EHS General Services Building on the Colorado State University campus
Safety Placard Program

Introduction:

The Safety Placard Program is a division of Environmental Health Services (EHS) at Colorado State University.

It is required that each laboratory or work area where chemicals are used or stored be posted with the standard NFPA placard.

Van Sickle, Joni Triantis

Van Sickle, Joni Triantis

Occupational Health Program Administrator

Joni.Triantis@ColoState.EDU (970) 491-3102 work (970) 491-4804 fax
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The NFPA Placard system is based on a color-coded warning with Blue indicating health hazard, Red indicating flammability, and Yellow indicating reactivity.

A numerical number is assigned to each color-coded area with a range from 0 to 4, the higher the number, the more hazardous the area. The highest number within each warning category for the chemicals present is posted on the placard.