Chemical-resistant stock · 12 per Letter 8½ × 11 in
2 × 2 inch GHS label template
A 50.8 × 50.8 mm square, twelve to a Letter sheet. This is the small-container size: lab bottles, sample jars, and secondary containers on a bench where a 4 × 2 in label would wrap past the curve.
Build it
Label builder, preset to 2 × 2 in
Size and sheet layout arrive already set. Change the jurisdiction or the size inside the tool at any point — the label is rebuilt against whatever is selected.
01 · The format
What this size is for
A 50.8 × 50.8 mm square, twelve to a Letter sheet. This is the small-container size: lab bottles, sample jars, and secondary containers on a bench where a 4 × 2 in label would wrap past the curve.
At this size a full supplier label stops fitting, and that is often the correct answer rather than a problem. Both OSHA and WHMIS allow hazard and precautionary statements to be dropped below 100 ml, provided the conditions are met — the OSHA branch and the WHMIS branch of this section set out exactly what stays.
02 · Where it qualifies
Against the CLP size tiers
CLP Annex I Table 1.3 is the only legally binding table tying label size to container capacity. It applies in the European Union and, word for word, in Great Britain. OSHA and WHMIS set no numeric minimum at all, so this table is guidance rather than a requirement in those two.
| Container | Table 1.3 label size | Pictogram side | This format |
|---|---|---|---|
| ≤ 3 L | 52 × 74 mm — if possible | 16 mm | — |
| > 3–50 L | 74 × 105 mm | 23 mm | — |
| > 50–500 L | 105 × 148 mm | 32.2 mm | — |
| > 500 L | 148 × 210 mm | 46 mm | — |
Read the two wordings apart: for packages over 3 litres Table 1.3 says “at least”, and the format qualifies only when both dimensions are met — in either orientation, since the table gives a pair of dimensions and never says which one is the width. For packages not exceeding 3 litres it says “if possible, at least 52 × 74”, which is a target rather than a minimum; a 4 × 2 in label is 1.2 mm under on the short side while carrying half again the area, so it is marked “~ enough area” — our assessment, not a compliance statement. Table 1.3 says nothing about label area at all. The pictogram column does combine two real rules: the side from Table 1.3 and the “at least one fifteenth of the minimum label area, never below 1 cm²” requirement of Annex I §1.2.1, whichever is larger.
Questions
Frequently asked
Which Avery product is 2 × 2 inches?
Avery 60506 (laser, UltraDuty) and 60526 (inkjet), plus OnlineLabels OL3541. Twelve to a US Letter sheet.
What if the full label does not fit on a small bottle?
Check whether the small-container relief applies before shrinking the type. Under OSHA (f)(12)(ii) a container of 100 ml or less may omit hazard and precautionary statements — but only where a pull-out or fold-back label or a tag is not feasible, and the label must say the full information is on the outer package. WHMIS s. 5.4(1) is similar but keeps the bilingual requirement.
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