Hazardous substances identified under this section present
special hazards requiring supplemental label statements to protect the public,
and the following label statements for substances and articles as specified
shall supplement labeling required under s.
ATCP
139.02.
(1)
(a) Charcoal briquettes and other forms of
charcoal in containers for retail sale and intended for cooking or heating
shall be labeled with a color contrasting heavy borderlined statement as
follows:
WARNING: Do Not Use for Indoor Heating or Cooking Unless
Ventilation is Provided for Exhausting Fumes to Outside. Toxic Fumes May
Accumulate and Cause Death.
If packaged in bags, the statement shall appear in the upper
25% of both front and back panels of the bag, at least 2 inches below the seam
and 1 inch from other reading material.
(b) The statements shall appear in type size
as follows: The signal word "WARNING" in letters at least three-eighths of an
inch in height and the remaining text at least three-sixteenths of an inch in
height.
(2) Diethylene
glycol and products containing 10% or more by weight of diethylene glycol shall
be labeled with the signal word "WARNING" and the statement "HARMFUL IF
SWALLOWED".
(3) Ethylene glycol and
products containing 10% or more by weight of ethylene glycol shall be labeled
with the signal word "WARNING" and the statement "HARMFUL OR FATAL IF
SWALLOWED".
(4) Benzene and
products containing 5% or more by weight of benzene shall be labeled with the
signal word "DANGER" and the statement "VAPOR HARMFUL", the word "POISON", and
the skull and crossbones symbol. If the product contains 10% or more by weight
of benzene, it shall bear the additional statement of hazard "HARMFUL OR FATAL
IF SWALLOWED" and the statements "IF SWALLOWED, DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. CALL
PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY".
(5)
Toluene, xylene, or petroleum distillates such as kerosene, mineral seed oil,
naptha, gasoline, mineral spirits, stoddard solvent, and related petroleum
distillates, and products containing 10% or more by weight of such substances
shall be labeled with the signal word "DANGER" and bear the additional
statement of hazards "VAPOR HARMFUL, HARMFUL OR FATAL IF SWALLOWED", and the
statements "IF SWALLOWED, DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. CALL PHYSICIAN
IMMEDIATELY".
(6) Methyl alcohol
(methanol) and products containing 4% or more by weight of methyl alcohol shall
be labeled with the signal word "DANGER", the additional word "POISON", and the
skull and crossbones symbol. The statement of hazards shall include "VAPOR
HARMFUL" and "MAY BE FATAL OR CAUSE BLINDNESS IF SWALLOWED". The label shall
also bear the statement "CANNOT BE MADE NON-POISONOUS".
(7) Turpentine, including gum turpentine, gum
spirits of turpentine, sulfate wood turpentine, and destructively distilled
wood turpentine and products containing 10% or more by weight of such
turpentine shall be labeled with the signal word "DANGER" and the statement of
hazard "HARMFUL OR FATAL IF SWALLOWED".
(8) When a substance or mixture of substances
labeled for use in or as a fire extinguisher are toxic, the containers shall be
labeled with the signal word "CAUTION" or "WARNING" and the statement of hazard
"DANGEROUS GAS FORMED WHEN USED TO EXTINGUISH FLAMES OR ON CONTACT WITH
HEAT".
(9) Regardless of whether
sub. (8) applies, any substance or mixture of substances labeled for use as a
fire extinguisher, that if applied to an electrical fire, would subject the
user to the likelihood of electrical shock shall be conspicuously labeled
"CAUTION: DO NOT USE ON ELECTRICAL WIRES". All such substances or mixtures of
substances shall also bear the additional statements "USE IN AN ENCLOSED PLACE
MAY BE FATAL" and "DO NOT ENTER AREA UNTIL WELL VENTILATED AND ALL ODOR OF
CHEMICAL HAS DISAPPEARED".
(10)
Lawn darts and similar sharp-pointed articles not intended for toy use and
marketed solely as a game of skill for adults, shall bear the following
statement on the front panel of the carton, and on any accompanying literature
in contrasting color within a borderline and in letters at least one-quarter
inch high on the main panel of the container and at least one-eighth inch high
on all accompanying literature:
WARNING: Not a toy for use by children. May cause serious or
fatal injury. Read instructions carefully. Keep out of reach of
children.
(11) When the
only hazard of a product in a self-pressurized container is that the contents
are under pressure, the following statement shall be set forth on the front
panel of the container:
WARNING: CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE
Do not puncture or incinerate container. Do not expose to
heat or store at temperatures above 120ºF. Keep out of reach of
children.
The word "CAUTION" may be substituted for the word
"WARNING". A practical equivalent may be substituted for the statement "KEEP
OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN."