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    What are the duties under WHMIS?

Suppliers, employers and workers all have specified responsibilities in the Hazardous Products Act.

Suppliers: Canadian suppliers are those who sell or import products. When this product is considered a "controlled product" according to the WHMIS legislation, a supplier must label the product or container, and they must provide a material safety data sheet (MSDS) to their customers. The purpose of the labels is to clearly identify the contents of the hazardous material, and the MSDS is to explain what those hazards are.

Employers: Employers are required to establish education and training programs for workers exposed to hazardous products in the workplace. Employers must also make sure that the products are labelled and that an MSDS is present for each product and that they are readily available to workers.

Workers: Workers are required to participate in the training programs and to use this information to help them work safely with hazardous materials. They may also inform employers when labels on containers have been accidentally removed or if the label is no longer readable.

source: http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/legisl/intro_whmis.html

Vocabulary:

Duties- Deveres

Suppliers- Fornecedores

Employers- Empregadores

Act- Lei

Those- Aqueles

According- Conforme

Must- Dever (obrigação)

Provide- Fornecer

Data sheet- Ficha de dados

Customers- Clientes

Labels- Identificação

Clearly- Claramente

Establish- Estabelecer

Also- Também

Each- Cada

Readily- Rapidamente

Available- Disponível

Acidentally- acidentalmente

Readable- Legível

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Jean Paul Borges Paula

João Paulo Rangel

Nicolly Carolyn Monteiro