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‘GENERAL WARNING OF DANGER’ SAFETY SIGNS CONSIST OF A YELLOW TRIANGLE WITH BLACK BORDER, AND A BLACK SAFETY ‘PICTOGRAM’ ON A YELLOW BACKGROUND.
THESE SIGNS INFORM THE RISKS, DANGERS, HAZARDS AND INFORMATIVE BEHAVIOUR REQUIRED TO HIGHLIGHT AND PREVENT HEALTH AND SAFETY OCCURRENCES IN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
CATEGORIES: RISKS FROM ELECTRICITY, FIRE, CHEMICALS, CONFINED SPACE, ASBESTOS, LASER, RADIATION, BIOLOGICAL, PHOTOVOLTAIC (SOLAR POWER), AND HAND VIBRATION.
OTHER GENERAL WARNING SIGNS HIGHLIGHT THE RISK OF SLIPS, TRIPS, FALLS, OVERHEAD DANGERS, HAZARDS OF OPERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (FORK LIFT TRUCKS ETC.), HOT WATER, TEMPERATURES (HIGH AND LOW), EXPLOSIVES, AS WELL AS MAGNETIC FIELDS.
FIRE WARNING SAFETY SIGNS
IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SOURCES OF
FIRE RISK MATERIALS.
THESE FLAMMABLE MATERIALS
INCLUDE:
FURNITURE, PACKAGING MATERIALS,
WOOD, PLASTICS, PAPER AND
CARDBOARD: FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS
(SOLVENTS, PETROL, ALCOHOL,
METHYLATED SPIRITS, PAINT, PAINT
THINNERS AND VARNISH: FLAMMABLE
GASES - LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS
(LPG), ACETYLENE, REFRIGERANTS
AND AEROSOLS.
< WARNING SIGNS > WARNING OF FIRE HAZARD -
WW2
CORROSIVE HAZARD - WW4
CORROSIVE
HAZARD/DANGER SIGNS ARE
IMPORTANT WHERE
CHEMICALS ARE IN USE.
THESE SIGNS ALERT BOTH
EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS
TO POTENTIAL HAZARDS IN
PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL
SPILLS AND EXPOSURE
< WARNING SIGNS > WARNING OF POISONOUS
SUBSTANCE HAZARD - WW5THIS SIGN WARNS
WORKERS ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL
DANGERS OF
POISONOUS
MATERIALS IN THE
WORKPLACE.
WARNS OF POTENTIAL DANGER
OF IONIZING RADIATION - FOUND
IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES,
RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS,
NUCLEAR REACTORS AND
NUCLEAR WEAPON PRODUCTION
FACILITIES.
IONIZING RADIATION IS HARMFUL
AND POTENTIALLY LETHAL TO
HUMAN BEINGS (BUT CAN HAVE
HEALTH BENEFITS IN RADIATION
THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT
OF VARIOUS CANCERS).
ELECTRICAL DANGER
SIGNS ARE USED TO
WARN WORKERS AND
OTHER PEOPLE IN
THE IMMEDIATE AREA
OF POTENTIAL
ELECTRICAL
HAZARDS.
‘SUSPENDED LOADS
HAZARD’ SIGNS ARE
USED TO ALERT
WORKERS TO THE
PRESENCE AND
DANGERS OF
OVERHEAD LOADS
BEING TRANSPORTED
or MOVED.
WARNS OF THE HAZARDOUS NATURE OF METHANE GAS. METHANE IS AN ODOURLESS, COLOURLESS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE GAS USED PRIMARILY AS FUEL TO MAKE HEAT AND LIGHT.
ALSO USED TO MANUFACTURE ORGANIC CHEMICALS AND METHANE GAS CAN BE FORMED BY THE DECAY OF NATURAL MATERIALS AND IS COMMON IN LANDFILLS, MARSHES, SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SEWERS AND CAN FORM AN EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE IN AIR AT LEVELS AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT.
WARNS OF FRAGILE SURFACES FOUND IN FACTORIES AND MANUFACTURING FACILITIES. THEY CAN BE ANYTHING FROM MACHINES THAT CONSTANTLY RUN, TO STEAM PIPES RUNNING THROUGH THE FACILITY.
WORKERS IN THESE HOT AREAS NEED TO BE KEPT AWARE OF THE DANGERS AROUND THEM AND HOT SURFACE SIGNS CAN HELP ACHIEVE THAT.
BIOLOGICAL HAZARD SIGNS
ARE DISPLAYED TO ALERT
WORKERS/STAFF TO THE
DANGERS OF CHEMICALS
AND HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS.
ALL HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES MUST BE
PROPERLY LABELLED SO
EMPLOYEES KNOW WHAT
CONTAINERS ARE
COMPRISED OF.
LASERS ARE EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS AND REQUIRE EXTREME CARE WHEN IN USE.
EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS OF
LASER LIGHT CAN CAUSE
PERMANENT EYE DAMAGE BY
BURNING THE RETINA OF THE
EYE.
PEOPLE HANDLING LASERS IN
THE WORKPLACE NEED TO BE
PROPERLY WARNED OF THEIR
HAZARD POTENTIAL.
ASBESTOS IS A NATURALLY
OCCURRING MINERAL THAT IS
HAZARDOUS TO HUMAN HEALTH
AND IS KNOWN TO CAUSE A TYPE
OF CANCER KNOWN AS
MESOTHELIOMA.
ASBESTOS WAS ONCE THOUGHT
TO BE A MIRACLE MINERAL THAT
WAS USED IN A WIDE RANGE OF
APPLICATIONS FOR ITS FIBRE
STRENGTH AND HEAT RESISTANT
PROPERTIES.
