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Prevention · precautionary statement

P272 — Contaminated work clothing should not be allowed out of the workplace.

Prevention statements describe how to keep the harm from happening at all. 1,026 substances with a harmonised EU classification carry this code.

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01 · Wording

What P272 says

Official

Contaminated work clothing should not be allowed out of the workplace.

Category

Prevention · GHS revision 9

Does your label need P272? That depends on the hazard classes of your product, on whether it goes to the public or to professionals, and on what else is already on the label — Annex IV column 5 lets one statement remove another. Work it out from a classification →

02 · Languages

P272 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 IV, and are the text to print.

LanguageOfficial wording of P272
BG български Bulgarian Да не се изнася замърсено работно облекло извън работното помещение.
ES español Spanish Las prendas de trabajo contaminadas no podrán sacarse del lugar de trabajo.
CS čeština Czech Kontaminovaný pracovní oděv neodnášejte z pracoviště.
DA dansk Danish Tilsmudset arbejdstøj bør ikke fjernes fra arbejdspladsen.
DE Deutsch German Kontaminierte Arbeitskleidung nicht außerhalb des Arbeitsplatzes tragen.
ET eesti Estonian Saastunud töörõivaid töökohast mitte välja viia.
EL ελληνικά Greek Τα μολυσμένα ενδύματα εργασίας δεν πρέπει να βγαίνουν από το χώρο εργασίας.
EN English English Contaminated work clothing should not be allowed out of the workplace.
FR français French Les vêtements de travail contaminés ne devraient pas sortir du lieu de travail.
GA Gaeilge Irish Níor chóir éadaí éillithe oibre a ligean amach as an láthair oibre.
HR hrvatski Croatian Zagađena radna odjeća ne smije se iznositi izvan radnog prostora.
IT italiano Italian Gli indumenti da lavoro contaminati non devono essere portati fuori dal luogo di lavoro.
LV latviešu Latvian Piesārņoto darba apģērbu neiznest ārpus darba telpām.
LT lietuvių Lithuanian Užterštų darbo drabužių negalima išnešti iš darbo vietos.
HU magyar Hungarian Szennyezett munkaruhát tilos kivinni a munkahely területéről.
MT Malti Maltese Ilbies tax-xogħol kontaminat m’għandux jitħalla joħroġ mill-post tax-xogħol.
NL Nederlands Dutch Verontreinigde werkkleding mag de werkruimte niet verlaten.
PL polski Polish Zanieczyszczonej odzieży ochronnej nie wynosić poza miejsce pracy.
PT português Portuguese A roupa de trabalho contaminada não pode sair do local de trabalho.
RO română Romanian Nu scoateți îmbrăcămintea de lucru contaminată în afara locului de muncă.
SK slovenčina Slovak Je zakázané vyniesť kontaminovaný pracovný odev z pracoviska.
SL slovenščina Slovenian Kontaminirana delovna oblačila niso dovoljena zunaj delovnega mesta.
FI suomi Finnish Saastuneita työvaatteita ei saa viedä työpaikalta.
SV svenska Swedish Nedstänkta arbetskläder får inte avlägsnas från arbetsplatsen.

Source: CELEX:02008R1272-20260501, Annex IV. © 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 P272 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.

JurisdictionBasisStatus of P272
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 P272

Every entry whose harmonised CLP Annex VI classification includes this precautionary statement. Substances with a reference page here open on this site; the rest open on ghssymbols.com. Of these, 130 are group entries such as “beryllium compounds” or “salts of hydrazine” — Annex VI gives them no CAS number, so they are listed by Index No and have no page of their own.

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