Training Room 2

Chemical Safety

In Training Room 1 you began to learn about safety controls for working with hazardous materials. In this section you will learn more about WHMIS, the system used to regulate the use of these controlled products. You will learn the standards and practices that will you keep you safe around hazardous chemicals on your work site by answering these questions:

• What are controlled products?
• What safety systems do I follow when working with hazardous chemicals?
• When working with hazardous chemicals, what are the responsibilites of suppliers of chemicals, employers, and workers?

At the end of this section you will be able to

• identify the classes of WHMIS-controlled products
• describe the role of labels on containers of controlled products
• describe the type of information found on supplier labels and user labels
• describe the role of Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and the type of information found on them
• explain what you as a worker, your employer, and the chemical-supply company are each responsible for in the safe handling of chemicals