Safety Symbols Flashcards

1
Q

what are the two types of safety symbols

A

HHPS and WHMIS

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2
Q

What does HHPS stand for

A

Hazardous household safety symbols
And it is commercially available meaning everyone has products with them

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3
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what does WHMIS stand for

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Workplace hazardous material information sheet and you need a Lisence to buy these products meaning not everyone can get them/available to them

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4
Q

Skull

A

Poison

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5
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Fire

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Flammable

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6
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Explosion

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Explosive (Gas canisters)

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7
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Bone hand

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Corrosive

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8
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Triangle

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Dangerous container

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9
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Octagon

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Dangerous contents

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10
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Order of answering HHPS

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Shape then symbol (dangerous container flammable)

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11
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Diamond with fire

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Flammable (combustable) (can light on fire)

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12
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Diamond with explosion

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Explosive

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13
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Diamond with skull

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Poison causing death with short exposure (death) (acid)

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14
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Diamond with the fire around circle

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Oxidizing material (any chemical that can react with the air) (could catch on fire) (rusting)

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15
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Diamond with gas exhaust

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Compressed gas (squeezed gas in a small container) (fire extinguisher)

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16
Q

Diamond with crack in persons silhouette

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May cause serious health effects (causes diseases and will eventually kill you)

17
Q

Diamond with Test tube dripping onto hand

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Corrosive (can break down any flesh/any organic matter)

18
Q

Diamond with tree and dead fish

A

Environmental aquatic damage

19
Q

Diamond with exclamation Mark

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May cause less serious health effects (won’t kill you)

20
Q

Circle with weird circles

A

Biohazardous infectious material (viruses/ bacteria)

21
Q

Difference between diamond and circle

A

Diamonds are all dealing with chemicals which is not alive but circle is the only one dealing with bacteria which is technically alive