A link shoots me to this site which doesn’t seem to be working. In fact the whole OSHA site seems to be messed up. Maybe it’s not up to code. But here it is anyway:
Believe it or not, I actually wasn’t thinking of a tattoo idea! I just wanted to know who drew it/when and said, “damn, that looks deadly.” And then how that person got it approved by the Man, etc.
Related question I have wondered about. We have the Biohazard Symbol we’ve been discussing and everyone know the fan blade Radiation Hazard Symbol. Is there a Chemical Hazard Symbol? What does it look like?
“Drink your coffee! Remember, there are people sleeping in China.”
I used to dig the Brooklyn band of the same name. They platered that symbol all over the city back in the day. I’ll bet a lot of people in NYC had to wonder why the whole city was being declared a Biohazard!
Satan, that’s sort of the thought that brought me to this question. I was wondering if the band Biohazard had to get permission from the person who designed the symbol in order to use it.
In addition to the ones above, there’s a specific symbol which is used on oxidizers; it looks like a letter O (or a bagel) which is on fire.
Also, there’s a variant of the “corrosive” mark in which the effects are shown taking place on a black rectangle instead of on someone’s hand.
The DOT “explosive” sticker looks like a ball which is, well, exploding.
If you want a generic “chemical hazard” symbol you should probably use the red/yellow/blue/white diamond that’s described on the site Alphagene linked to.
There is the DOT system, which labels hazards by the following (placard number, color, hazard):
1: Orange, Explosives
2: Gasses
-red: flamable gas
-green: nonflamable gas
3: Liquids
-red: flamable liquid
-yellow: oxidizing gas
-white: poison/toxic
4: Solids
-red/white vertical stripes: flamable solid
-white over red: spontaniously combustible
-blue: dangerous when wet
5: Oxidizers (all are yellow and have a flaming “O”)
6: Posions/Toxics: includes infectious substances (the biohazard symbol)
7: Radioactive: all white or yellow and white, has radiation trifoil symbol
8: Corrosives: white over black, has the two vials of liquid eating away at the steel block and the hand
9: Miscellanious: materials not specified by the other placards
There is also a 4 digit number (called the UN Number) that is sometimes inside the placard. Gives you an idea of what the material is that’s being transported. For example, 1203 is a gasoline type material (there’s a list of possible substances, but gasoline is the most common). You can find out all of the fun stuff about it here: http://www.tc.gc.ca/canutec/english/guide/menug_e.htm
Jeremy…
I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine - Kurt Vonnegut
I have the radiation “familiar fanblade” tattooed on my right leg. A question: Sometimes I see the symbol with the yellow triangles up and sometimes the yellow triangles are down. Is there any signifigance to this (do they mean different things)?