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Free GHS Secondary Container Label Maker

Pour a chemical into a spray bottle, jug or drum and it needs its own label. Copy the product name, signal word, hazard statements, pictograms and precautions from the supplier's safety data sheet, and print labels sized for the container.

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What X3 SDS keeps current

1910.1200(e)Written hazard communication program
1910.1200(f)Labels on shipped and workplace containers
1910.1200(g)Safety data sheets readily accessible
1910.1200(h)Employee information and training
INVENTORYWash station, Line 2, neutral cleaner
REVISIONSupplier revision needs confirmation
LABELSecondary container label check
NEWNew product routed for review before use
1910.106Flammable liquids
SDSSixteen-section format
1910.1200(e)Written hazard communication program
1910.1200(f)Labels on shipped and workplace containers
1910.1200(g)Safety data sheets readily accessible
1910.1200(h)Employee information and training
INVENTORYWash station, Line 2, neutral cleaner
REVISIONSupplier revision needs confirmation
LABELSecondary container label check
NEWNew product routed for review before use
1910.106Flammable liquids
SDSSixteen-section format

Copy It From the SDS

Use section 1 (product identifier, supplier) and section 2 (signal word, hazard statements, pictograms, precautions) of the supplier’s safety data sheet. Copy the words; do not reword them.

Which kind of workplace label?Either is allowed. The short one works when workers can get the SDS and the other hazard information right away.

Product identifier

Signal wordUse the one in section 2 of the SDS. Some chemicals have none.

Label size

Hazard statements, one per line

Precautionary statements, one per lineOptional on this kind of label, and useful.

Supplier name and phone (optional)Not required on a workplace label, but handy if someone needs the SDS fast.

Anything your site adds (optional)

Pick the Pictograms on the SDS

Tick each one shown in section 2. Never add one the SDS does not show.

Health hazard Carcinogen, mutagen, reproductive toxicity, respiratory sensitizer, target organ toxicity, aspiration hazard

Flame Flammables, pyrophorics, self-heating, emits flammable gas, self-reactives, organic peroxides

Exclamation mark Irritant (skin and eye), skin sensitizer, acute toxicity (harmful), narcotic effects, respiratory tract irritant

Gas cylinder Gases under pressure

Corrosion Skin corrosion or burns, serious eye damage, corrosive to metals

Exploding bomb Explosives, self-reactives, organic peroxides

Flame over circle Oxidizers

Skull and crossbones Acute toxicity (fatal or toxic)

Environment Aquatic toxicity. OSHA does not require it; copy it only if the supplier label shows it.

Print It

Before you print, add

the product identifier (the name on the SDS)
the hazards: words, pictograms or both

Print on weatherproof label stock where the container gets wet or handled. Workplace labels must be legible, in English (other languages may be added) and prominently displayed: 1910.1200(f)(10). A portable container that one employee fills from a labeled container for their own immediate use does not need a label: 1910.1200(f)(8).

Product name, exactly as on the SDS

See the safety data sheet for full hazard and first-aid information.

Product name, exactly as on the SDS

See the safety data sheet for full hazard and first-aid information.

The Rule Behind It

What OSHA Asks For, Paragraph by Paragraph.

The tool follows these rules. Read the full text on eCFR before you rely on it: this is decision support, not legal advice.

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(i): A workplace container may carry the label elements of the shipped container: product identifier, signal word, hazard statements, pictograms and precautionary statements.
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Or it may carry the product identifier and words, pictures or symbols that give at least general information about the hazards, when the other information workers need is immediately available under your hazard communication program.
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8): A portable container filled from a labeled container, only for the immediate use of the employee who filled it, does not need a label.
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(9): Do not remove or deface labels on incoming containers unless the container is immediately marked with the required information.
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(10): Workplace labels must be legible, in English and prominently displayed. Other languages may be added.
29 CFR 1910.1200, Appendix C: The pictograms are the GHS symbols in a red diamond border. The environment pictogram is not required by OSHA.

Straight Answers

Questions About the GHS Secondary Container Label Maker.

Have one that is not here? Ask X3, or write to us and a person will answer.

Do I need a label on a spray bottle?

Yes, unless the person who filled it uses all of it right away, on their own (1910.1200(f)(8)). Bottles that sit on a shelf or pass between people need a label.

Where do I find the words to copy?

Section 1 of the safety data sheet has the product identifier and supplier. Section 2 has the signal word, hazard statements, pictograms and precautionary statements.

Can I use the NFPA or HMIS rating label instead?

A rating system can be used on a workplace label under 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) if workers are trained on it and the rest of the hazard information is immediately available. It must not conflict with the SDS.

Are these the official GHS pictograms?

Yes. They are the public-domain GHS pictograms published by the United Nations, with the red diamond border.

Is anything I type sent to X3?

No. The label is built in your browser.

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