Title: Globally Harmonized System of Classification System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals GHS
1Globally Harmonized System of Classification
System of Classification and Labelling of
Chemicals (GHS) Hazard Communication
Labelling and SDS
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2- One of the objectives of the work on the
Globally Harmonized System (GHS) is the
development of a harmonized communication system,
including Labelling, Safety data sheets (SDS) and
easily understandable symbols, based on
classification criteria developed for the GHS.
3Hazard Communication In The GHS Document
- Ch. 1.4, Hazard Communication Labelling
- Target audiences
- comprehensibility
- translation
- standardization
- supplemental information
- updating
- confidential business information
- training
4Labelling Target audiences
- Labels communicate the hazard(s) according GHS
classification to target audiences
- Workplace - Consumers - Emergency
responders - Transport
5 Labelling Target audiences (1)
- Workplace
- Employers and workers need to know the hazards
specific to the chemicals used and or handled in
the workplace, as well as information about the
specific protective measures required to avoid
the adverse effects that might be caused by those
hazards.
6 Labelling Target audiences (2)
- - Consumers
- The label in most cases is likely to be the
sole source of information readily - available to the consumer.
- The label, therefore, will need to be
sufficiently detailed and relevant to the use of
the product.
7 Labelling Target audiences (3)
- - Emergency responders
- Emergency responders need information on a
range of levels. - To facilitate immediate responses, they need
accurate, detailed and sufficiently clear
information. This applies in the event of an
accident during transportation, in storage
facilities or at workplaces.
8 Labelling Target audiences (4)
- - Transport
- The UN Recommendations on the Transport of
Dangerous Goods, Model regulations, cater for a
wide range of target audiences although transport
workers and emergency responders are the
principal ones. Others include employers, those
who offer or accept dangerous goods for transport
or load or unload packages of dangerous goods
into or from transport vehicles, or freight
containers.
9Target audiences Needs
- Workplace including pesticides and
pharmaceuticals - Labels and Safety data sheets
-
- Consumers
- Labels
- Transport
- Labels, Placards, Transport documents (TREM Card)
- Emergency responders
- Labels, Placards
10Label Elements
- Pictograms
- Signal Words
- Hazard Statements
- Precautionary statements
- Product Identifier
- Supplier Identification
- Supplemental Information
11 GHS Pictogram UN RTDG
Pictogram
Pictogram for flammable liquid in the UN Model
Regulations (Symbol Flame Black or White
background.)
Pictograms prescribed by the GHS should have a
black symbol on a white background with a red
frame sufficiently wide to be clearly visible.
12Labelling Pictograms Convey health, physical
environmental hazard information.
13GHS Pictograms
14UN Dangerous Goods Transport Labelling
15Labelling
- Signal Words
- Danger or Warning
- are used to emphasis hazard and indicate the
relative of severity of the hazard.
16Labelling
- Hazard Statements
- Standard phrased assigned to a hazard class
and category to specified the nature of the
hazard. - Example Acute Toxicity Oral
- category 1
- Fatal if swallowed
- Category 2
- Fatal if swallowed
- Category 3
- Toxic if swallowed
- Category 4
- Harmful if swallowed
- Category 5
- Maybe harmful if swallowed
17Label elements Example 1 (Acute toxicity, oral)
(GHS Recommendation Annex 1)
Pictograms
Signal word
Hazard statements
18Label elements Example 2 (Carcinogenicity)
(GHS Recommendation Annex 1)
19Label elementsExample 3 (Aquatic toxicity,
acute) (GHS Recommendation Annex 1)
20- Labellining
- Precautionary Statements
GHS label should include appropriate
precautionary information GHS document contains
examples of precautionary statements which can be
used The intent is to harmonize precautionary
statements in the future as Annex 3 to Purple
book
21Labelling
- Precautionary statements
- Measures to minimize or prevent adverse
effects. - Example (GHS Recommendation Annex 3)
- A3.3.3.3 Accident caused by ingestion
- -If swallowed, seek medical advice
immediately - and show this container or label.
- -If swallowed, rinse mouth with water (only if
the person is conscious). - -If swallowed, and the victim is conscious and
- alert, induce vomiting immediately, as
directed by medical personnel.
22 ACUTE TOXICITY - ORAL (CHAPTER
3.1) Hazard Category Signal Word Hazard
Statement 1 Danger
Fatal if swallowed 2 Danger
Fatal if swallowed
GHS Annex 3 Precautionary Statements (PS)
Symbol Skull and crossbones
23- Labelling
- Product Identifier
Name or number used for a hazardous product on a
label or in the SDS. Unique means by which the
substance or mixture can be identified within the
particular use setting UN proper shipping name
also to be used on the package when substance or
mixture covered by the UN RTDG
24Labelling
- Supplier Identification
- The name, address and telephone should be
provided on the label. - Supplemental Information
- non-harmonized information.
25Label example
26Precedence for the allocation of symbols (1)
- For substances and mixtures covered by the UN
Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous
Goods, Model Regulations, the precedence of
symbols for physical hazards should follow the
rules of the UN Model Regulations.
27Precedence for the allocation of symbols (2)
- For health hazards the following principles of
precedence apply - (a) if the Skull and crossbones applies,
- the Exclamation mark should not
appear - (b) if the Corrosive symbol applies,
- the Exclamation mark should not appear
- where it is used for skin or eye
irritation - (c) if the Health hazard symbol appears for
- respiratory sensitisation, the
Exclamation - mark should not appear where it is used
- for skin sensitisation or for skin or
eye - irritation.
