WHMIS 2015 and Safety Symbols

What does WHMIS stand for?

• Workplace Health Matters Information System

• Workplace Helps Make It Safe

• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

What does this symbol mean?

• Explosive

• Corrosive

• Less Serious Health Effects

• Biohazardous

What does this symbol mean?

• Flammable

• Oxidizing Hazard

• Gases Under Pressure

• Explosive

What does this symbol mean?

• Flammable

• Explosive

• Oxidizing Hazard

• Corrosive

What does this symbol mean?

• Acute health effects

• Biohazardous

• Death or Toxicity

• Radioactive

What does this symbol mean?

• Radioactive

• Serious Health Effects

• Acute Toxicity

• Explosive

What does this Symbol mean?

• Environmental Hazard

• Poisonous

• Irritant

• Acute Toxicity

Which symbol means it will speed up the development of fire, causing things to burn more easily (oxidizing agent)?

• Top right

• Top left

• Bottom right

• Bottom left

Which symbol means 'causes less serious health effects or damages the ozone'?

• Top right
• Top left
• Bottom right
• Bottom left

Which is the only WHMIS symbol is still in a circle after 2015?

• Compressed gas
• Oxidizing hazard
• Corrosion
• Biohazardous infectious materials