Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

Printers ideal for making WHMIS labels & signs:

	DuraLabel PRO & PRO 300 Label & Sign Printer
	DuraLabel 7000 Wide Format Label & Sign Printer
	DuraLabel 9000 EXTRA Wide Format Label & Sign Printer

Canada's Safety Regulation Standard requires all employers to provide employees with up-to-date information about chemical hazards in the workplace.

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) is Canada’s national workplace hazard communication standard. It is equivalent to the OSHA Right-To-Know labeling system. It works with the federal, provincial and territorial governments to prevent trade barriers between provinces caused by varying hazard communication systems.

A WHMIS label can take on multiple forms, many of which can be produced with a DuraLabel printer. Mark hazardous material with a sign, stamp, sticker, seal, ticket, tag or wrapper. Labels can be attached, imprinted or stenciled on the chemical container. All labels require at least the following:

• Product name

• Information for the safe handling of the product

• Statement that a material safety data sheet is available

• WHMIS hazard symbols or other pictograms
  

The WHMIS requires that Material Safety Data Sheets be organized into nine consistent sections with specific headings for each section. Although the sections and the layout vary from the United States’ OSHA versions, the information relayed is similar. The sections include:

• Production Information

• Hazardous Ingredients: In Canada, a manufacturer may apply to withhold the identity of one or more ingredients of its chemical products if they feel the information should remain confidential for business purposes.

• Physical Data

• Fire and Explosion Hazard Data

• Reactivity Data

• Toxicological Properties / Health Hazard Data

• First Aid Measures

• Preventive Measures

• Preparation Information
  

Call a representative at 1-888-326-9244 to begin designing and printing signs and labels today. We maintain a huge inventory of label makers and labeling supplies, so your order ships the same day we receive your call. As an added convenience to our customers, we also stock supplies for discontinued labelers.