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POISON INHALATION HAZARD placard — material poisonous by inhalation — hazard class 6.1

What is the hazard class or division for POISON INHALATION HAZARD placard — material poisonous by inhalation — hazard class 6.1?

For POISON INHALATION HAZARD placard, hazard class or division is 6.1; additional description is material poisonous by inhalation; placarding threshold is any quantity; placard design regulation is 172.555; regulation is § 172.504 General placarding requirements, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19; source re-checked 2026-09-16.

6.1 (material poisonous by inhalation (see <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-171.8> § 171.8 of this subchapter )) | POISON INHALATION HAZARD | 172.555

ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-19

Category of material
6.1 — material poisonous by our reading
Hazard class or division
6.1 verified
Additional description
material poisonous by inhalation verified
Placard name
POISON INHALATION HAZARD verified
Placarding threshold
any quantity our reading
Placard design regulation
172.555 verified
Regulation
§ 172.504 General placarding requirements.
General rule (172.504(a))
Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, each bulk packaging, freight container, unit load device, transport vehicle or rail car containing any quantity of a hazardous material must be placarded on each side and each end with the type of placards specified in tables 1 and 2 of this section
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