The \u201cLand of Living Skies<\/em>\u201d (SK) has become the 6th province to finalize regulatory amendments to implement WHMIS 2015 in workplaces under their jurisdiction.<\/p>\n REG 6, officially named \u201cThe Occupational Health and Safety (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) Regulations, takes effect August 17, 2016 –as published in the June 17 Saskatchewan Gazette<\/a>.<\/p>\n The regulation supplements The Saskatchewan Employment Act WHMIS requirements (Part III, DIVISON 7 of Statute S-15.1). As long as employers comply with the WHMIS 1988 requirements during the transition period, full compliance with WHMIS 2015 labelling\/SDS at a worksite does not become mandatory until December 1, 2018.<\/p>\n The requirements mirror those in the model regulation which have been included to varying degrees in the FPT (federal\/provincial\/territorial) workplace regulations issued to date.<\/p>\n As with most OHS (occupational health & safety) regulations, training must be provided for hazards in the workplace- so employers receiving WHMIS 2015 labeled products\/SDS will be expected to have trained workers in using the new system before they are able to be introduced to a worksite or place of employment (the defined terms for what other FPT refer to as a \u201cworkplace\u201d).<\/p>\n Oh \u2013 \u201cLand of Living Skies<\/em>\u201d?: But if you visit, beware of Captain Tractor:<\/p>\n
\nSaskatchewan is called the Land of Living Skies for a reason »<\/a><\/p>\n