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An OSHA label is any written, printed, or graphic material displayed on or affixed to equipment; a container; regulated waste, scrap, or debris; or other item. Labels are intended to warn, inform, instruct, and/or prohibit employees. However, labels are not intended to be either the sole, or the most complete, source of information regarding the nature or identity of the item.
Note: When the name of the contents of a pipe is identified on the pipe, it is said to be marked, not labeled. We do not cover pipe marking in this EZ explanation for labeling. See our ezExplanation for Signs, tags, and marking.
OSHA does not have a comprehensive regulation for labeling. Instead, label requirements are found in a number of 29 CFR 1910 regulations (see a list below). Whether the labeling requirements apply to you depends if you fall under the scope and applicability of the specific regulation and the labeling requirement(s) itself.