GHS Labels

What Are GHS Labels?

GHS labels are labels affixed to containers of hazardous chemicals. They provide safety information using a format developed by the United Nations. OSHA requires GHS labels on hazardous chemicals that are shipped and/or sold. OSHA also requires labels on chemical containers in the workplace. Workplace labels (a.k.a. secondary container labels) do not have to follow the GHS format. However, using them is a best practice a lot of employers are choosing.

Why Use the GHS Format to Label Workplace Containters?

Labeling chemicals in the workplace can be a matter of life and death. At the very least, the labeling system you choose will either make it easier or harder for your people to stay safe and protect others. The GHS format makes sense because it:

Quickly communicates the dangers of chemicals to workers
Empowers workers to make good decisions
Makes it easy to create compliant workplace labels
Reduces training time (you must already train workers on GHS)
Aligns labels with info found on safety data sheets (SDSs)

How VelocityEHS Can Help

VelocityEHS Chemical Management helps you print workplace labels in GHS and other regulatory formats. If we are managing your SDSs electronically, we can take hazard information from them that allows you to print GHS styled labels with the click of a button. Our software is compatible with leading label makers — like Avery, Brady and DuraLabel — giving you lots of printing options.

Explore Our GHS Labels Capabilities

GHS Labelling is part of our Chemical Management Solution.

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Generate workplace labels quickly and easily

Print in GHS format using info indexed electronically from SDS

Generate and print custom barcodes

Scan labels with mobile app to access chemical info

Use labels to map, track and reconcile containers in the field

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