INTRODUCTION: HOW TO USE THIS TOOL
The old-school WHMIS supplier label is on its way out. Starting Sept. 1, 2018, supplier labels provided by suppliers of hazardous products must comply with the new GHS label requirements. And by Dec. 1, 2018, employers must ensure that all containers of hazardous chemicals in the workplace have compliant labels. One of the ways the supplier label is changing is with regard to the pictograms which use the Hazard Symbol associated with the hazardous product’s product class within a red square set on one of its points, as illustrated below.
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THE NEW GHS SUPPLIER LABEL
The GHS Pictograms
Hazard Symbols (to be used in pictograms for substances of the particular class) | ||
FLAME OVER CIRCLE’USED FOR THESE CLASSES :
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FLAME’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:
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EXPLODING BOMB’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:
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SKULL & CROSSBONES’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:
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CORROSION’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:
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GAS CYLINDER’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:
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HEALTH HAZARD’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:
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ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:
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EXCLAMATION MARK’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:
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