GHS and safety
GHS07 exclamation mark
Definition
Pictogram for less severe health hazards such as irritation, skin sensitisation and harmful acute toxicity.
GHS07 (exclamation mark) is one of the nine GHS hazard pictograms, a black symbol on a white diamond with a red border.
Used for: acute toxicity category 4, skin irritation, eye irritation, skin sensitisation, specific target organ toxicity after single exposure category 3 (respiratory irritation or drowsiness), and hazards to the ozone layer where that class is applied.
It is the most common pictogram on everyday chemicals. Precedence rules mean it is dropped when skull and crossbones, corrosion or health hazard already cover the same effect.
Related terms
- GHS pictogramsNine standard hazard symbols (GHS01 to GHS09) shown on chemical labels and in section 2 of the SDS.
- GHS06 skull and crossbonesPictogram for acute toxicity categories 1 to 3, which can be fatal or toxic after a single exposure.
- GHS08 health hazardPictogram for serious longer term health hazards such as carcinogenicity, mutagenicity and reproductive toxicity.