Let’s see how many of these communication icons make universal sense. A pictogram or pictograph is a symbol representing a concept, object, activity, place or event by illustration.

DANGER A 100-mL wide-mouth bottle of HPLC-grade acetone from Sigma-Aldrich. Chemical labels will include standard items, such as pictograms representing hazards. Credit: Sigma-Aldrich ...

The pictograms OSHA has adopted improve worker safety and health, conform to the GHS and are used worldwide. While the GHS uses a total of nine pictograms, OSHA will only enforce the use of eight.

OSHA [2] revised its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). Two significant changes ...

Researching modern pictograms on a worldwide basis, the team produced 34 distinct pictograms. By 1979, 16 more symbols were added to the system, which brought the total to 50, where it remains today.