WHMIS (Hydrogenated castor oil)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Self-heating substances and mixtures - Undefined category1
• This hazard class has been assigned according to the information obtained from the consulted scientific literature, but it does not allow to specify the hazard category.

• Combustible dusts - See comments below2

Signal word, hazard statement and pictogram may be required

Self-heating substances and mixtures : Undefined hazard statement

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product could belong to the hazard class "Combustible dust", based on various factors related to the combustibility and explosiveness of its dust, including composition, shape and size of the particles.

References

• ▲1.  NFPA, Fire protection handbook. 20th ed. Quincy, MA : NFPA. (2008). [RR-334002]   http://www.nfpa.org
• ▲2.  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

The [number] refers to the Information SST database of the CNESST Documentation Center.