Sunday, March 1, 2015

Tactile danger warning labels for chemicals

A tactile danger warning is normally a small raised triangle(see example below). The purpose is to alert the blind and the partially sighted that they are handling a dangerous chemical.
Tactile Danger Warning

According to EU CLP regulation, tactile danger warning labels are required for chemical sold to the general public and classified for acute toxicity, skin corrosion, germ cell mutagenicity category 2, carcinogenicity category 2, reproductive toxicity category 2, respiratory sensitisation, or Stot, categories 1 and 2, aspiration hazard, or flammable gases, liquids and solids in categories 1 and 2 according to GHS.


 - See more at: http://www.chemsafetypro.com/Topics/EU/CLP_Regulation_EC_No_1272_2008.html

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