1. Household Hazardous Products System

2. Recall that we have looked at a system for recognizing hazardous products in the workplace…

3. Now…how would you be able to recognize hazardous products at home? Well, there’s another system called the Household Hazardous Products System or HHPS Federal law requires that any household product containing hazardous substances be labeled accordingly.

4. Hazardous products are now identifiable to consumers through the following rating system of three words. These words are listed in the order of most hazardous to least hazardous.

5. DANGER WARNING CAUTION

6. The border of a HHPS symbol indicates which of the 3 danger levels the product poses DANGER – symbol has a “stop sign” border WARNING – symbol has a diamond border CAUTION – symbol has a triangular border

7. Categories for HHPS classification: Flammable Corrosive Poisonous Explosive