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S-2.1, r. 13 - Regulation respecting occupational health and safety
Section 70
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70. Dangerous substances: In this Division, “dangerous substance” means a substance that is either a hazardous product or a substance that appears on the list in Schedule II and that belongs to one of the following categories:
(1) compressed gases;
(2) flammable and combustible substances;
(3) combustive substances;
(4) toxic substances;
(5) corrosive substances;
(6) dangerously reactive substances.
For the purposes of this Division, the 6 categories identified in the first paragraph correspond to the hazard classes identified in the following table:
| Classes (Controlled Products Regulations, SOR/88-66) | Hazard Classes (Hazardous Products Regulations, SOR/2015-17) |
| “compressed gases” | “gases under pressure” |
| “flammable and combustible material” | “flammable gases”, category 1; |
| “flammable aerosols”; | |
| “flammable liquids”; | |
| “flammable solids”; | |
| “pyrophoric gases”; | |
| “pyrophoric liquids”; | |
| “pyrophoric solids”; | |
| “substances and mixtures which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases”; | |
| “self-heating substances and mixtures”; | |
| “oxydizing material” | “oxydizing gases”; |
| “oxydizing liquids”; | |
| “oxydizing solids”; | |
| “organic peroxides” types A to G; | |
| “poisonous material” | “oral, dermal or inhalation acute toxicity” categories 1, 2 and 3; |
| “skin corrosion/irritation”, category 2; | |
| “serious eye damage/eye irritation”, category 2; | |
| “respiratory or skin sensitization”; | |
| “germ cell mutagenicity”; | |
| “carcinogenicity”; | |
| “reproductive toxicity”, categories 1 and 2; | |
| “specific target organ toxicity – repeated exposure”; | |
| “biohazardous infectious materials”; | |
| “health hazards not otherwise classified”; | |
| “corrosive material” | “corrosive to metals”; |
| products classified in one of the following categories: | |
| – “skin corrosion/irritation”, category 1; | |
| – “serious eye damage/eye irritation” category 1; | |
| “dangerously reactive material” | “self-reactive substances and mixtures”, types A to F; |
| “physical hazards not otherwise classified”. |
70. Dangerous substances: In this Division, “dangerous substance” means a substance that is either a hazardous product or a substance that appears on the list in Schedule II and that belongs to one of the following categories:
(1) compressed gases;
(2) flammable and combustible substances;
(3) combustive substances;
(4) toxic substances;
(5) corrosive substances;
(6) dangerously reactive substances.
70. Dangerous substances: In this Division, “dangerous substance” means a substance that is either a controlled product or a substance that appears on the list in Schedule II and that belongs to one of the following categories:
(1) compressed gases;
(2) flammable and combustible substances;
(3) combustive substances;
(4) toxic substances;
(5) corrosive substances;
(6) dangerously reactive substances.
