H320 — Causes eye irritation

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

AT A GLANCE · OFFICIAL STATEMENT
“Causes eye irritation.”
HAZARD CLASS
Eye irritation
CATEGORY
Category 2B
SIGNAL WORD
Warning
PICTOGRAMNone assigned
CRITERIA — Eye effects fully reversible within 7 days of exposure.

What it means

Milder, fully reversible eye changes.

Not used under EU CLP, so harmonized EU substance entries never carry it; it exists in the UN GHS.

Precautionary statements paired with H320

When the engine writes SDS Section 2 for a product carrying H320, these are the precautionary statements it assigns, with combined statements written as one line:

Substances that carry H320

None of the 4,228 substances in our database carries H320 in pure form. The note above explains why it is rare on US and EU sheets.

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.