SDS to GHS Label Extractor
Paste Section 2 of a safety data sheet (SDS/MSDS) and the tool pulls out the signal word, GHS pictograms, H hazard statements and P precautionary statements, then fills in the full standard wording from the built-in GHS phrase library. Everything is parsed in your browser — no text is uploaded.
Signal word
Hazard pictograms
Hazard statements (H codes)
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Precautionary statements (P codes)
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Automatic extraction misses things — especially when the SDS lays out Section 2 as a table, an image or across a page break. Check every line against the original SDS, then add the product identifier and supplier details from Section 1.
Copy the result first, then open the generator and paste the H and P statements into their fields. Tick the pictograms and signal word to match the result above.
Which of the 16 SDS sections matter for a label
- Section 1 Product identifier plus supplier name, address and emergency phone
- Section 2 Hazard identification — subsection 2.2 is the label elements themselves
- Section 3 Composition; the hazardous ingredients that must appear on the label
- Section 14 Transport information: UN number and transport diamond
- Section 15 Regulatory information, which tells you the ruleset that applies
The six GHS label elements
- 1. Product identifier (chemical name and hazardous ingredients)
- 2. Hazard pictograms (black symbol, white background, red diamond frame)
- 3. Signal word (Danger or Warning — never both)
- 4. Hazard statements (every applicable H statement)
- 5. Precautionary statements (prevention, response, storage, disposal)
- 6. Supplier identification (name, address, telephone, emergency number)
Three steps to your own GHS label
- 1. Extract Pull the elements out of SDS 2.2 with this tool, then verify by hand
- 2. Lay out Use the GHS Label Generator for a standards-compliant layout; under CLP the minimum label size scales with package capacity
- 3. Print Choose a chemical- and solvent-resistant stock (PP synthetic paper, PET) and confirm the surface and curvature you are labelling
Four mistakes people keep making
Copying the H codes but not the P codes
H statements say what the hazard is; P statements say what to do about it. Both are mandatory label elements, and a label carrying only H statements will be cited as incomplete. Pick representative statements across all four P categories — prevention, response, storage and disposal — and keep the total to roughly six.
Printing the pictogram without the red frame
A GHS pictogram is a black symbol on a white background inside a red diamond frame — all three parts are required. The usual failures are printing in black and white, or reducing the frame to a thin black hairline. The red border must be wide enough to read at a glance and the symbol must not be stretched.
Missing supplier details
SDS Section 2 contains no supplier information, so extraction alone will always leave a gap. Name, address, telephone and a 24-hour emergency number are all required, and must match Section 1. Repackaged and private-label products are the classic offenders — carrying over the original manufacturer's block is a straightforward violation.
Contradictory signal words
A label carries exactly one signal word. When your H statements map to both Danger and Warning, the more severe one wins: Danger is used and Warning is dropped entirely. This tool flags any disagreement between the signal word written in the text and the one implied by the H codes.