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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) is Canada's national hazard communication standard. The key elements of the system are cautionary labelling of containers of WHMIS "Controlled products", the provision of material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and worker education and training programs.  3, record 1, English, - Workplace%20Hazardous%20Materials%20Information%20System

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

WHMIS [Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System] is a Canadian program designed to protect workers by providing them and their employers with vital information about hazardous materials. The following are key features of WHMIS: -Criteria to identify controlled products and to provide information about them in the workplace; -A cautionary labelling system for containers of controlled products; -Requirements for the disclosure of information by the use of material safety data sheets; -Worker education programs; -A mechanism to protect trade secrets. WHMIS is implemented by a series of federal, provincial and territorial acts and regulations.  4, record 1, English, - Workplace%20Hazardous%20Materials%20Information%20System

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le Système d'information sur les matières dangereuses utilisées au travail (SIMDUT) constitue la norme nationale canadienne en matière de communication des renseignements sur les dangers. Les éléments essentiels du SIMDUT se composent de mises en garde sur les étiquettes des contenants de «produits contrôlés», de fiches signalétiques et de programmes d'éducation et de formation pour les travailleurs.  3, record 1, French, - Syst%C3%A8me%20d%27information%20sur%20les%20mati%C3%A8res%20dangereuses%20utilis%C3%A9es%20au%20travail

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Au Canada, le gouvernement fédéral collabore avec les provinces, l'industrie et les syndicats à la mise en place d'un Système d'information sur les matières dangereuses utilisées au travail [...] La pierre angulaire du système est, comme aux États-Unis, le MSDS [Material Safety Data Sheet], ce feuillet de renseignements sur lequel l'industriel consigne les caractéristiques d'un produit : identification, effets sur la santé humaine, précautions d'emploi, premiers soins, caractéristiques physiques, risques d'incendie et d'explosion, etc.  4, record 1, French, - Syst%C3%A8me%20d%27information%20sur%20les%20mati%C3%A8res%20dangereuses%20utilis%C3%A9es%20au%20travail

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish