Chemical Container Labeling

  • Laboratory Safety
  • Chemical Safety
  • Chemical Container Labeling
Original (Manufacturer's/Supplier's) Containers
Containers that Do Not Need Labels

Secondary Chemical Containers (e.g., squirt bottle, non-original screw-top bottle, vials, flasks, etc.) must have a means of communicating (1) their contents and (2) the hazards of those contents, either on the container or in the area where the container is stored/used.

Use these methods to label your secondary chemical containers:

STEP 1:  Write out the entire name of the chemical.

AND

STEP 2:  Indicate the GHS Hazard Class(es).

  • Use self-stick GHS Pictogram(s) to identify the chemical hazards,  OR
  • Write the GHS Hazard Class (e.g., “Corrosive”) on the container. 
    • Use the SDS or PubChem to determine the proper GHS Hazard Class/pictograms.
    • Pictogram stickers are available in RNS 253, 295, 341, 396, or 441.