What does this sign mean?
Class 8 covers corrosive substances that destroy skin, eyes and metal on contact, sulphuric acid, sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) and hydrochloric acid. The diamond, white above and black below with liquid dripping onto a hand and a surface, means a single splash causes immediate burns and that flushing with water must start within seconds.
Where does it go and when is it required?
Fixed to drums, jerrycans and containers, on the doors of chemical stores and equipment battery rooms, in warehouses in industrial cities and water-treatment plants, on acid tankers and delivery trucks, and in laboratories that keep acids and alkalis.
Regulation notes: GHS, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, is the classification system adopted across the Gulf, and the placard's colours, symbol and class number all derive from it. Placarding stores, containers and vehicles is the expected practice in Saudi and UAE industrial zones whenever dangerous goods are stored or moved.
- The usual placard size on tankers, trucks and containers is 250 × 250 mm; a 100 × 100 mm label is enough on a drum or jerrycan.
- Print on a weatherproof, UV- and acid-resistant material, acid vapour dissolves ordinary inks.
- Keep the class number "8" at the bottom corner readable, and place the emergency shower and eyewash within sight of the placard.
This sign is also known as: corrosive placard, class 8 hazmat placard pdf, acid store sign printable, dangerous goods corrosive label. Informational sign not governed by a mandatory standard; designed in one consistent style for everyday use. Our own drawing, not the registered symbol from the standard.
