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Hazard Symbols

PICTOGRAM DESCRIPTION HAZARD CLASS AND HAZARD CATEGORY
EXPLODING BOMB GHS01
  • Unstable explosives
  • Explosives of Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
  • Self reactive substances and mixtures, Types A,B
  • Organic peroxides, Types A,B
FLAME GHS02
  • Flammable gases, category 1
  • Flammable aerosols, categories 1,2
  • Flammable liquids, categories 1,2,3
  • Flammable solids, categories 1,2
  • Self-reactive substances and mixtures, Types B,C,D,E,F
  • Pyrophoric liquids, category 1
  • Pyrophoric solids, category 1
  • Self-heating substances and mixtures, categories 1,2
  • Substances and mixtures, which in contact with water, emit flammable gases, categories 1,2,3
  • Organic peroxides, Types B,C,D,E,F
FLAME OVER CIRCLE GHS03
  • Oxidizing gases, category 1
  • Oxidizing liquids, categories 1,2,3
GAS CYLINDER GHS04
  • Compressed gases
  • Liquefied gases
  • Refrigerated liquefied gases
  • Dissolved gases
CORROSION GHS05
  • Corrosive to metals, category 1
  • Skin corrosion, categories 1A,1B,1C
  • Serious eye damage, category 1
SKULL AND CROSSBONES GHS06 Acute toxicity (oral, dermal, inhalation), categories 1,2,3
EXCLAMATION MARK GHS07
  • Acute toxicity (oral, dermal, inhalation), category 4
  • Skin irritation, category 2
  • Eye irritation, category 2
  • Skin sensitisation, category 1
  • Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Single exposure, category 3
HEALTH HAZARD GHS08
  • Respiratory sensitization, category 1
  • Germ cell mutagenicity, categories 1A,1B,2
  • Carcinogenicity, categories 1A,1B,2
  • Reproductive toxicity, categories 1A,1B,2
  • Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Single exposure, categories 1,2
  • Specific Target Organ Toxicity – Repeated exposure, categories 1,2
  • Aspiration Hazard, category 1
ENVIRONMENT HAZARD GHS09
  • Acute hazard, category1
  • Chronic hazard, categories 1,2