WHMIS Supplier Label Pictograms Graphic

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 :

  • Oxidizers
 FLAME’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:

  • Flammables
  • Self Reactives
  • Pyrophorics
  • Self-Heating
  • Emits Flammable Gas
  • Organic Peroxides
 EXPLODING BOMB’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:

  • Explosives
  • Self Reactives
  • Organic Peroxides
SKULL & CROSSBONES’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:

  • Acute toxicity (severe)
 CORROSION’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:

  • Corrosives
 GAS CYLINDER’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:

  • Gases Under Pressure
HEALTH HAZARD’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:

  • Carcinogen
  • Respiratory Sensitizer
  • Reproductive Toxicity
  • Target Organ Toxicity
  • Mutagenicity
  • Aspiration Toxicity
 ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:

  • Environmental Toxicity
 EXCLAMATION MARK’USED FOR THESE CLASSES:

  • Irritant
  • Dermal Sensitizer
  • Acute toxicity (harmful)
  • Narcotic Effects
  • Respiratory Tract Irritation