H370 — Causes damage to organs

The GHS hazard statement for specific target organ toxicity, single exposure, category 1. Here is what it means, the label elements that travel with it, and the substances that carry it.

AT A GLANCE · OFFICIAL STATEMENT
“Causes damage to organs.”
HAZARD CLASS
Specific target organ toxicity, single exposure
CATEGORY
Category 1
SIGNAL WORD
Danger

What it means

Effects on a specific organ or body system from a single exposure. Categories 1 and 2 cover significant organ damage (proven or presumed vs. suspected); Category 3 covers transient effects — airway irritation or drowsiness/dizziness — that pass after exposure ends.

Precautionary statements paired with H370

When the engine writes SDS Section 2 for a product carrying H370, these are the precautionary statements it assigns, with combined statements written as one line:

Substances that carry H370

22 of the 4,228 substances in our database carry H370 when classified in pure form — recognizable examples:

Methanol
CAS 67-56-1
4,4'-methylenedianiline
CAS 101-77-9
acequinocyl (ISO)
CAS 57960-19-7
azamethiphos (ISO)
CAS 35575-96-3
SAME HAZARD CLASS:H335H336H371

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.