Health Hazard

The red frame around the white diamond contains a black silhouette of a person’s head and torso with a white star shape spreading through the chest area. This symbol indicates:

·       Carcinogen

·       Mutagenicity

·       Reproductive Toxicity

·       Respiratory Sensitizer

·       Target Organ Toxicity

·       Aspiration Toxicity

Gas Cylinder

The red frame around the white diamond contains a black shape like a rolling pin missing one handle. This symbol indicates:

·       Gases Under Pressure

Flame over Circle

The red frame around the white diamond contains a black circle resting on a black line with black flames on top of the black circle. It looks like the circle is on fire. This symbol indicates:

·       Oxidizers

Flame

The red frame around the white diamond contains a white flame within black flames above a black line. This symbol indicates:

·       Flammables

·       Pyrophoric

·       Self-Heating

·       Emits Flammable Gas

·       Self-Reactives

·       Organic Peroxides

Corrosion

The red frame around the white diamond contains an image of two test tubes. One tube pours dripping liquid onto a solid black line, and the other tube drips liquid onto a hand. Both the solid line and hand image are eaten away where the liquids splash, emitting fumes. This symbol indicates:

·       Skin Corrosion / Burns

·       Eye Damage

·       Corrosive to Metals

Environment

(Non-Mandatory for OSHA)

The red frame around the white diamond contains a black leafless tree silhouette and an upside-down fish image, both looking dead. This symbol indicates:

·       Acute and/or chronic Aquatic Toxicity

Exclamation Mark

The red frame around the white diamond contains a large black exclamation point in the center. This symbol indicates:

·       Irritant (skin and eye)

·       Skin Sensitizer

·       Acute Toxicity

·       Narcotic Effects

·       Respiratory Tract Irritant

·       Hazardous to Ozone Layer (Non-Mandatory)

Exploding Bomb

The red frame around the white diamond contains a black round shape breaking apart with radiating black lines and fragments being ejected. This symbol indicates:

·       Explosives

·       Self-Reactive

·       Organic Peroxides

Skull and Crossbones

The red frame around the white diamond contains the image of a human skull with two bones crossed at an angle behind it. This symbol indicates:

·       Acute Toxicity (fatal or toxic)