Everyday Hazmat User’s Training Guide
Long Description
At the top left corner of this image is a set of six hazardous waste placards, as follows:
- Image of a red and white horizontally striped hazard material placard that
reads: FLAMMABLE SOLID. The number 4.1 is located at the bottom corner of
the sign and an image of a flame sits at the top corner.
- Image of a diamond-shaped white hazard material placard that reads: POISON.
The number 6 is located at the bottom corner of the sign, with a skull and
crossbones sitting above the text.
- Image of a diamond-shaped hazard material placard that is white on the
top half and black on the bottom half and reads: CORROSIVE. The number 8
is located at the bottom corner of the sign and an image signifying a hand
handling chemicals sits at the top corner.
- Image of a diamond-shaped yellow hazard material placard that reads: OXIDIZER.
The number 5.1 is located at the bottom corner of the sign and an image of
a flame is located at the top corner.
- Image of a diamond-shaped red hazard material placard that reads: COMBUSTIBLE
LIQUID. The number 3 is located at the bottom corner of the sign and an image
of a flame sits at the top corner.
- Image of a diamond-shaped red hazard material placard that reads: FLAMMABLE GAS. The number 2 is located at the bottom corner of the sign and an image of a flame sits at the top corner.
Directly below these six placards is an arrow pointing down towards a drawing of a barrel waste container. Under the barrel is text that reads: If a product that becomes a waste no longer has the manufacturer's label (or the equivalent), and you can't positively establish what it is, you have to treat the waste as an unknown.
Text located at the top of the image, to the right of the six hazardous material placards, reads: Many of these products will become hazardous wastes; consult the product label and Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). Directly below this text is an arrow pointing down towards a drawing of a barrel waste container with a sign that reads: Toxic Wastes. Beneath this image is text that reads: When products become wastes, be sure to keep them separated, just as you would keep incompatible products separated.