U Stall Wall Moments What is GHS? GHS Hazard Pictograms Safety Starts with U Stall Wall Moments April 2016 What is GHS? The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals It is an initiative to improve employee safety by standardizing chemical labels, Safety Data Sheets, and pictograms. GHS Hazard Pictograms 1. IDENTIFY hazards found in chemicals 2. CLASSIFY hazards 3. Visually WARN employees Explosives Organic Peroxides Flammable Pyrophoric Oxidizing Compressed Gas Corrosive Harmful/Irritant Acute Toxicity Environmental Hazard Carcinogen http://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/ghs.html