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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2521. Full title: DD Form 25 21, Hazardous Chemical Warning Label (8 x 11), October 2000. Function: Hazardous Chemical Warning Label (8-1/2 X 11). Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 1 pages with about 19 entry fields.
Pdf serves as the base format. In the fillable variant, each box is an interactive field that holds typed text inside the document. In the flat printable variant, no fields exist — the page prints as a blank to be completed by hand. Typed entries survive transmission; handwriting does not always survive scanning.
What the form asks for
- 1. Chemical/common name.
- 2. Hazard code.
- 3. NSN or LSN.
- 4. Part number.
- 5. Item name.
- 6. Hazards. a. Health. Press space bar to mark X in first box if acute (immediate): none, second box if slight, third box if moderate, fourth box if severe, or fifth box if chronic (delayed).
- b. Contact: acute (immediate). X first box if none, second box if slight, third box if moderate, or fourth box if severe.
- c. Fire: acute (immediate). X first box if none, second box if slight, third box if moderate, or fourth box if severe.
- d. Reactivity: acute (immediate). X first box if none, second box if slight, third box if moderate, or fourth box if severe.
- 7. Specific hazards and precautions, including target organ effects. See M S D S for further information
- 8. Protect: X if eyes.
- X if skin.
- X if respiratory.
- 9. Contact. a. Company name.
- b. Address, include street number, street, P O box, city, state, and zip code.
- c. Emergency telephone number, include area code.
- 10. Procurement year for hazardous chemical.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
The current edition is not stated. Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field correspondence. Edition date appears in the lower corner of the printed blank.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
After completion, the copy goes to the office designated by not stated or by local procedure. Retention of a personal copy is ordinary practice and costs nothing.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2521 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
Revision occurs when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the data collected changes, or when statutory notice language is amended. Verification of the edition date at download addresses all three.
The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2521?
- DD Form 25 21, Hazardous Chemical Warning Label (8 x 11), October 2000
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?