‘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.