Hmis Color Bar

The hazardous materials identification system hmis is a hazard rating system that uses color bar labels to identify and provide information about chemical hazards.

Hmis color bar. The health section conveys the health hazards of the material. The hmis color bar is similar to the fire diamond created by the national fire protection association nfpa. Before 2002 the fire diamond and the color bar both had sections colored blue red white and yellow. It was developed by and is proprietary to the national paint coatings association npca now known as the american coatings association aca.

Hmis is a registered mark owned by npca. In the latest version of hmis the health bar has two spaces one for an asterisk and one for a numeric hazard rating. Before 2002 the fire diamond and the color bar both had sections colored blue red white and yellow. Before 2002 the fire diamond and the color bar both had sections colored blue red white and yellow.

After april 2002 with the release of hmis iii yellow in the color bar which stood for reactivity was replaced by orange standing for physical hazard. Hmis color bar hazardous materials identification system the hmis color bar is similar to the fire diamond created by the national fire protection association.