28Precedence for the allocation of symbols (3)
- Precedence for allocation of signal words If the
signal word Danger applies, the signal word
Warning should not appear.
29Precedence for the allocation of symbols
-
- gt
- gt
Skin / Eye irritation -
- Respiratory gt
Skin sensitization, - sensitization
Skin / Eye irritation - DANGER gt WARNING
30Proposed GHS Classification for Global hazexyl
systemol
- Flammable liquid Category 4
- (No
symbol, Warning, Combustible liquid) - Acute oral toxicity Category 4
- (Symbol ! ,
Warning, Harmful if swallowed) - Acute dermal Toxicity Category 3
- (Symbol
skull and crossbones, Danger, - Toxic in
contact with skin) - Skin corrosion/irritation Category 1C
- (Symbol
corrosion, Danger, Cause severe skin - burns and
eye damage) - Eye damage/irritation Category 2B
- (No symbol,
Warning, Causes eye irritation)
31Proposed GHS Classification for Global hazexyl
systemol
Symbols
- Flammable liquid Category 4
- (No
symbol, Warning, Combustible liquid) - Acute oral toxicity Category 4
- (Symbol ! ,
Warning, Harmful if swallowed) - Acute dermal Toxicity Category 3
- (Symbol
skull and crossbones, Danger, - Toxic in
contact with skin) - Skin corrosion/irritation Category 1C
- (Symbol
corrosion, Danger, Cause severe skin - burns and
eye damage) - Eye damage/irritation Category 2B
- (No symbol,
Warning, Causes eye irritation)
32Proposed GHS Classification for Global hazexyl
systemol
Signal word
- Flammable liquid Category 4
- (No
symbol, Warning, Combustible liquid) - Acute oral toxicity Category 4
- (Symbol ! ,
Warning, Harmful if swallowed) - Acute dermal Toxicity Category 3
- (Symbol
skull and crossbones, Danger, - Toxic in
contact with skin) - Skin corrosion/irritation Category 1C
- (Symbol
corrosion, Danger, Cause severe skin - burns and
eye damage) - Eye damage/irritation Category 2B
- (No symbol,
Warning, Causes eye irritation)
33Proposed GHS Classification for Global hazexyl
systemol
Hazard Statements
- Flammable liquid Category 4
- (No
symbol, Warning, Combustible liquid) - Acute oral toxicity Category 4
- (Symbol ! ,
Warning, Harmful if swallowed) - Acute dermal Toxicity Category 3
- (Symbol
skull and crossbones, Danger, - Toxic in
contact with skin) - Skin corrosion/irritation Category 1C
- (Symbol
corrosion, Danger, Cause severe skin - burns and
eye damage) - Eye damage/irritation Category 2B
- (No symbol,
Warning, Causes eye irritation)
34GHS Label
Global Hazexyl Systemol
Globalethylene (2-Hazanol) CAS No. 222-22-2
Product identifier
Pictograms
Danger Hazard statements Combustible
liquid Harmful if swallowed Toxic in contact
with skin Cause serious skin burns and eye
irritation
Signal word
Hazard statements
Supplier United Nations Corp. Ltd. 1-1, Peace
Ave. Geneva, Switzerland TEL 41 22 917 00 000
FAX 41 22 917 00 000
Supplier identification
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37GHSHazard Communication Safety Data Sheet
(SDS)
38Role of the SDS in the GHS
- SDS should provide comprehensive information
about a chemical substance or mixture for use in
workplace. - Both employers and workers use it as a source of
information about hazards, and to obtain advice
on safety precautions.
39 SDS Target audiences
- Workplace
- Consumers
- Emergency responders
- Transporters TREM CARD
40When is a SDS required?
- SDS should be produced for all substances and
mixtures which meet the harmonized criteria under
the GHS and for all mixtures which contain
substances that meet the GHS criteria exceeding
the cut-off limits for each - hazard class.
41Cut-off values/Concentration limits for each
health and environmental hazard class
42Safety Data Sheets
- Primarily workplace use 16 heading format agreed,
similar to the ILO and ISO format, but sections 2
and 3 reversed - Minimum additional information specified, where
applicable or available, under the relevant
headings
43SDS format (1)
- 1. Identification
- 2. Hazard(s) identification
- 3. Composition/information on ingredients
- 4. First-aid measures
- 5. Fire-fighting measures
- 6. Accidental release measures
- 7. Handling and storage
- 8. Exposure controls/personal protection
44SDS format (2)
- 9. Physical and chemical properties
- 10. Stability and reactivity
- 11. Toxicological information
- 12. Ecological information
- 13. Disposal considerations
- 14. Transport information
- 15. Regulatory information
- 16. Other information.
45Minimum information for an SDS ingredients (1)
46Minimum information for an SDS ingredients (2)
47Minimum information for an SDS ingredients (3)
48Minimum information for an SDS ingredients (4)
49Minimum information for an SDS ingredients (5)
50Minimum information for an SDS ingredients (6)
51Minimum information for an SDS ingredients (7)
52Minimum information for an SDS ingredients (8)
53Internationally-recognised standards for SDS
ILO Recommendation 177 (1990) EU SDS
Directive 91/155/EEC (1991) USA Standard
ANSI Z 400.1 (1993) ISO SDS Standard
11014-1 (1994)
- Guidance document on preparation of SDS will
be developed by UNSCETDG/GHS Subcommittee - as Annex 10 to Purple book
54GHSHazard Communication Thank you