WHMIS and Workplace Safety Test

Materials causing immediate and serious toxic effects. Class D1

A material with this symbol will cause acute and serious poisoning.

Oxidizing Material Class C

A material with this symbol will feed any fire, making it much hotter and larger.

There are _______________ WHMIS classes

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GHS stands for:

Globalized Harmonization System.

WHMIS stands for:

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System.

Corrosive Material Class E

A material with this symbol can seriously harm your eyes and burn your skin or lungs

Dangerously Reactive Material Class F

A material with this symbol may explode if mixed with other chemicals or dropped.

MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) must be updated every ___________________ years.

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There are ________________ WHMIS symbols.

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Compressed gas Class A

A material (cylinder) with this symbol can explode and take off like a rocket!

Flammable and Combustible Material Class B

A material with this symbol can burst into flame very suddenly.

Materials causing other toxic effects. Class D2

A material with this symbol can cause slow poisoning or other illness

Biohazardous Infectious Material Class D3

A material with this symbol can give you a serious disease.

An accute injury is?

An inury that occurs immediately.

A chronic injury is?

Is an injury or illness that occurs over a prolonged period of time.

A hazard in the workplace is considered to be anything that can?

make you ill or hurt you.

What does PPE stands for?

Personal Protective Equipment

There are 3 types of descriptors to control hazards in the workplace. These are:

Physical or engineering controls, operational controls and administrative controls.

The four types of hazards that you can encounter in the workplace are:?

Physical, Biological, Chemical and Ergonomic

The occupational Health and Safety Act gives every worker three important basic rights. These include:

The Right to Know the hazards in your job, The Right to Participate in workplaces health and safety training and the Right to Refuse unsafe work.

The main 3 things that an MSDS informs you about are:

The hazards of a material, how to use the material safely and what to do if there is an emergency.

The most common forms of PPE on the job include:

hard hats and safety boots, safety glasses and dust masks, suitable protective gloves and hearing protection.

Examples of a chemical hazard are:

liquids like cleaning products, vapours and fumes, gases and flammable materials.

WHMIS requires three things on hazardous materials that are being used in the workplace. These are:

Warning Labels, Material Safety Data Sheets and Training.

The WSIA was created to promote safe and healthy workplaces, to help workders who have been injured or made ill from their work and to provide compensation. WSIA stands for:

Workplace Safety Insurance Act

The top five causes of injury to young workers include:

being struck by or struct against objects and equipment, overexertion, falls, bodily reaction, caught in or compressed by equipment or objects or collapsing material.

Examples of a biological hazard are:

blood and body fluids, fungi, bacteria and viruses, plants, insect bites and animal and bird droppings.

Examples of a physical hazard are:

electricity, unguarded machinery, constant noise, ladders and scaffolds, exposure to heat and cold and liquids/spills on the floor.

Examples of an ergonomic hazard are:

poor lighting, poor workstations and chairs, constant lifting, poor posture, repetition of the same movement and having to use too much force.

The most common injuries to young workers are:

sprains and strains, cuts, lacerations and punctures, bruises and contusions, fractures and burns or scalds.