If the name of an ingredient is claimed as CBI, a generic chemical identity must be listed, as well as all physical or health hazard information, preventive measures and first aid. While the ingredients may not be disclosed on the SDS, the supplier is required to disclose the ingredient's name to a safety or health professional for example, in an emergency.
The process to follow is similar to those required by suppliers. Also, where required, employers must also disclose the CBI to a medical practitioner doctor or nurse. This responsibility is to ensure that employees are always adequately educated, instructed and trained. Knowledge of the employees may be evaluated by using written tests, practical demonstration or other suitable means. How to assess employees' knowledge and the how often shall be determined by the employer in consultation with the committee or health and safety rep, in any.
Section 5. Hazard pictograms are determined by the hazard classification of the product. These standardized statements describe recommended measures to minimize or prevent adverse effects from exposure to the product, including protective equipment and emergency measures.
First aid is included in precautionary statements. Pictograms describing control measures can also be used. PPE , emergency response such as first aid and what to do in the event of a spill. Section 11 Identification of a hazardous product in piping systems and vessels. An employer shall ensure the safe use, storage and handling of a hazardous product through employee education, instruction and training and the use of colour coding, labels, placards or any other mode of identification if the hazardous product is contained or transferred in any of the following:.
Toggle navigation. For example, transferred or poured. Section 9 Workplace labels 9. Section 10 Workplace label for decanted products Section 11 Identification of a hazardous product in piping systems and vessels Specific rules apply to the party who is responsible for WHMIS training and certification such as when and how often it occurs and what it must include. Further, periodic training may be required depending on the conditions of the workplace. Reviewing your training policies allows you to assess the level of knowledge among your employees.
Well-trained employees know:. Expect to coordinate or consult with the health and safety representative or joint health and safety committee throughout the process. An assessment of both your workplace and systems accomplishes this. During the investigation, you need to ask:. We recommend delivering general training and certification online to large or small groups. It will cover topics that include:. The second component will be site-specific and cover the products your workers are using and the required measures to work with them safely.
The answer is always the employer. However, employees also have responsibilities. These include participating in WHMIS training and following the procedures learned to promote safe practices. What Employers Need to Know. A supplier SDS must have at least 16 sections, presented in a standardized format.
Sections must appear with the following headings and corresponding numbers, and must be in the order shown below. See Schedule 1 , of the HPR for the specific information required in each of the 16 sections.
For sections , the headings must be shown on the SDS but the supplier can choose whether or not to provide any information subsection 4 2 , HPR.
Where required information is either not available i. All required information must be provided in both English and French. The supplier may provide either a single bilingual SDS , or they may provide a single document with two unilingual parts. Examples include:. Additional information must be added to the SDS when the instructions for using a hazardous product require it to be combined with one or more materials, and doing so creates a new material that presents either new or more severe hazards than already identified on the SDS.
For each new material, the supplier must provide the following, which can appear anywhere on the SDS section 4. A generic SDS may be used for a group of hazardous products with the same hazard classification and similar chemical composition. For example, a generic SDS can be used for a series of paints where the only difference between products is the pigment used.
A generic SDS must include the names of all hazardous products to which it applies. For any one product, if the concentration or concentration range of an ingredient, or other hazard information differs from that of other products in the group, these differences must be disclosed on the SDS see Health Canada, Technical Guidance on the Requirements of the Hazardous Products Act and the Hazardous Products Regulations.
A supplier must ensure that the SDS for a hazardous product is accurate, current and meets requirements in the HPR every time the product is sold. If a supplier becomes aware of significant new data about a hazardous product, the supplier must update the SDS within 90 days subsection 5.
If a hazardous product is sold during the day grace period, without an updated supplier SDS , the supplier must provide the buyer i. A manufactured article is any article that meets all of these conditions section 2, HPR :. The Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development advances safe, fair and harmonious workplace practices that are essential to the social and economic well-being of the people of Ontario.
Skip to main content. WHMIS and the supplier. General duties A supplier is a person who, in the course of business, sells or imports a hazardous product. Suppliers have three main duties: To determine which of their products intended for use, handling or storage in a workplace are hazardous products as defined in the HPA.
This is the classification step. To label hazardous products as a condition of sale or importation. To provide safety data sheets for hazardous products as a condition of sale or importation. Classes in the Physical Hazards Group are: Flammable gases Flammable aerosols Oxidizing gases Gases under pressure Flammable liquids Flammable solids Self-reactive substances and mixtures Pyrophoric liquids Pyrophoric solids Self-heating substances and mixtures Substances and mixtures which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases Oxidizing liquids Oxidizing solids Organic peroxides Corrosive to metals Combustible dusts These hazard classes are part of WHMIS but are not part of the GHS.
Determining if a product is a hazardous product To determine if a particular product intended for use in the workplace is a hazardous product, a supplier should: identify the physical and toxicological properties of the product; consult Parts 2, 7 and 8 of the Hazardous Products Regulations HPR , which set out the definitions and classification criteria relevant to each WHMIS hazard class, category and sub-category; compare the properties of the product to the criteria in the HPR.
Product identifier Can be any one of the brand name, chemical name, common name, generic name or trade name. An employer who considers the product identifier to be confidential business information may file a claim under the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act for exemption from disclosure see Confidential business information.
Initial supplier identifier The name, address and telephone number of either the Canadian manufacturer or importer of the hazardous product who operates in Canada. If an employer imports a hazardous product directly from a foreign supplier for use in its own workplace, the employer may retain the name, address and telephone number of the foreign supplier on the label instead of providing its own contact information subsection 5.
An employer who considers the supplier identifier to be confidential business information may file a claim under the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act for exemption from disclosure see Confidential business information. The initial supplier identifier information may be replaced by a subsequent supplier information on both the label and the safety data sheet section 5.
Pictogram s Categories and subcategories of a hazard class have corresponding pictograms to convey the type of hazard for example, a skull and crossbones to indicate acute toxicity. Signal word Either Danger or Warning is used to emphasize a hazard and to indicate its severity. Danger is used for more severe hazards.
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