H314 — Causes severe skin burns and eye damage
The GHS hazard statement for skin corrosion, category 1 (1a, 1b, 1c). Here is what it means, the label elements that travel with it, and the substances that carry it.
What it means
Destroys skin tissue: irreversible burns through the outer layer of the skin. Skin-corrosive products are treated as causing serious eye damage as well.
When H314 is present, H318 ("Causes serious eye damage") is not stated separately on the label — the stronger statement covers it.
Precautionary statements paired with H314
When the engine writes SDS Section 2 or a container label for a product carrying H314, these are the P-codes it assigns, in the official Annex 3 groups:
Substances that carry H314
376 of the 4,228 substances in our database carry H314 when classified in pure form — recognizable examples:
Reference information, not legal or professional advice. Statement texts and allocations follow GHS Rev 9 / 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C as implemented by our classification engine; the regulatory text and agency practice control. Claims last reviewed July 23, 2026.
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When SDS HQ authors an SDS or a container label, it assigns the hazard statements, signal word, pictograms, and precautionary statements from these same tables — automatically, with the calculation shown.