Physical Hazards Info

Physical Hazards
Physical Hazards are substances which threaten your physical safety. In the GHS, there are 16 classes that are considered Physical Hazards. These classes were largely based on the already existing criteria currently being used by the UN Model Regulation on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. From a classification standpoint, it is assumed that mixtures will be tested for physical hazards. Each Physical Hazard Class contains one or more hazard categories.

Click the hazard class below to view the related categories and information.

• Explosives
• Flammable Gases
• Flammable Aerosols
• Oxidizing Gases
• Gases Under Pressure
• Flammable Liquids
• Flammable Solids
• Self-Reactive Substances and Mixtures
• Self-Heating Substances and Mixtures
• Pyrophoric Liquids
• Pyrophoric Solids
• Substances and Mixtures which, in contact with water, emit Flammable Gases
• Oxidizing Liquids
• Oxidizing Solids
• Organic Peroxides
• Corrosive to Metals

Pictograms
The following link will direct you to the website for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), where they have listed all the GHS pictograms in multiple formats for download.
http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/pictograms.html