograms - Descriptions
Flame – for fire hazards
Classes and Categories
Flammable gasses (category 1)
Flammable aerosols (categories 1 & 2)
Flammable Liquids (categories 1, 2 & 3)
Flammable Solids (categories 1 & 2)
Pyrophoric Liquids (category 1)
Pyrophoric Solids (category 1)
Pyrophoric Gases (category 1)
Self heating substances and mixtures (categories 1 & 2)
Substances and mixtures which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases (categories 1, 2 & 3)
Self-reactive substances and mixtures (Types B*, C, D, E & F)
Organic peroxides (Types B*, C, D, E & F)

30. GHS Pictograms - Descriptions
Flame over Circle
Classes and Categories
Oxidizing gases (category 1)
Oxidizing liquids (categories 1, 2 & 3)
Oxidizing solids (categories 1, 2 & 3)

31. GHS Pictograms - Descriptions
Gas Cylinder
Classes and Categories
Gases under pressure (Compressed gas, Liquefied gas, Refrigerated liquefied gas and Dissolved gas)

32. GHS Pictograms - Descriptions
Corrosion
Classes and Categories
Corrosive to metals (category 1)
Skin corrosion / irritation – Skin corrosion (category 1, 1A, 1B & 1C)
Serious eye damage / eye irritation – Serious eye damage (category 1)

33. GHS Pictograms - Descriptions
Exploding Bomb
Classes and Categories
Self-reactive substances and mixtures (Types A & B*)
Organic peroxides (Types A & B*)

34. GHS Pictograms - Descriptions
Skull and Crossbones
Classes and Categories
Acute toxicity
Oral (category 1, 2 & 3)
Dermal (category 1, 2 & 3)
Inhalation (category 1, 2 & 3)

35. GHS Pictograms - Descriptions
Health Hazard
Classes and Categories
Respiratory or skin sensitization – Respiratory sensitizer (category 1, 1A & 1B)
Germ cell mutagenicity (category 1, 1A, 1B & 2)
Carcinogenicity (category 1, 1A, 1B & 2)
Reproductive toxicity (category 1, 1A, 1B & 2)
Specific target organ toxicity – Single exposure (category 1 & 2)
Specific target organ toxicity – Repeated exposure (category 1 & 2)
Aspiration hazard (category 1)

36. GHS Pictograms - Descriptions
Exclamation Mark
Classes and Categories
Acute toxicity – Oral, Dermal, Inhalation (category 4)
Skin corrosion / irritation – Skin irritation (category 2)
Serious eye damage / eye irritation – Eye irritation (categories 2 &2A)
Respiratory or skin sensitization – Skin sensitizer (categories 1, 1A & 1B)
Specific target organ toxicity – Single exposure (category 3)

37. GHS Pictograms - Descriptions
Biohazard
Classes and Categories
Biohazardous and infectious materials (category 1)

38. Hazard Awareness Chart

39. Hazard Categories
Each hazard class contains at least one category. The hazard categories are assigned a number (e.g. 1, 2, etc.). Categories may also be called “Types”. Types are assigned an alphabetical letter (e.g. A, B etc.). In a few cases, sub-categories are also specified. Sub-categories are identified with a number and a letter (e.g. 1A and 1B). Some hazard classes have only one category (e.g. corrosive to metal), others may have two categories (e.g. carcinogenicity (cancer)) or three categories (e.g. oxidizing liquids). There are a few hazard classes with five or more categories (e.g. organic peroxides).

40. New WHMIS Bilingual Supplier Label:

41. SDS (Safety Data Sheets)
What is an SDS?
An SDS is a summary document that provides information about the hazards of a product and advice about safety precautions.
SDSs are usually written by the manufacturer or supplier of a product.
SDSs provide more detailed hazard information about the product than the label.
They are an important resource for the worker to help you learn more about the product(s) used.
This information is used to identify hazards of the product, how to protect yourself from those hazards including safe handling and emergency procedures.

