H227 — Combustible liquid

The GHS hazard statement for flammable liquids, category 4. Here is what it means, the label elements that travel with it, and the substances that carry it.

AT A GLANCE · OFFICIAL STATEMENT
“Combustible liquid.”
HAZARD CLASS
Flammable liquids
CATEGORY
Category 4
SIGNAL WORD
Warning
PICTOGRAMNone assigned
CRITERIA — Flash point above 140 °F (60 °C) and at or below 199.4 °F (93 °C) — GHS Table 2.6.1.

What it means

Liquids whose vapor ignites readily. Categories run from 1 (most flammable) down to 4, set by flash point — the lowest temperature at which the liquid gives off ignitable vapor — together with initial boiling point.

OSHA HazCom includes flammable-liquid Category 4; EU CLP stops at Category 3, so harmonized EU substance entries never carry this code.

Precautionary statements paired with H227

When the engine writes SDS Section 2 for a product carrying H227, these are the precautionary statements it assigns, with combined statements written as one line:

Substances that carry H227

4 of the 4,228 substances in our database carry H227 when classified in pure form — recognizable examples:

2-Mercaptoethanol (BME)
CAS 60-24-2
Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5)
CAS 541-02-6
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)
CAS 67-68-5
Dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether (DPGME)
CAS 34590-94-8
SAME HAZARD CLASS:H224H225H226

Reference information, not legal or professional advice. Statement texts and allocations follow 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C (the GHS as adopted by OSHA HazCom 2024) as implemented by our classification engine; the regulatory text and agency practice control. Claims last reviewed July 23, 2026.

The engine writes these for you.

When SDS HQ authors an SDS, it assigns the hazard statements, signal word, pictograms, and precautionary statements from these same tables — automatically, with the calculation shown.