WHMIS Supplier and Workplace Labels 2

Question 1

Which signal word on a WHMIS supplier label indicates a MORE severe hazard category?

Accepted Answer

DANGER

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CAUTION

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WARNING

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NOTICE

Question 2

What is the purpose of precautionary statements on a WHMIS supplier label?

Accepted Answer

To recommend measures that minimize or prevent adverse effects from exposure

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To list all chemical ingredients by percentage

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To identify the regulatory body overseeing the product

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To describe the product's physical and chemical properties

Question 3

At minimum, a WHMIS workplace label must include the product identifier, safe handling information, and what third element?

Accepted Answer

A reference to the Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

Answer

Signal word and hazard pictograms

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The supplier's name and emergency phone number

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Country of origin and batch number

Question 4

When is an employer required to apply a workplace label to a hazardous product transferred to a new container?

Accepted Answer

When the product will not be used immediately by the same person who filled the container

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Only when the product is a corrosive liquid

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Whenever any transfer occurs regardless of timing or user

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Only when the original supplier label is more than one year old

Question 5

Which required supplier label element allows workers to contact the manufacturer for additional product safety information?

Accepted Answer

Name and telephone number of the supplier

Answer

Product identifier

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Hazard pictogram

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Batch or lot number

Question 6

How must hazard pictograms appear on a WHMIS 2015 supplier label?

Accepted Answer

As black hazard symbols inside a red diamond-shaped border on a white background

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As colored symbols on a black background

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As white symbols on a red square background

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In any color scheme approved by the supplier

Question 7

Which of the following is a required element on a WHMIS supplier label?

Accepted Answer

Hazard statements describing the nature of the hazard

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Expiration date of the hazardous product

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Worker PPE requirements specific to each employer

Answer

First aid room location within the facility