GHS Symbols Guidance - Poster

This safety poster give guidance for people working with substances hazardous to health.

This poster says: The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of classification and labeling of chemicals was introduced in 2009 and sees the gradual phasing out of the orange and black CHIP labels. This poster has been designed to help employees identify the hazardous nature of chemicals through recognition of the symbols shown below.

Hazard: Explosive. 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
Hazard: Flammable. 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
Hazard: Oxidizing. Oxidizing gases, category 1. Oxidizing liquids, categories 1,2,3
Hazard: Compressed Gas. Gases under pressure. Compressed gases. Liquefied gases. Refrigerated liquefied gases. Dissolved gases
Hazard: Corrosive. Corrosive to metals, category 1. Skin corrosion, categories 1A,1B,1C. Serious eye damage, category 1.
Hazard: Toxic. Acute toxicity (oral, dermal, inhalation), categories 1,2,3.
Hazard: Irritant. 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
Hazard: Health Hazard. 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
Hazard: Environmental Hazard. Hazardous to the aquatic environment. Acute hazard, category 1. Chronic hazard, categories 1,2

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