Skull and crossbones
GHS06
- Code
- GHS06
- Symbol
- Skull and crossbones
- Hazard grouping
- Acute toxicity (severe)
- Hazard classes
- Acute toxicity — oral, dermal, or inhalation (Cat 1, 2, 3)
- Signal word
- DangerAlways Danger. Lower acute toxicity (Cat 4) uses the exclamation mark (GHS07) instead.
Reference only. Not legal or regulatory advice. Verify against the primary source before you act.
Look this pictogram up
GHS Pictogram Guide shows all nine pictograms with the hazard classes each one covers.
Sources
Hazard-class mapping per UN GHS (Rev 7+), OSHA HCS 2012+, EU CLP and WHMIS 2015
Pictogram artwork from an MIT-licensed set (github.com/karlnorling/ghs-hazard-pictograms) with canonical UNECE and Wikimedia derived geometry. The signal word is category dependent and is recorded per pictogram.
Data vintage
Data: GHS hazard pictograms, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 9 pictograms.