Signs: What you need to know
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates the form and content of many safety signs and tags. The accident prevention signs and tags regulation tell employers what colors, shapes, and wording to use to provide safety information and warnings to employees. In addition, the regulation specifically requires that employees be informed so that they can recognize the different kinds of signs and tags and take action based on the messages they contain.
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SIGNS 29 CFR 1910.145
The word “sign” refers to a surface prepared for the warning or safety instructions to industrial workers or anyone else who may be exposed to hazards. Excluded from this definition are news releases, safety posters, and bulletins used for employee education. There are four primary types of signs:
- Danger
- Caution
- Safety instruction
- Biological hazard warning
Sign wording. The wording of any sign should be easily read and concise. The sign should contain sufficient information to be easily understood. The wording should make a positive, rather than negative suggestion and should be accurate in fact.
Danger. Danger signs indicate immediate danger and that special precautions are necessary. The colors red, black, and white shall be those of opaque glossy samples as specified in Table 1 of Fundamental Specification of Safety Colors for CIE Standard Source "C", American National Standard Z53.1-1967, which is incorporated by reference as specified in Sec. ...
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