United States · 29 CFR 1910.1200
OSHA GHS label maker
Build a shipped-container label that carries the six elements OSHA requires, on a label size that matches the pack of blank labels you already own. The 2024 revision aligned HazCom with GHS Revision 7 and changed what the supplier block must say.
Next deadline
20 November 2026 — employers must update workplace labelling and training for hazardous chemicals that are substances. The dates were extended in January 2026 (91 FR 1695): manufacturers had 19 May 2026 for substances; mixtures follow on 19 November 2027 for manufacturers and 19 May 2028 for employers.
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Where the product is sold or used
§1910.1200(f)(2): the label is in English; other languages may also be included. For workplace containers, (f)(10) allows a second language “as long as the information is presented in English as well”.
Primary label language
Why is Irish not in this list?
Irish cannot be the primary language here. The H and P statement texts exist in Irish — they are printed inside the multilingual tables of CLP Annexes III and IV — but the signal word does not: signal words live in the Annex I tables, and no consolidated CLP text has ever been published in Irish. A signal word is a mandatory label element under Art. 17(1)(d), so an Irish-primary label would be missing one. Irish is still available as the second language. For Ireland, English-primary + Irish-second is what this tool can produce lawfully.
Second language
Container & label size
Container capacity
OSHA HCS sets no minimum label or pictogram size — only a legibility requirement. For ≤ 3 L (bottles, cans, aerosols) we suggest at least 52 × 74 mm — our recommendation, not a legal minimum.
Label size
Everything fits · pictograms 36.9 mm · text 4.62 mm
Product information
Supplier details
US address and phone · (f)(1)(vi) · saved locallyYour logo is placed as supplemental information beside the supplier block. It must not obscure the mandatory elements (CLP Art. 25 / OSHA HCS App C.3.1).
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Compliance check · OSHA HCS
- Missing: product identifier
- No pictograms — correct only if the substance is not classified for that hazard
- No signal word — correct only if the substance is not classified for that hazard
- Missing: hazard statements
- Missing: precautionary statements
- Missing: supplier name, address and phone· 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(1)(vi) — a U.S. address and U.S. phone number are required
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(3) — signal word, hazard statements and pictograms are located together
01 · What the label must carry
The six elements of a shipped-container label
Paragraph (f)(1) lists them, and all six belong on the container that leaves your site. Nothing here is optional for a hazardous chemical being shipped.
- Product identifier
- Signal word — “Danger” or “Warning”
- Hazard statement(s)
- Pictogram(s)
- Precautionary statement(s)
- Name, US address and US telephone number of the chemical manufacturer, importer or other responsible party
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(1)
Three of them must be grouped together
Signal word, hazard statements and pictograms are required to be “located together on the label”. A layout that puts the pictograms in one corner and the hazard statements in the opposite one satisfies the words and fails the intent — a reader should see one hazard block, not three scattered items.
The label this tool draws boxes those three elements inside a single frame, so the grouping is visible rather than merely technically present. The same requirement exists in Canada (HPR s. 3.3) and in the EU (CLP Art. 32(1)).
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(3)
02 · Size
OSHA sets no minimum label size — and no minimum pictogram size
This surprises people, and a good deal of published advice gets it wrong. There is no number to comply with.
There is no inch, no millimetre and no point size anywhere in 29 CFR 1910.1200. The phrase “of sufficient size” that circulates on vendor sites comes from the UN GHS Purple Book, which is a recommendation, not the US standard.
The single dimensional requirement in the whole standard is qualitative: a pictogram is a square set at a point with a black hazard symbol on a white background and “a red frame sufficiently wide to be clearly visible”. OSHA’s letter of interpretation of 20 December 2012 confirms the test is functional — can it be read — rather than measured.
So this tool will never tell you an OSHA label is “below the minimum”: saying so would be inventing a rule on the regulator’s behalf. What it does instead is check legibility, and offer the EU CLP size table as guidance clearly marked as guidance — because it is the only container-volume-to-label-size table that exists anywhere in law, and a person labelling a 200-litre drum still needs a starting point.
29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C, C.2.3.1
03 · Small containers
What may be dropped below 100 ml and below 3 ml
Paragraph (f)(12) — and it is (f)(12) throughout. There is no (f)(13); the whole small-package regime lives in one paragraph.
