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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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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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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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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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Other fire fighting equipment

PRESS HERE TO SOUND

THE FIRE ALARM

FIRE HOSE REEL

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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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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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BEWARE
ELECTRICITY

EXPLOSIVE

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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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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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Means of escape sign.

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Green/White=Safety Information

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Red/White=Must NOT Do

Yellow/Black=H&S Hazard Warning

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