Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 1 81 of 53 8 WHMIS PRO GRAM 2015 VERSIO N Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 021 P age Nu m b e r 1 of 7 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e Ma y 10 2011 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e o n Re vised Doc u m e n t F e b 2 2016 10 P U R P OS E The purp ose of this pro gr a m i s to ensur e e mpl o y e e s a re infor m e d a bout haz a rdous ma ter ials used in t he wor kplac e so t h e y c a n us e that infor mation t o pro tec t t he mselve s f rom a c c idents i njurie s a nd il lnesse s This haz a rd c omm unica ti on is a c c ompl ished throu g h the thr e e main c ompo ne nts of W HM I S L a b e ls C ontaine rs of c o ntroll e d pro duc ts ar e re q uire d to be la be led S a fe t y Da ta She e ts Te c h nica l shee ts t ha t provide de tailed ha z a rd a nd p re c a uti ona r y info rma ti on a bout t he ha z a rdous ma te ria l Educ a ti on To e nsure e m plo y e e s unde rsta nd the c ontents a nd si g nific a nc e of la be ls and ma te ria l saf e t y da ta she e ts and a ppl y tha t knowledge to wor k sa fe l y with haz a rdous ma te ria ls 20 S COP E This prog r a m applies to a ll B e lt e rr a e mpl o y e e s a n d c ontra c tors who a r e e x pose d to or li ke l y to be e x pose d to haz a rdous ma ter ials used in the w orkpl a c e 30 RES P ONS B IL IT IE S 31 S UP P L IE RS O F HA Z AR DOUS MA T E RIA L S AR E RES P ONS IB L E F OR De ter mi ning whe the r the ir pr oduc ts ar e c onsi de r e d c ont rolle d pro du c ts u nde r the C ontroll e d P roduc ts R e g ulations and c lassif y in g the m a ter ial i nt o the a pprop ria te h a z a r d c lass e s P re pa rin g a sa fe t y da t a she e t for their p roduc ts an d pro vidi ng c opies o f the S DS t o pur c ha se rs L a b e li ng c ontaine rs of c o ntroll e d produ c ts or pr ov idi ng a suppl ier lab e l t o pur c ha se rs 32 S UP E RV IS ORS AR E RES P ONS IB L E F OR Ensur ing c ontaine rs of c ontroll e d pro duc ts us e d i n the w orkpla c e a r e prop e rl y l a be led o r ide nti fie d Ensur ing that the s a fe t y d a ta she e ts a re up to date less than 3 y e a rs old a nd re a dil y a va il a bl e for e mpl o y e e s to re vie w Ma int a ini ng a n invento r y of ha z a rdous ma ter i a ls us e d in t he wor kplac e Ensur ing e mpl o y e e s who wor k with or in c lose pr ox im it y to haz a rdous m a ter ials c ompl e te W HM I S tra ini ng a nd a n a nnu a l re view q uiz Ensur ing e mpl o y e e s use the r e quire d e quipm e nt a nd pr otec ti ve mea su re s a nd wor k sa f e l y with ha z a rdous ma ter ials Ensur e ha z a rdous w a ste i s di sposed pr ope rl y in ac c orda nc e with provinc ial re g ulator y r e quire ments