WHMIS (Phenol)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 41 2 3 4 5

• Acute toxicity - dermal - Category 32 3 4 5

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 14 6

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 13 4

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 12 3 4

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Category 11 3 4

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 21 3 4

• Health hazards not otherwise classified (corrosion) - Category 11 3 4

Danger

Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Toxic in contact with skin (H311)
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
Causes damage to organs (H370)
May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H373)
Causes severe damage to the respiratory tract

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Documentation of the threshold limit values and biological exposure indices / Documentation of TLV's and BEI's. 7th ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : ACGIH. (2001-). Publication #0100Doc. [RM-514008]   http://www.acgih.org
• ▲2.  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, RTECS (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances). Hamilton (Ont) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/rtecs/search.html
• ▲3.  Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail, CHEMINFO, Hamilton, Ont. : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety   http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/cheminfo/search.html
• ▲4.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 15 : Phénol. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2011).   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_15
• ▲5.  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
• ▲6.  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/

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