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Required pictograms under HazCom
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- GHS pictograms are required on labels of shipped containers and help identify physical and health hazards.
Pictograms are one of the required elements on labels of shipped containers and help identify physical and health hazards.
On shipped containers, pictograms consist of a red square frame set at a point with a black hazard symbol on a white background, sufficiently wide to be clearly visible. On workplace (or in-plant) labels only, pictograms may have a black border, rather than a red border.
The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) uses nine pictograms, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) did not adopt the environmental pictogram. It may be seen on labels and safety data sheets (SDSs) to convey environmental hazards, and it may provide useful information to use in managing chemicals, but its use is not required by the HazCom standard.
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