THESE ARE WARNING
SIGNS OF POTENTIAL
FALLING OBJECTS AND
DEBRIS ON
CONSTRUCTION SITES
REQUIRING WORKERS
IN THESE AREAS TO
WEAR HARD HATS TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES
FROM POSSIBLE INJURY.
HAZARDOUS TOXIC GAS LIKE
CARBON DIOXIDE CAN BE
VERY DANGEROUS AND
CARBON DIOXIDE WARNING
IDENTIFICATION SIGNS ARE
OF VITAL IMPORTANCE WHEN
IT COMES TO KEEPING
EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS
SAFE FROM HARMFUL
CHEMICALS/GASES IN THE
WORK-PLACE.
SERIOUS INJURY CAN BE AVOIDED BY INSTALLING THE PROPER SAFETY SIGNS WHERE ‘SLIPPERY HAZARDS’ EXIST.
POSTING ‘MOVING MACHINERY’ SAFETY SIGNS AROUND THE AREAS WHERE MACHINES ARE USED ARE A CONSTANT REMINDER FOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS OF THE DANGERS AROUND THEM AND HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
LOW TEMPERATURE HAZARD WARNING SIGNS CAN PREVENT ‘COLD BURNS’ AND OTHER COLD RELATED ACCIDENTS.
BEWARE OF DOGS’ SIGNS EXPRESSES YOUR MESSAGE OF GUARDING YOUR PROPERTY THUS INHIBITING ACCESS TO YOUR PROPERTY OR FACILITY. THIS INCREASES YOUR SECURITY AND LOWERS LIABILITY CONCERNS.
‘FORKLIFT BEWARE’ SIGNS ARE USED TO DECREASE ACCIDENTS AND INCREASE FORKLIFT AWARENESS IN YOUR WAREHOUSES, FACTORIES AND FACILITIES.
CONVEYOR BELT WARNING SIGN ARE USED TO ADVISE WORKERS TO BE AWARE OF THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH OBJECTS OR MATERIALS FALLING OFF CONVEYOR BELTS..
‘SLIPPERY STEPS’ HAZARDS ARE EVERYDAY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE CAREFULLY HANDLED TO AVOID FALLS, MISHAPS AND UNNECESSARY VISITOR OR EMPLOYEE INJURIES IN THE WORKPLACE.
WITH DANGEROUS EXPOSED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALERT WORKERS OF THESE HAZARDS.
A CUSTOM HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN CALLS ATTENTION TO THE DANGERS OF OVERHEAD LINES, BATTERY CHARGING STATIONS, AND MUCH MORE.
< WARNING SIGNS >BEWARE OF SWINGING
OBJECTS - WW24 THIS SIGN ALERTS WORKERS OF HARMFUL SWINGING OBJECTS ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE
CONFINED SPACES MAY CONTAIN HAZARDOUS AIR CONTAMINANTS THAT MAY BE ODOURLESS WHICH CAN ONLY BE DETECTED WITH TESTING. SOMETIMES INERT GASES (SUCH AS NITROGEN) DISPLACE OXYGEN SO THAT THE CONFINED SPACE IS OXYGEN-DEFICIENT AND COULD BE DANGEROUS TO WORKERS.
WORKING WITH AND AROUND ‘RADIO FREQUENCY’ EQUIPMENT CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH, RESULTING IN RADIATION BURNS FROM EXPOSURE AND CONTACT CURRENTS. ONE PART OF THAT SAFETY PLATFORM IS TO AFFIX RADIO FREQUENCY LABELS AROUND EQUIPMENT AND AREAS WHERE RADIATION IS A CONCERN.
ALERT STAFF TO HIGH RF/MICROWAVE ENERGY WITH PACEMAKER WARNING SIGNS.
CONFINED SPACE SIGNS IDENTIFY AREAS THAT REQUIRE AUTHORISED OR PERMIT ENTRY ONLY. THESE SIGNS ALSO COMMUNICATE REQUIRED PROTECTIVE GEAR FOR CONFINED SPACES, INCLUDING GLOVES, EYE PROTECTION OR HEARING PROTECTION
ELECTRIC FENCING SIGNS IDENTIFY ELECTRICAL HAZARD AND HIGH VOLTAGE AREAS.
BEWARE OF MAGNETIC CRANE’ SIGN ALERTS WORKERS TO THE PRESENCE AND DANGERS OF MAGNETIC CRANES IN THE AREA IN ORDER TO PREVENT INJURIES AND FATALITIES.
THIS SIGN INDICATES THE DANGER OF ‘NAIL GUNS’ WHICH UNLESS HANDLED WITH CARE, CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
WARN EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS OF POTENTIAL HAZARDS & DANGERS IN AND AROUND THE DEMOLITION WORKPLACE.
WARN EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS OF THE POTENTIAL HAZARD OF ‘TRIPPING’ ON UN-EVEN FLOORS.
HELP TO REDUCE THESE ACCIDENTS BY ALERTING PEOPLE BEFORE THEY GET TO THOSE HAZARDOUS AREAS.
‘BEWARE OF ROBOT’ SAFETY SIGN IS USED TO INFORM STAFF AND THE PUBLIC TO BE CAREFUL AROUND THE ROBOTIC MACHINE.
CATWALK HAZARD SAFETY SIGN IS USED TO INFORM STAFF AND THE PUBLIC TO BE CAREFUL ON AND AROUND THE CATWALK.
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MIND YOUR HEAD SAFETY SIGN IS USED TO INFORM STAFF AND THE PUBLIC TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO BUMP THEIR HEADS
BEWARE OF PULLEY SAFETY SIGN IS USED TO INFORM STAFF AND THE PUBLIC TO BE CAREFUL WITH AND AROUND THE PULLEY.