Many products are hazardous due to their physical properties, such as products that are flammable, explosive or oxidising. Every year, children and adults suffer burn injuries and property is destroyed due to fires started by improper or inappropriate handling of flammable liquids or explosive products.
Examples of flammable liquids are fuels such as petrol, diesel and lamp oils or solvents such as acetone or turpentine and white spirit. Store flammable and explosive products safely. In addition to the visible hazard symbol, certain products must have tactile warnings of danger and child-resistant closures. Example of tactile warnings of danger and a child-resistant closure as a stopper that is difficult for a small child to open.
Certain products, such as toys and electrical or electronic equipment for home use, must be CE marked. The CE mark means that the article meets European safety requirements and helps you choose safe products.
Upon inspection, however, it has been shown that this is not always true. It is the companies themselves who label the products, and they are not regularly inspected by an outside party. Marks that look similar to the CE mark may not be used, and products for which there is no requirement for a CE mark may not have one.
You can read more here and see what the CE mark looks like External link. There are many other labelling symbols, such as environmental, energy, fair trade, organic production and recycling symbols that can help you as an individual make informed choices. If there has been an accident with a chemical product, it is important to get help quickly.
Therefore you should call immediately and request Poison Information. It is good that you have the package of the chemical at hand. That will make it easier for the Poison Information Center to find correct information about the product's content based on the labeling on the packaging.
Since January , you can find UFI codes on new products that contain chemicals that are harmful to health. Each pictogram covers a specific type of hazard and is designed to be immediately recognizable to anyone handling hazardous material.
Health Hazard: A cancer-causing agent carcinogen or substance with respiratory, reproductive or organ toxicity that causes damage over time a chronic, or long-term, health hazard. Flame : Flammable materials or substances liable to self ignite when exposed to water or air pyrophoric , or which emit flammable gas. Exclamation Mark: An immediate skin, eye or respiratory tract irritant, or narcotic. Exploding Bomb: Explosives, including organic peroxides and highly unstable material at risk of exploding even without exposure to air self-reactives.
Flame Over Circle: Identifies oxidizers. There are hazardous products that meet the criteria for a hazard class or category, but these classes and categories do not require a pictogram.
The product label and Section 2 Hazards Identification of the SDS still require the signal word, hazard statement s , and other required label elements. Pictograms will be on the product supplier labels of the hazardous products you work with.
They will also be on the SDSs as the symbol or words that describe the symbol. Please see the following for more information:. Add a badge to your website or intranet so your workers can quickly find answers to their health and safety questions. Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy, currency and completeness of the information, CCOHS does not guarantee, warrant, represent or undertake that the information provided is correct, accurate or current. CCOHS is not liable for any loss, claim, or demand arising directly or indirectly from any use or reliance upon the information.
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