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Know Your Hazard Warning Symbols Pocket Guide
£22.99
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CAS0008
Know Your Hazard Warning Symbols Pocket Guide gives staff a compact visual reference to the nine GHS/CLP chemical hazard pictograms. Keep it close to chemical-handling areas so you can check what a symbol means before deciding how to proceed.
The Know Your Hazard Warning Symbols Pocket Guide is a compact chemical hazard reference for staff who handle or work around hazardous substances. Keep it close at hand in work areas where chemical labels are checked so you can recognise key GHS/CLP pictograms quickly and act with less uncertainty.
Where to Keep Your Hazard Symbols Guide
Keep this pocket guide where you actually read chemical containers, review labels or brief staff, such as a chemical-handling point, cleaning store desk or supervisor station. Position it for close viewing so the symbols and short explanations can be checked before handling, storage or disposal decisions.
Close-Range Viewing Guidance
This 160 x 80mm guide is designed for close-range reference, not long-distance identification. Keep it within easy reach and read it at roughly arm’s length; if staff need to recognise a hazard from several metres away, rely on the chemical’s compliant label or a larger dedicated display.
| Guide size | Practical viewing range | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| H 160 x W 80mm | Approx. 0.3–0.6m | Close hand-held or nearby reference; not distance identification |
What Better Hazard Recognition Looks Like
Used at the point of decision, this guide helps you turn a half-remembered symbol into a clearer action: pause, recognise the hazard type and check the chemical label or safety information before proceeding. It supports quicker recognition without replacing product-specific instructions.
✅ Faster recognition when you encounter an unfamiliar chemical hazard pictogram.
✅ Less hesitation when staff are checking chemical labels during routine work.
✅ A clearer prompt to check the full label or safety information before acting.
Specifications
- Message: “KNOW YOUR HAZARD WARNING SYMBOLS”
- Product type: pocket reference guide
- Material: Rigid Plastic
- Size: H 160 x W 80mm
- Shape: rectangle
- Orientation: portrait
- Finish: glossy film surface
- Background colour: white
- Text colours: white/black
- Symbol colours: black/red
- Supplied in: single
- Non-Photoluminescent
- Non-reflective
- Purpose: quick recognition of chemical hazard pictograms
- User: staff working with or around hazardous chemicals
- Where to use: chemical-handling and label-checking points
- Risk addressed: uncertainty when interpreting hazard pictograms
- Viewing use: close-range reference
- Symbol system: GHS pictograms used under GB CLP
- EN ISO 7010 codes: not applicable to these GHS/CLP pictograms
- GHS01 pictogram: exploding bomb
- GHS02 pictogram: flame
- GHS03 pictogram: flame over circle
- GHS04 pictogram: gas cylinder
- GHS05 pictogram: corrosion
- GHS06 pictogram: skull and crossbones
- GHS07 pictogram: exclamation mark
- GHS08 pictogram: health hazard
- GHS09 pictogram: environment
- Pictogram format: black symbol, white field and red diamond border
Installation Guidance
Placement traps
❌ Leaving the guide in an office while chemicals are routinely checked elsewhere.
❌ Positioning it where users have to read the small text from a distance.
❌ Covering printed information with clips, holders or fixing points.
❌ Leaving the guide in an office while chemicals are routinely checked elsewhere.
❌ Positioning it where users have to read the small text from a distance.
❌ Covering printed information with clips, holders or fixing points.
Where this guide stops
❌ Do not substitute it for a supplier label, SDS or COSHH assessment.
❌ Do not rely on it for substance-specific emergency instructions.
❌ Do not treat this small-format reference as long-distance hazard signage.
❌ Do not substitute it for a supplier label, SDS or COSHH assessment.
❌ Do not rely on it for substance-specific emergency instructions.
❌ Do not treat this small-format reference as long-distance hazard signage.
Best-use setup
✅ Keep it beside the point where chemical labels are actually checked.
✅ Identify the pictogram, then read the full label and relevant safety information before acting.
✅ Keep the printed face visible, clean and readily available to the people who need it.
✅ Keep it beside the point where chemical labels are actually checked.
✅ Identify the pictogram, then read the full label and relevant safety information before acting.
✅ Keep the printed face visible, clean and readily available to the people who need it.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Know Your Hazard Warning Symbols Pocket Guide a replacement for a COSHH assessment? No. It is a quick-reference aid for recognising hazard pictograms. Your COSHH assessment, supplier information and relevant safety data still need to be followed.
Does the guide show the current red-diamond chemical hazard pictograms? Yes. The guide displays the nine GHS-style pictograms used for chemical hazard communication under GB CLP.
Are these pictograms EN ISO 7010 symbols? No. GHS/CLP chemical pictograms are a separate system, so EN ISO 7010 symbol codes should not be assigned to the nine pictograms shown on this guide.
Can I use this guide instead of reading the chemical container label? No. Use it to recognise the pictogram, then read the complete supplier label and any relevant safety information before handling the substance.
Where is the most useful place to keep it? Keep it close to the point where staff check chemical labels or receive instructions, rather than filing it away from the work activity.
Is the 160 x 80mm format suitable for viewing from across a room? No. The detailed text is intended for close reading. Choose a larger display where information must be visible from several metres away.
Features and Benefits
Features
- ✓ Separates physical, health and environmental hazard information
- ✓ Shows nine recognisable GHS/CLP chemical hazard pictograms
- ✓ Gives a short plain-English explanation beside each hazard type
- ✓ Distinguishes acute toxicity, harmful effects and serious health hazards
Benefits
- ✓ Helps you identify what an unfamiliar chemical symbol is warning about
- ✓ Reduces reliance on memory when you are checking chemical containers
- ✓ Gives supervisors a practical visual aid for briefings and refresher discussions
- ✓ Encourages staff to verify the full product label or SDS before making decisions
Useful Hazard Warnings to Compare
When you need a dedicated warning rather than a reference guide, compare the biological hazard warning sign for biohazard identification. This gives you a direct sign option for a specific hazard type.
For locations where hazardous waste is stored, review the danger hazardous waste storage signs as a more targeted choice. This helps you match the warning to the activity or storage risk being managed.
If your hazard checks extend to site boundaries, consider barbed wire caution signs for a physical perimeter risk. They provide a useful contrast to chemical or biological hazard messaging.
To move from symbol reference to suitable site warnings, explore the hazard warning sign collection. It gives you a broader comparison point for choosing messages by the risk present.
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