Chapter 7 Safety Signs PDF

Chapter 7: Safety signs Safety signs  Chapter 7: Safety signs SAFETY SIGNS AND THE LAW  Safety Signs and Signals Regulations require employers to provide safety signs to raise awareness of risks to health and safety.  There are 5 types of...

Chapter 7: Safety signs Safety signs  Chapter 7: Safety signs SAFETY SIGNS AND THE LAW  Safety Signs and Signals Regulations require employers to provide safety signs to raise awareness of risks to health and safety.  There are 5 types of safety signs in general use (PROHIBITION, warning, mandatory, safe conditions, and fire safety signs) (ISO 7010 - standards)  Each has a designated shape and colour.  They make sure that information is given in a standard format with minimum use of words. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_7010 219  Chapter 7: Safety signs FOUR TYPES OF SAFETY SIGN 1- PROHIBITION SIGNS  These mean stop/must not do.  The sign is circular with a white background, black pictogram and red border and crossbar.  All writing is white on a red background.  Look at these examples – can you identify them? 220  Chapter 7: Safety signs FOUR TYPES OF SAFETY SIGN 2- WARNING SIGNS  These mean there is a risk of danger.  The sign is triangular with a yellow background, black pictogram and black border.  All writing is black on a yellow background.  Look at these examples – can you identify them? 221  Chapter 7: Safety signs FOUR TYPES OF SAFETY SIGN 3- MANDATORY SIGNS  These mean that it must be obeyed.  These signs feature a blue circle with white pictogram.  Any text must be white on a blue background.  Look at these examples – can you identify them? 222  Chapter 7: Safety signs FOUR TYPES OF SAFETY SIGN 4- SAFE CONDITION SIGNS (Emergency signs)  These mean safe place or safe way to go.  These signs are a green rectangle or square with a white pictogram and text.  Look at these examples – can you identify them? 5- Fire Safety SIGNS  Identifying of firefighting equipment  Red color square 223  Chapter 7: Safety signs SAFETY SIGNS STANDARD COLOURS Red Prohibition sign Dangerous behaviour; stop; shut down; emergency cut-out device; evacuate; Danger alarm be careful; take precaution; examine, Yellow or Warning sign Be careful; Amber take precautions; examine. 224  Chapter 7: Safety signs SAFETY SIGNS STANDARD COLOURS Blue Mandatory sign Specific behaviour or action e.g. wear personal protective equipment. Green Emergency escape Doors; exits; escape routes; equipment and First-aid sign; no facilities; return to normal. danger Red Fire signs Fire equipment and alarm points etc. 225  Chapter 7: Safety signs PROHIBITION SIGNS  Do not drink.  Do not extinguish with water.  Do not touch. 226  Chapter 7: Safety signs PROHIBITION SIGNS  No access for unauthorised persons.  No naked flame.  No access for pedestrians. 227  Chapter 7: Safety signs PROHIBITION SIGNS  No access for industrial vehicles.  No smoking. 228  Chapter 7: Safety signs  Safety boots must be worn.  Ear protection must be worn.  Eye protection must be worn. 229  Chapter 7: Safety signs  Face protection must be worn.  General mandatory sign, to be accompanied where necessary by another sign.  Pedestrians must use this route. 230  Chapter 7: Safety signs  Respiratory equipment must be worn.  Safety gloves must be worn.  Safety harness must be worn. 231  Chapter 7: Safety signs  Safety helmets must be worn.  Safety overalls must be worn. 232  Chapter 7: Safety signs  Biological risk.  Corrosive materials.  Danger :- electricity. 233  Chapter 7: Safety signs  Drop.  Explosive materials.  Flammable materials or high temperature. 234  Chapter 7: Safety signs  General danger.  Harmful or irritant material.  Industrial vehicle. 235  Chapter 7: Safety signs  Laser beam.  Low temperature.  Strong magnetic field. 236  Chapter 7: Safety signs  Non-ionising radiation.  Obstacles.  Overhead load. 237  Chapter 7: Safety signs  Oxidant materials.  Toxic materials.  Radioactive materials. 238  Chapter 7: Safety signs SAFE CONDITIONS (OR EMERGENCY) SIGNS  Emergency exit.  Route signs. 239  Chapter 7: Safety signs SAFE CONDITIONS (OR EMERGENCY) SIGNS  Emergency exit  Route signs 240  Chapter 7: Safety signs SAFE CONDITIONS (OR EMERGENCY) SIGNS  This way signs for emergency exits and escape routes. 241  Chapter 7: Safety signs SAFE CONDITIONS (OR EMERGENCY) SIGNS  First aid post.  Emergency telephone for first aid or escape. 242  Chapter 7: Safety signs SAFE CONDITIONS (OR EMERGENCY) SIGNS  Eyewash.  Stretcher.  Safety shower. 243  Chapter 7: Safety signs FIRE SIGNS  Emergency fire telephone.  Fire extinguisher.  Fire hose reel. 244  Chapter 7: Safety signs FIRE SIGNS  Ladder.  This way signs for fire. 245  Chapter 7: Safety signs OSHA standards (USA) OSHA and ANSI have established three primary severity classifications for safety signs. They are danger signs, warning signs, and caution signs; each relates directly to the severity of hazards present (or potentially present).  Chapter 7: Safety signs OSHA standards (USA) Yet other types of signs can help employees stay safe and productive without pointing out specific hazards.  Chapter 7: Safety signs GHS Pictograms Aside from the above-mentioned safety signs and symbols, there are labels that are specifically or are mostly used for identifying potential chemical hazards called GHS pictograms. GHS pictograms are graphic labels that communicate the potential risk associated with a specific chemical and unprotected exposure to its elements. It is characterized by a symbol on a white background, framed with red borders, and an imagery that distinctly presents the classification or type of potential hazard. GHS pictograms are part of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals—an internationally agreed-upon standard of labeling scheme and hazard classification in relation to hazardous chemicals. According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), and in compliance with the updated Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), it is required that all chemical labels have a standardized signal word, precautionary statement, and pictograms attached for each hazard class and category Chapter 7: Safety signs GHS Pictograms  Chapter 7: Safety signs SAFETY SIGNS - SUMMARY  There are four types of safety signs in general use:  prohibition;  mandatory;  warning;  safe condition.  Each have a designated shape and colour.  If you are unsure about anything, always ASK. 250