The acronym WHMIS means Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System. Every employer, supplier and manufacturer must comply with this law since December 1, 2018.
Products present in the workplace must comply with regulations and all employees must receive training.
The main topics of WHMIS 2015:
- Generalities of the new standard
- Indication of dangers and classification of products, pictograms
- Labeling
- Understanding the Safety Data Sheet
- Terminology as well as the introduction of new terms;
- New standards for the identification of dangerous products.
- Employee training
