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    Regulations require employers to use safety signs where there is significant health and safety risk not otherwise avoided. Safety signs apply to all workplaces and activities. Signs use specific colors, shapes and symbols to convey their meaning. Red signs prohibit dangerous behaviors. Yellow signs warn of hazards requiring caution. Blue signs mandate specific actions. Green signs provide safety information about exits and first aid. Different color combinations - red/white, yellow/black, blue/white, and green/white - signify prohibitions, warnings, mandates, and safety information.

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    Regulations require employers to use safety signs where there is significant health and safety risk not otherwise avoided. Safety signs apply to all workplaces and activities. Signs use specific colors, shapes and symbols to convey their meaning. Red signs prohibit dangerous behaviors. Yellow signs warn of hazards requiring caution. Blue signs mandate specific actions. Green signs provide safety information about exits and first aid. Different color combinations - red/white, yellow/black, blue/white, and green/white - signify prohibitions, warnings, mandates, and safety information.

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    Regulations require employers to use safety signs where there is significant health and safety risk not otherwise avoided. Safety signs apply to all workplaces and activities. Signs use specific colors, shapes and symbols to convey their meaning. Red signs prohibit dangerous behaviors. Yellow signs warn of hazards requiring caution. Blue signs mandate specific actions. Green signs provide safety information about exits and first aid. Different color combinations - red/white, yellow/black, blue/white, and green/white - signify prohibitions, warnings, mandates, and safety information.

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    6 Safety Signs

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    Hanniel Madramootoo
    Regulations require employers to use safety signs where there is significant health and safety risk not otherwise avoided. Safety signs apply to all workplaces and activities. Signs use specific colors, shapes and symbols to convey their meaning. Red signs prohibit dangerous behaviors. Yellow signs warn of hazards requiring caution. Blue signs mandate specific actions. Green signs provide safety information about exits and first aid. Different color combinations - red/white, yellow/black, blue/white, and green/white - signify prohibitions, warnings, mandates, and safety information.

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    Safety Signs
    IN-HOUSE HEALTH & SAFETY TRAINING

    Safety Signs and Signals

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    Regulations require employers to use and maintain


    safety signs where there is a significant risk to
    health and safety that has not been avoided or
    controlled by other means, like engineering controls
    or safe systems of work, and where the use of a
    sign can help reduce the risk.
    They apply to all workplaces and to all activities
    where people are Employed.
    The Regulations require, where necessary, the use
    of road traffic signs in workplaces to regulate road
    traffic.
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    Functions of colours, shapes andYour Company Logo


    symbols in safety signs

    Safety colours
    (a) Red
    Red is a safety colour and must be used for any:
    Prohibition sign concerning dangerous
    behaviour (e.g. the safety colour on a No
    Smoking sign).
    Prohibition signs must be round,
    with a black pictogram on a white background
    with red edging and
    a red diagonal line (top left, bottom right)
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    Red is a safety colour and must be


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    used for any:

    No passageway

    Speed limit.
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    Any Red and White sign with a line


    through means:
    Not Allowed or Must Not

    NO SMOKING

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    Red is a safety colour and must be


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    used for any:
    Danger alarm concerning stop, shutdown,
    emergency cutout devices,
    evacuate (e.g. the safety colour of an
    emergency stop button on
    equipment).
    Fire-fighting equipment.
    Red and white alternating stripes may be used
    for marking surface
    areas to show obstacles or dangerous locations.
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    Fire Safety Signs

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    Other fire fighting equipment

    PRESS HERE TO SOUND


    THE FIRE ALARM

    FIRE HOSE REEL

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    Signs, Signals, and Barricades

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    Danger signs should be used only where an


    immediate hazard exists.
    Danger signs should have red as the dominant
    colour for the upper panel;
    black outline on the boarders;
    and a white lower panel for additional sign
    wording.

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    Safety Signs and Signals

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    Yellow
    Yellow (or amber) is a safety colour and must be
    used for any warning
    sign concerning the need to be careful, take
    precautions, examine or
    the like (e.g. the safety colour on hazard signs,
    such as for flammable
    material, electrical danger, etc.).

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    Warning signs must be triangular, with a black


    pictogram on a yellow (or amber) background
    with black edging

    General warning.

    Forklift trucks.

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    Yellow + Black = HAZARD WARNING

    FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCE

    WARNING - LASER BEAMS

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    Safety Signs

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    BEWARE
    ELECTRICITY

    EXPLOSIVE

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    TOXIC

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    Yellow and black alternating stripes may be used


    for marking surface
    areas to show obstacles or dangerous locations

    Striped obstacle marking.

    Yellow may be used in continuous lines showing


    traffic routes.

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    Blue
    Blue is a safety colour and must be used for any
    mandatory sign
    requiring specific behaviour or action (e.g. the
    safety colour on a
    Safety Helmet Must Be Worn sign or a
    Pedestrians Must Use This
    Route sign). Mandatory signs must be round,
    with a white pictogram
    on a blue background
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    Hearing protection

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    Gloves required.

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    Blue + White = Mandatory or Must Do

    YOU MUST WEAR OVERALLS

    YOU MUST WEAR SAFETY GLOVES

    YOU MUST WEAR EAR DEFENDERS

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    Green is a safety colour and must be used for


    emergency escape signs
    (e.g. showing emergency doors, exits and routes)
    and first aid signs
    (e.g. showing location of first aid equipment and
    facilities). Escape and
    first aid signs must be rectangular or square, with a
    white pictogram
    on a green background. The green part must take
    up at least 50% of
    the area of the sign. no danger (e.g. for return to
    normal )
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    Green + White = SAFETY Information

    Safe Route to
    Fire Exit

    First Aid Kit

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    Safety Signs and Signals

    Means of escape sign.

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    Blue/White=Must Do

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    Green/White=Safety Information

    !
    Red/White=Must NOT Do

    Yellow/Black=H&S Hazard Warning

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