H315Causes skin irritation

The GHS hazard statement for skin irritation, category 2. Here is what it means, the label elements that travel with it, and the substances that carry it.

AT A GLANCE · OFFICIAL STATEMENT
Causes skin irritation.
HAZARD CLASS
Skin irritation
CATEGORY
Category 2
SIGNAL WORD
Warning

What it means

Causes reversible skin damage — redness, swelling, dryness — after exposure.

Precautionary statements paired with H315

When the engine writes SDS Section 2 or a container label for a product carrying H315, these are the P-codes it assigns, in the official Annex 3 groups:

Substances that carry H315

499 of the 4,228 substances in our database carry H315 when classified in pure form — recognizable examples:

xylene
CAS 1330-20-7
toluene
CAS 108-88-3
styrene
CAS 100-42-5
n-hexane
CAS 110-54-3
SAME HAZARD CLASS:H316

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.