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Workers Must Understand WHMIS Labelling not Classification
- Rob Hallsworth
- 13 September 2021
- 11:32 am
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WHMIS exists to protect workers from hazardous chemicals. It is based on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals commonly referred to as GHS. GHS focuses on 2 items: Classification – the arrangement of hazards into groups based on specific criteria Labelling – the use of symbols and descriptions of the hazards based …
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SDS RiskAssist Earns Top Choice 4 Years Running!
- Lisa Hallsworth
- 30 June 2021
- 7:02 am
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If you could PREVENT cancer, would you?
- Lisa Hallsworth
- 1 March 2021
- 5:47 pm
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Check out this EngTalk that RilleaTech collaborated on with the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE). It talks about work-related cancers, the latest scientific reports on occupational disease, commissioned by Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development and Ontario’s statistics on occupational disease posted by the Occupational Cancer Research Centre. Get inspired with how …
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Breast cancer prevention – From fundraising to research to workplace action
- Lisa Hallsworth
- 20 January 2021
- 3:14 pm
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Fundraising – a personal story In 1991, after watching one sister-in-law die of breast cancer and another diagnosed, my Mom, Brenda White, decided she needed to do something to raise awareness about the disease. From rural Nova Scotia, as president of the local Catholic Women’s League (CWL), she chose to lead with her voice. She …
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Hazardous Materials – 10 Things You Don’t Know (But You Should)
- Rob Hallsworth
- 2 December 2020
- 3:25 pm
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Using digital technology, I have read more than 15,000 SDSs in over 100 different workplaces. The technology has allowed me to see the challenges and opportunities that a typical employer faces when using hazardous materials. The following are examples from a typical workplace chemical collection: A typical workplace has 120 chemical products. That is over …
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Your Real Cost of Chemicals Management Might Surprise You
- Rob Hallsworth
- 16 February 2021
- 9:18 pm
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If you are not a chemical company, your WHMIS SDS Management system is likely completely separate from the way your organization manages chemicals. Chemical use is very likely fragmented across departments and locations and, while essential to your success, a very low priority for supervisors and managers. The result is you are wasting time and …
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