42. SDS (Safety Data Sheets) Cont’d
Every product that is classified as a “hazardous product” under WHMIS that is intended for use, handling, or storage in a workplace in Canada must have an SDS
Information Contained in the SDS
Identification
Hazard Identification
Composition / Information on Ingredients
First Aid Measures
Fire Fighting Measures
Accidental Release Measures

43. SDS (Safety Data Sheets) Cont’d
Handling and Storage
Exposure Controls / Personal Protection
Physical and Chemical Properties
Stability and Reactivity
Toxicological Information
Ecological Information
Disposal Considerations
Transportation Information
Regulatory Information
Other Information

45. The Employers Duties requirements do not change with WHMIS 2015.

46. Employers Duties Cont’d
During the transition period, you may receive hazardous products that follow either WHMIS 1988 or WHMIS 2015 requirements. To ensure worker protection, employers must educate and train workers about WHMIS 2015 as new labels and SDSs appear in their workplaces. During the transition period, employers may continue to have WHMIS 1988 labels and MSDSs in the workplace – if so, they must also continue to educate workers about WHMIS Employers must review and comply with the WHMIS requirements of their Occupational Health and Safety jurisdiction.

47. Employers Duties Cont’d
Employers will be required to make sure that all hazardous products have an up-to-date SDS when it enters the workplace. The SDS must be readily available to the workers who are exposed to the hazardous product.
Employers may computerize the SDS information as long as:
All employees have access to and are trained on how to use the computer or device,
The computers or devices are kept in working order and,
The employer makes a hard copy of the SDS available to the employee or health and safety committee representative upon request.

48. Successful Education and Training
Workers should be able to answer these questions for every hazardous product they work with:
What are the hazards of the product?
How do I protect myself from those hazards?
What do I do in case of an emergency?
Where can I get further information?

49. Resources: WHMIS 2015 general information:
Ask a question about WHMIS 2015 for Workers
Feedback on CCOHS e-Course: WHMIS 2015 for Workers
Fire at Praxair St. Louis – Safety Bulletin
Globally Harmonized System (GHS)
Sample Safety Data Sheet
WHMIS 2015 SDS Content

50. Resources Cont’d: WHMIS 2015 Safety Data Sheets
Environmental and Workplace Health; Frequently Asked Quesitons.
PDF available on request

51. Resources Cont’d:
(a) defining, for the purposes of Schedule 2, any word or expression used in Schedule 2 but not defined in this Act;
(a.1) establishing, for any hazard class listed in Schedule 2, categories and subcategories of that hazard class;
(b) respecting the classification of products, mixtures, materials and substances in a category or subcategory of a hazard class listed in Schedule 2;
(c) respecting safety data sheets;
(c.1) respecting labels;
(d) respecting the preparation and maintenance of documents, including by specifying the documents to be prepared and maintained, where they are to be kept and for how long;
(e) [Repealed, 2014, c. 20, s. 115]
(f) exempting from the application of this Part and the regulations made under this subsection or any provision of this Part or those regulations, on any terms and conditions that may be specified in those regulations,
(i) the sale or importation of any hazardous product or class of hazardous products either generally or in the quantities or concentrations, in the circumstances, at the places, premises or facilities, for the purposes or in the containers that are specified in those regulations, and
(ii) any class of suppliers;

52. (g) and (h) [Repealed, 2014, c. 20, s. 115]
(i) defining the expression “work place” for the purposes of this Part;
(j) requiring any supplier who sells or imports a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada to provide, as soon as feasible, any information that is included in the safety data sheet that is in the supplier’s possession for the hazardous product to any prescribed safety professional or health professional who requests that information for a prescribed purpose;
(k) requiring a prescribed safety professional or health professional  —  to whom a supplier who sells or imports a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada has provided information about the hazardous product that the supplier is exempt from disclosing under any Act of Parliament  —  to keep confidential, except for the purpose for which it is provided, any of that information that the supplier specifies as being confidential, if that information was provided at the request of the safety professional or health professional for a prescribed purpose;
(l) subject to the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act, requiring any supplier who sells or imports a hazardous product that is intended for use, handling or storage in a work place in Canada to identify, as soon as feasible, on request of any person within a class of persons specified in the regulations made under this subsection, the source for any toxicological data used in the preparation of any safety data sheet that the supplier has provided or caused to be provided in order to meet the requirement set out in paragraph 13(1)(a.1) or has obtained or prepared in order to meet the requirement set out in paragraph 14(a), as the case may be;
(m) prescribing any other matter or thing that by this Part is to be or may be prescribed; and
(n) generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Part.

53. 18. Subject to section 19, the Governor in Council may, by order,
(a) amend Schedule 1 to add, delete or amend a reference to anything; and
(b) amend Schedule 2 to add, delete or amend a reference to a hazard class.
19. A regulation under subsection 15(1) or an order under section 18 may be made by the Governor in Council only on the recommendation of the Minister made after consultation by the Minister with the government of each province and with any organizations representative of workers, organizations representative of employers and organizations representative of suppliers that the Minister considers appropriate.