Physical hazard · Explosives

H204 — Fire or projection hazard

Physical hazard statements describe what the substance itself can do — explode, ignite, react, corrode metal. No substance with a harmonised EU classification carries this code.

EU CLP: currentUS OSHA HazCom: currentUS HazCom 2012: currentUN GHS: current

01 · Wording

What H204 says

Official

Fire or projection hazard.

Source

CLP Annex III · Physical hazards

Classification

Explosives GHS chapter 2.1

Category 1.4 · pictogram GHS01 (exploding bomb) · signal word Warning

UN GHS history

Unchanged since 2009.

Rev.3 2009

Rev.4 2011

Rev.5 2013

Rev.6 2015

Rev.7 2017

Rev.8 2019

Rev.9 2021

Rev.10 2023

Rev.11 2025

wording never changed

Present in every UN GHS edition from Rev.3 (2009) to Rev.11 (2025), with the same wording throughout.

Nine editions of the UN model text, 86 hazard statements, 19 of which ever moved. Read the full story in what changed in UN GHS Rev.11.

02 · Languages

H204 in the 24 official EU languages

A label put on the market in an EU country must carry the wording of that country's own language version of CLP — not a translation of the English one. These 24 lines are quoted from the consolidated regulation, Annex III, and are the text to print.

Language	Official wording of H204
BG български Bulgarian	Опасност от пожар или разпръскване.
ES español Spanish	Peligro de incendio o de proyección.
CS čeština Czech	Nebezpečí požáru nebo zasažení částicemi.
DA dansk Danish	Fare for brand eller udslyngning af fragmenter.
DE Deutsch German	Gefahr durch Feuer oder Splitter, Spreng- und Wurfstücke.
ET eesti Estonian	Süttimis- või laialipaiskumisoht.
EL ελληνικά Greek	Κίνδυνος πυρκαγιάς ή εκτόξευσης.
EN English English	Fire or projection hazard.
FR français French	Danger d'incendie ou de projection.
GA Gaeilge Irish	Guais dóiteáin nó teilgin.
HR hrvatski Croatian	Opasnost od vatre ili rasprskavanja.
IT italiano Italian	Pericolo di incendio o di proiezione.
LV latviešu Latvian	Uguns vai izmetes bīstamība.
LT lietuvių Lithuanian	Gaisro arba išsvaidymo pavojus.
HU magyar Hungarian	Tűz vagy kivetés veszélye.
MT Malti Maltese	Periklu ta' nar jew ta' projezzjoni.
NL Nederlands Dutch	Gevaar voor brand of scherfwerking.
PL polski Polish	Zagrożenie pożarem lub rozrzutem.
PT português Portuguese	Perigo de incêndio ou projecções.
RO română Romanian	Pericol de incendiu sau de proiectare.
SK slovenčina Slovak	Nebezpečenstvo požiaru alebo rozletenia úlomkov.
SL slovenščina Slovenian	Nevarnost za nastanek požara ali drobcev.
FI suomi Finnish	Palo- tai sirpalevaara.
SV svenska Swedish	Fara för brand eller splitter och kaststycken.

Source: CELEX:02008R1272-20260501, Annex III. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu — only the electronic Official Journal of the European Union is authentic. Irish is one of the 24 official languages and its H and P texts are printed inside the multilingual Annex tables, but no consolidated CLP has ever been published in Irish — which is why an Irish-primary label cannot be built here.

03 · Legal status

Where H204 is current

GHS is a United Nations model text, revised every two years, and each jurisdiction adopts a revision on its own timetable. A code can be legally current in one system and deleted in another — that is normal, not an error.

Jurisdiction	Basis	Status of H204
EU CLP	Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 CLP Annex IV, Part 2 (consolidated)	Current
US OSHA HazCom	29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C UN GHS Rev.7 (final rule of 20 May 2024)	Current
US HazCom 2012	legacy · GHS Rev.3 UN GHS Rev.3, Annex 3	Current
UN GHS	Rev.11 (2025) UN GHS Rev.11, Annex 3	Current

Currently in force under: EU CLP, US OSHA HazCom, US HazCom 2012, UN GHS. Sources: EU CLP · US OSHA HazCom · US HazCom 2012 · UN GHS

04 · Substances

Substances carrying H204

No substance with a harmonised classification in CLP Annex VI carries this code. That does not mean it is unused — suppliers apply it to their own mixtures.

All hazard statements

The full list of H-codes with the jurisdiction switch lives on the hazard statements hub. For what to do about the hazard, see precautionary statements (P-codes).

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Wording quoted from the regulation named above. Substance counts come from harmonised classifications in CLP Annex VI — the statements on a real product also depend on the supplier's own classification. Always check the supplier safety data sheet.