If a hazard icon or "Is Approved" column has a question mark, what does this mean?

Created by Cedric Dladla, Modified on Thu, 25 Jul, 2024 at 5:02 PM by Cedric Dladla

Cases 1 and 2 differentiate between these types of question marks when they are displayed in the grid for a particular material or product.

Case 1: If the hazard icon has a question mark for a material

The hazard colour coded icons that are displayed in the hazard column for each classified cat name stem from the categories based on Chemwatch hazard rating criteria. The table below provides a summary of the logic behind the colour coding of each icon concerning the nature of the hazard. rating

Hazard Category	Rating	Hazard Level	Code	Icon	Nature of Hazard Chemical
Flammability Toxicity Body Contact Reactivity Chronic	0/Min	Non	Grey		Non Hazardous Chemical
	1	Low	Blue		Low Hazardous Chemical
	2	Moderate	Yellow		Moderate Hazardous Chemical
	3	High	Orange		Highly Hazardous Chemical
	4	Extreme	Red		Extremely Hazardous Chemical
No CW Classification	N/A	N/A	Question mark		Classification is not available by Chemwatch. However, the Vendor SDS is classified by manufacturer.

Any material with the question mark icon depicts an unknown hazard classification due to the unavailability of a Chemwatch Gold SDS at the time of product registration. For more information on VGD (data extraction)-related products, consult us at customserservice@chemwatch.net.

Case 2: If the Approvals icon has a question mark for a material

Column	Attributed Function	Use

Approv.

User dependent field for setting approval status of a material. Set approval by a specific person, set Use by; Risk Assessment and dates. Note that this setting does not relate nor is it linked to the Approvals Module. It is a static record entry.

This attribute can be used for any approval criterion. It provides these status options: Not Approved, Approval Required or Approved.

Materials without any approval set – will show an icon.

Approval Required – will display icon.

Approved – will display icon.