Supplier and Workplace Labels Flashcards
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Under WHMIS, when must an employer review and update a workplace label?
Answer: Whenever significant new hazard information becomes available or when label information is no longer accurate
Employers must update workplace labels whenever significant new hazard information becomes available or when the current label information no longer accurately represents the product's hazards.
Which product is generally exempt from WHMIS supplier label requirements when used in a workplace?
Answer: Consumer products used in the same manner and frequency as an ordinary consumer at home
Consumer products used in a workplace in the same way and same frequency as a consumer at home may be exempt from WHMIS supplier labeling because the consumer product regulations already apply.
A supplier label becomes worn and illegible during normal workplace use. What must the employer do?
Answer: Apply a workplace label to restore the required hazard communication
When a supplier label becomes illegible, the employer must apply a workplace label containing the required information to maintain compliant hazard communication.
Which WHMIS 2015 pictogram represents carcinogens, reproductive toxins, and respiratory sensitizers?
Answer: Health hazard (person with starburst on chest)
The health hazard pictogram, depicting a person with a starburst on the chest, represents serious chronic health effects including carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, and respiratory sensitization.
A worker sees the signal word WARNING on a chemical container label. What does this communicate about the product's hazard?
Answer: The product presents a less severe hazard than products bearing the DANGER signal word
WARNING indicates a less severe hazard category within the applicable hazard class, while DANGER is used for the more severe categories.
Which of the following is NOT one of the nine standardized GHS pictograms used in WHMIS 2015?
Answer: Radiation trefoil (radioactive materials)
The radiation trefoil is not among the nine GHS pictograms in WHMIS 2015; radioactive materials are regulated separately under nuclear safety legislation.
Which label element gives workers an immediate, at-a-glance indication of a hazardous product's relative severity without reading the full label?
Answer: Signal word
The signal word (DANGER or WARNING) is specifically designed to give workers an immediate indication of relative hazard severity before they read any other label element.