WHMIS and Lab Safety

WHMIS means:

• Working Hard Means I Succeed

• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Sysytem

• Workplace Hazard Material Information System

• Workers Hazard Material Information System

Which of the following symbols represents flammable hazards?

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Which of the following is NOT one of the goals of WHMIS?

• Make the workplace safer

• Help employees understand the risks they face on the job

• Creating a standardized system that everyone can understand and is consistent from job site to job site.

• Protect the rights of employers exclusively

Which of the following symbols represents corrosion?

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The greatest amount of detailed information about a hazardous material can be found by reading:

• the SDS

• the WHMIS label on a product

• the WHMIS pictogram

• both a and b

Which of the following symbols represents acute toxicity?

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All injuries, no matter how minor, should be reported to your teacher.

• true

• false

• depends on how minor

• depends on what part of the body was affected.