Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System better known as WHMIS:

  • is a national hazard communication system used by all people who use controlled products at their workplace
  • has 3 components:
    1. Labels
    2. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
    3. Worker Education
  • requires suppliers and distributors of controlled products to provide specific hazard information to their customer, and the customer who is often an employer, must communicate this information to their workers
  • aims to ensure that workers have the information they need to work safely with controlled products at work
  • was implemented through federal, provincial and territorial legislation which you can find in Part 29 of the Occupational Health and Safety Code
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