The gate comes first
None of the relief below applies until you can show that a pull-out label, a fold-back label or a tag bearing the full information is not feasible. Small is not by itself a qualification.
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(12)(i)
100 ml or less
Hazard statements and precautionary statements may be omitted. Product identifier, pictograms, signal word and the manufacturer’s name and telephone number stay — and the label must state that the full label information appears on the immediate outer package.
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(12)(ii)
3 ml or less
The product identifier alone, and only where any label would interfere with the normal use of the container. This is the vial-and-ampoule case.
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(12)(iii)
The outer package does the work
Whatever the inner container drops, the immediate outer package must carry the full (f)(1) label plus a statement that the small containers are stored inside it when not in use.
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(12)(iv)
04 · Language
English is required; other languages may be added
The label is “prominently displayed, and in English (other languages may also be included if appropriate)”. For workplace containers, (f)(10) allows a second language as long as the information is presented in English as well. No requirement exists about the relative size of the second language.
A bilingual English–Spanish label is common on US sites and entirely compliant. The tool can print a second language beside the English one; the English text is never reduced or replaced.
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(2), (f)(10)
05 · Statement texts
OSHA hazard statements are not the CLP ones
The two sets differ in composition, not only in spelling. H320 “Causes eye irritation” exists in OSHA Appendix C and not in CLP; H316 exists in CLP and not in OSHA. OSHA writes “vapors”, CLP writes “vapours”. EUH statements are a CLP construct and have no place on a US label at all.
Aquatic hazard statements are another difference worth knowing: H400, H410 and H411 are mandatory label elements under CLP, while under HazCom the environmental hazard classes are non-mandatory.
Language on this label
EN required
§1910.1200(f)(2): the label is in English; other languages may also be included. For workplace containers, (f)(10) allows a second language “as long as the information is presented in English as well”.
The official wording of hazard statements is fixed in CLP Annex III and of precautionary statements in Annex IV, in all 24 EU languages; the United States uses the texts of 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C, which are not identical. Statement texts are never paraphrased.
Questions
Frequently asked
What is the minimum label size for OSHA?
There is none. 29 CFR 1910.1200 contains no numeric size requirement for the label or for the pictogram — only the requirement that the red pictogram frame be wide enough to be clearly visible, and the general requirement that the label be legible. Sources that quote a minimum are usually citing the UN GHS Purple Book or the EU CLP table, neither of which is the US standard.
Do I need a US address on the label?
Yes, for a shipped container. The 2024 revision of the standard requires the name, US address and US telephone number of the chemical manufacturer, importer or other responsible party. A foreign address alone is not sufficient.
What changes on 20 November 2026?
That is the date by which employers must update workplace labelling and worker training for hazardous chemicals that are substances. It was moved from 20 July 2026 by the January 2026 extension published at 91 FR 1695. Manufacturer compliance for substances was 19 May 2026; mixtures follow on 19 November 2027 (manufacturers) and 19 May 2028 (employers).
Do secondary containers need pictograms?
Not necessarily. Paragraph (f)(6) gives employers a choice: either the elements of (f)(1)(i) through (v), or the product identifier together with words, pictures, symbols or a combination of them that convey at least general information about the hazards. Words alone can satisfy the second option.
Does a container I fill and use myself need a label?
No. Paragraph (f)(8) exempts a portable container into which a hazardous chemical is transferred from a labelled container, where it is intended only for the immediate use of the employee who performs the transfer. Leave it on the bench overnight and the exemption is gone.
Which GHS revision does HazCom follow?
The 2024 final rule (89 FR 44144) aligned the standard with GHS Revision 7, with selected provisions drawn from Revision 8.
Can I print these labels on ordinary paper?
For a shipped container, no. Chemical labels need a material that survives the chemical itself, and for marine shipment BS 5609 certified stock. Avery UltraDuty and OnlineLabels chemical-resistant ranges are the usual laser-printable choices. Ordinary paper labels are reasonable for a secondary container that stays indoors on a shelf.
Elsewhere in this section
Other label rules
Before you label
Sources
- 29 CFR 1910.1200 on eCFR
- Appendix C — allocation of label elements
- 2024 final rule, 89 FR 44144
- January 2026 date extension, 91 FR 1695
Reference layout only. The chemical manufacturer, importer or employer is responsible for HCS compliance.