Secondary container label

The label required when a chemical is transferred out of its original manufacturer container.

When a chemical is decanted into a different container, that container must be labelled unless it is for the immediate use of the person who transferred it and is emptied within their shift.

The label needs the product identifier and the hazard information: in practice, the pictograms, signal word and hazard statements from the original sheet.

Generating these from safety data sheet data is more reliable than writing them by hand, since the classification is already recorded.

Related terms

• GHS pictogramOne of nine standard symbols in a red diamond indicating a category of chemical hazard.
• Signal wordEither Danger or Warning, the GHS indicator of relative hazard severity.
• HazComOSHA's standard requiring that chemical hazards be classified, labelled, documented and communicated to workers.
• Hazard statementStandard phrasing describing the nature of a hazard, such as "Causes serious eye damage".

A plain-English explanation, not legal advice. Figures are the federal baseline; your state may differ, so see the state-by-state requirements.