WHMIS (Sulfur)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable solids - Category 21

• Combustible dusts - See comments below2

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 23 4 5 6

Warning

Flammable solid (H228)
Causes skin irritation (H315)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product belongs to the hazard class "Combustible dust" if 5% or more by weight of its composition has a particle size < 500 µm.

References

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  http://www.tc.gc.ca/tmd/menu.htm
• ▲2.  Dutch Institute for the Working Environment et Dutch Chemical Industry Association, Chemical safety sheets : working safely with hazardous chemicals. Netherlands : Kluwer Academic Publishers. (1991). [RR-015010]
• ▲3.  ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) , Information on chemicals (REACH)/ECHA chemicals database. Helsinki, Finland.   http://echa.europa.eu/information-on-chemicals/registered-substances
  https://chem.echa.europa.eu/
• ▲4.  IFA-Gestis, Information system on hazardous substances of the German Social Accident Insurance. Sankt Augustin, Germany : Institut für Arbeitsschutz der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (IFA).   https://www.dguv.de/ifa/gestis/gestis-stoffdatenbank/index-2.jsp
• ▲5.  Bureau européen des substances chimiques, IUCLID data set Sulphur. Ispa Italie : Comission Européenne. (2000).   http://esis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/doc/IUCLID
• ▲6.  International Programme on Chemical Safety, Sulphur. ICSC #1166. IPCS, CEC. (2000).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics1166.htm

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