1. CHEMICAL
SAFETY
In Your Home

2. Chemical Hazard Signs
Most chemicals will have one of these
headings:
Poison
Caution
Dangerous
Poison

3. Other things they might say include…
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF
CHILDREN

4. READ SAFETY DIRECTIONS
BEFORE OPENING OR
USING

5. If it says
“DANGER”
this means…
DANGER is the strongest signal word. If a label
has the word Danger on it, your parents must
be extremely careful using it.
If it is used the wrong way, you could get very
sick, be hurt for a long time, go blind or even
die. Danger is also used for chemicals that
could explode if they get hot.

6. If it says
“WARNING”
this means…
WARNING is less strong than Danger, but it still
means that you could get really sick or
become seriously hurt.
Warning is also used to identify products that
can easily catch on fire.

7. If it says
“CAUTION”
this means…
CAUTION means the chemical could hurt
you, but it is less harmful than danger or
warning signal words.
Caution is used on products that could
bother your skin, make you sick if you
breathed the fumes, or really hurt if the
product got in your eyes.

8. Some household chemicals include…
Detergents/Cleaners Herbicides/Pesticides Poisons

9. Some other warning signs you might
see..