Guidance Documents Relating to WHMIS Supplier Requirements

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• Guidance Documents - overview
• Guidance Documents:
  • Application / general requirements
  • Acts and Regulations
  • Classification related
  • Label related
  • MSDS related
  • Trade Secret related
  • Posters

Guidance Documents - Overview:

This page provides a listing of selected guidance documents relating to the WHMIS requirements of the Hazardous Products Act and associated Controlled Products Regulations including the WHMIS trade secret mechanism established under the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act. Additional related publications and references are listed on the relevant main pages of this site; i.e., under "CLASSIFICATION", "LABELs" and "MSDSs".

Guidance Documents:

Application / General Requirements

• Health Canada Reference Manual for the WHMIS Requirements of the Hazardous Products Act and Controlled Products Regulations
• Information sheet -  "WHMIS - A National Standard" (79kb)

Acts and Regulations

 Supplier requirements:

• Hazardous Products Act;
• Controlled Products Regulations;
• Ingredient Disclosure List
• Ingredient Disclosure List
  -  items #s 1 to 999 (82kb)
  -  items #s 1000 to 1736 (106kb)

 Employer requirements:

• are established under provincial, territorial and federal occupational safety and health legislation and regulations

 Trade secret provisions:

• Hazardous Materials Information Review Act,
• Hazardous Materials Information Review Regulations;
• Hazardous Materials Information Review Act Appeal Board Procedures Regulations

Classification related publications

Acute Oral Toxicity - OECD Fixed Dose Method

Professional Judgement, Use of in Classification

Label related documents

Other than what is provided in the Health Canada WHMIS Reference Manual, no publications dedicated specifically to WHMIS supplier labelling requirements have been issued to date.

MSDS related documents

• Guidelines for the Disclosure of Toxicological Information on a Material Safety Data Sheet
•  Infectious material, data sheets for
•  Radionuclides (radioisotopes), Radiation Safety Data Sheets
• Personal protective equipment - Guideline

Trade Secret related documents

•  Information Bulletin No.1, Approaches to developing a generic chemical identity for a CBI controlled product or ingredient
•  Information Bulletin No.2, Responses to frequently-asked questions, including claim withdrawals, change in product ownership and its impact on claims for exemption ..., and the nature of the bibliography required by Paragraph 8(1)(h) of the Hazardous Materials Information Review Regulations
•  Information Bulletin No. 3, Expiration of a 3-year trade secret exemption and reapplying for a trade secret exemption
•  Information Bulletin No. 4, Background information, security measures, procedures for filing claims, and common questions and answers

Posters (pdf format)

• General - "What is WHMIS?" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• General, roles - "WHMIS - A shared responsibility ..." (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Classification - "Classes of WHMIS Controlled Products" (21.6 X 27 cm)

  

• Classification - "Classes of WHMIS Controlled Products" #2 (21.6 X 27 cm)

  

• Labels - "Supplier Labels" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Label, symbols - "The Hazard Symbols of WHMIS" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• MSDSs - "MSDS Checklist" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Employer, label - “Workplace Labels” (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Hazard-specific - "Carcinogens, Mutagens, Teratogens and Reproductive Toxins" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Hazard-specific - "Compressed Gases" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Hazard-specific - "Corrosive Materials" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Hazard-specific - "Flammable Gases" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Hazard-specific - "Flammable and Combustible Liquids" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Hazard-specific - "Oxidizing Materials" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Hazard-specific - "Very Toxic and Toxic Materials" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Hazard-specific - "Sensitizers" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Workplace - "Routes of Exposure" (21.6 X 27cm)

  

• Workplace - "Substitution" (21.6 X 27cm)