Household Hazardous Products System

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

• 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.

• 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.

• DANGER

• WARNING

• CAUTION

• 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

Categories for HHPS classification:

• Flammable

• Corrosive

• Poisonous

• Explosive