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is universally recognized for identifying
the most serious hazards, as well as fire
hazards and fire equipment.
is universally recognized for identifying the most serious hazards, as well as fire hazards and fire equipment.
Red
fire protection; to call attention to fire
protection equipment apparatus and
facilities.
fire protection; to call attention to fire protection equipment apparatus and facilities.
Red
fire safety items, including fire
extinguishers and fire alarms.
fire safety items, including fire extinguishers and fire alarms.
Red
emergency stop switches, buttons, and
bars on machinery.
emergency stop switches, buttons, and bars on machinery.
containers carrying flammable liquid.
containers carrying flammable liquid.
confined space hazards.
confined space hazards.
construction hazards and ppe
requirements.
construction hazards and ppe requirements.
reserved for general safety signs,
which offer safety-related messages
that don’t touch on specific workplace
hazards.
reserved for general safety signs, which offer safety-related messages that don’t touch on specific workplace hazards.
location of first aid-equipment
location of first aid-equipment
location of safety and allied devices
(emergency eye wash fountains, and
other medical equipment)
location of safety and allied devices (emergency eye wash fountains, and other medical equipment)
Offer general sanitation guidelines
and reminders.
Offer general sanitation guidelines and reminders.
Encourage employees to report
accidents, unsafe conditions, and other
incidents.
Encourage employees to report accidents, unsafe conditions, and other incidents.
Motivate employees to be mindful of
general hazards.
Motivate employees to be mindful of general hazards.
Suggest best practices and other
safety measures.
Suggest best practices and other safety measures.
Safety bulletin boards.
Safety bulletin boards.
white corners or rooms or dead ends
of aisle or passages.
white corners or rooms or dead ends of aisle or passages.
dispensing equipment location
dispensing equipment location
dead-ends of aisles or
passageways.
dead-ends of aisles or passageways.
stairways and directional signs.
stairways and directional signs.
used for communicating hazards that
may lead to worker injuries if not
avoided.
used for communicating hazards that may lead to worker injuries if not avoided.
Striking against
Striking against
Stumbling
Stumbling
Falling
Falling
Tripping
Tripping
Caught in between
Caught in between
Bio-hazard
Bio-hazard
Danger
Danger
Caution
Caution
Boundary/ traffic
Boundary/ traffic
construction equipment, such as
bulldozers, tractors
construction equipment, such as bulldozers, tractors
handrails, guardrails, or top and
bottom treds of stairways where caution
is needed to lower pulley blocks and
cranes
handrails, guardrails, or top and bottom treds of stairways where caution is needed to lower pulley blocks and cranes
piping systems containing dangerous
materials
piping systems containing dangerous materials
waste container for explosive or highly
combustible materials.
waste container for explosive or highly combustible materials.
designate dangerous parts of
machines or energized equipment
which may cut, crush, shock or
otherwise injure,
designate dangerous parts of machines or energized equipment which may cut, crush, shock or otherwise injure,
Alert
Alert
emphasize such
hazards when enclosure doors are open
or when gear, belt or other guards
around moving equipment are open or
removed, exposing unguarded hazards.
emphasize such hazards when enclosure doors are open or when gear, belt or other guards around moving equipment are open or removed, exposing unguarded hazards.
designate the sign “do not open or
remove”
designate the sign “do not open or remove”
Cutting devices
Cutting devices
Pulleys
Pulleys
Power
Power
Electrical switch boxes
Electrical switch boxes
exposed and moving machine parts
exposed and moving machine parts
low clearance levels
low clearance levels
Electrical hazards (high voltage and potential static)
Electrical hazards (high voltage and potential static)
Most work zone markings (safety cones and barrels)
Most work zone markings (safety cones and barrels)
Road construction signs
Road construction signs
Pre-caution
Pre-caution
communicates information unrelated
to personal injuries and other hazards
(most commonly on “Notice” signs).
communicates information unrelated to personal injuries and other hazards (most commonly on “Notice” signs).
most commonly associated with
maintenance work and other safety
precautions.
most commonly associated with maintenance work and other safety precautions.
To designate caution, limited to
warning against starting, use of, or the
movement of equipment, which is under
repair or being worked upon.
To designate caution, limited to warning against starting, use of, or the movement of equipment, which is under repair or being worked upon.
Men at work
Men at work
Under repair
Under repair
Alert employees to designated
smoking and non-smoking areas.
Alert employees to designated smoking and non-smoking areas.
Remind employees of best work
practices.
Remind employees of best work practices.
Communicate procedures,
information, instructions, and rules for
maintenance.
Communicate procedures, information, instructions, and rules for maintenance.
Share the overhead clearance in a
given area.
Share the overhead clearance in a given area.
designate hazards.
designate hazards.
used in combination with
purple for markers.
used in combination with purple for markers.
Tags
Tags
Labels
Labels
Signs
Signs
Floor markers
Floor markers
Radiation
Radiation
