Hazardous materials in your workplace (ie, pretty much anything in a container that you can’t drink or wash your face with) are covered by a program called WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System).

WHMIS (pronounced ‘wimmis’ for short) is Canada’s system to talk about hazardous (also called ‘controlled) materials in the workplace. WHMIS safety law that includes easy-to-read labels that tell us how to safely work with and around controlled materials.

Check out this brochure from Nova Scotia Labour and Workforce Development.

Almost every workplace has and uses products that are controlled under WHMIS law.  If you work with or handle these products, you need WHMIS training.  Talk to your boss to find out more.