What are Hazard Communication Standard pictograms?

Pictograms are used in the Globally Harmonized System to classify hazardous chemicals. These pictograms play a crucial role in communicating the potential hazards associated with different chemicals, ensuring safety and awareness in various contexts.

To summarize, here are the nine pictograms along with their corresponding classifications of hazardous chemicals:

1. Health Hazard: Symbolizing carcinogens and toxicity to organ systems.

2. Exclamation Mark: Symbolizing irritants, acute toxicity, narcotic effects, and harm to the ozone layer.

3. Flame: Symbolizing flammables, pyrophorics, self-heating substances, flammable gas, self-reactives, and organic peroxides.

4. Gas Cylinder: Symbolizing gases under pressure.

5. Corrosion: Symbolizing skin corrosion or burns, eye damage, and metal corrosion.

6. Exploding Bomb: Symbolizing explosives, self-reactives, and organic peroxides.

7. Flame over Circle: Symbolizing oxidizers.

8. Skull and Crossbones: Symbolizing acute toxicity.

9. Environment: Symbolizing environmental dangers and aquatic toxicity.

Each of these pictograms is designed according to specific criteria, including a red square frame set at a point with a black hazard symbol on a white background, as mandated by the GHS. By utilizing these standardized pictograms, individuals handling hazardous chemicals can quickly and easily identify potential risks associated with specific substances, thus enabling them to take appropriate safety precautions.