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HazCom and GHS Practice Test

Twenty-five questions on the standard federal OSHA cited second most often in fiscal year 2025. They cover what the written hazard communication program has to contain, the six things a shipped label carries, the two signal words and the rules that decide which one appears, the eight hazard symbols of mandatory Appendix C and how a pictogram is built, the sixteen numbered sections of a safety data sheet and which of them OSHA does not enforce, when a portable container needs a label and when it does not, and what training has to cover. Every explanation quotes the paragraph it comes from so you can read the rule yourself.

25 questions about 20 min

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Frequently asked questions

No. Nothing is issued for taking this test — no card and no document of any kind. OSHA does not run a hazard communication examination. Training on the chemicals in your own work area, your employer's labeling system and your employer's written program is your employer's responsibility under 1910.1200(h).

Under OSHA's standard, eight. Appendix C, paragraph C.2.3.2, states that one of eight standard hazard symbols shall be used in each pictogram. The ninth symbol people remember — the environment pictogram, the dead fish and tree — belongs to the wider GHS, and it appears nowhere in OSHA's mandatory appendix. It may appear on a label, but OSHA does not require it.

Yes. 29 CFR 1926.59 adopts 1910.1200 for construction work, so the written program, the labels, the safety data sheets and the training obligations are the same. Everything here is written under federal OSHA; a State Plan may be stricter.

Because 1910.1200(g)(2) requires the sheet to include at least the listed section numbers and headings, and the associated information under each heading, in the order listed. The point is that anyone can find first-aid measures in section 4 and accidental release measures in section 6 on any sheet from any supplier, without reading the whole document during an incident.

Yes, and it is written into the standard. Note 2 to paragraph (g)(2) says OSHA will not be enforcing information requirements in sections 12 through 15 — ecological information, disposal considerations, transport information and regulatory information — as these areas are not under its jurisdiction. The headings still have to be there and in order, under Note 1 to (g)(2), to stay consistent with the GHS.

Not if you are the one who poured it and you are using it right away. 1910.1200(f)(8) exempts portable containers into which hazardous chemicals are transferred from labeled containers and which are intended only for the immediate use of the employee who performs the transfer. Set it down for the next shift and the exemption is gone.

One point per question and a percentage at the end, with the explanation shown for every question you missed. The 70% is a common classroom threshold, not an official pass mark — the value is in reading the explanations and going back to the paragraph they cite.

Sources & references

Content checked against these sources — last reviewed August 28, 2026.

By — Editorial team of SteelToeTools.com (published by LSEA SAS) Updated