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HHPS and WHMIS

HHPS and WHMIS. Safety Symbols at Home and Work. HHPS – Household Hazardous Product Symbols. Hazardous Household Product Symbols are found: On products that the public can buy in the store Only in the USA and Canada (Other countries have their own set of symbols).

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HHPS and WHMIS

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  1. HHPS and WHMIS Safety Symbols at Home and Work

  2. HHPS – Household Hazardous Product Symbols Hazardous Household Product Symbols are found: • On products that the public can buy in the store • Only in the USA and Canada (Other countries have their own set of symbols)

  3. HHPS: Household Hazardous Product Symbols • These symbols are made up of a picture and a frame: • The picture tells you the type of danger. • The frame tells you • if it is the chemical inside the container that is hazardous • if it is the container that is hazardous. Dangerous contents in container Dangerous container Poison       Flammable     Explosive        Corrosive

  4. What HHPS Symbols should be placed on these products?

  5. HHPS Practice • What do these following symbols mean? Explosive Dangerous Container Corrosive Contents Dangerous Flammable Contents Dangerous Poisonous Contents Dangerous

  6. WHMIS Videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTWWnIfd46c (Compressed gas cylinder video) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ4BlaqkikQ (Mn2O7 video) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KlAf936E90 (NI3 video)

  7. WHMIS – Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System WHMIS has 8 symbols: See your handouts!

  8. What WHMIS Symbols should be placed on these products?

  9. MSDS Sheets MSDS lists data important to all people who handle this material Colour Diamond Blue = Health Hazard Red = Fire Hazard Yellow = Reactivity White = Specific Hazard RATINGS: 0 to 4

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