What Are the Different Types of Workplace Safety Signs?

According to the "Guidelines for Safety Signs and Their Use" (GB2894-2008), safety signs: signs used to express specific safety information, consisting of graphical symbols, safety colors, geometric shapes (borders), or text.

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There are four types of safety signs: prohibition signs, warning signs, instruction signs, and reminder signs, as well as supplementary signs.

(1) Prohibition signs

Prohibition sign means to prohibit or stop certain actions of people.

The geometric figure of the prohibition sign is a ring with a slash, where the ring is connected to the slash, in red; the graphic symbol is black, and the background is white.

China has a total of 40 prohibited signs, such as: no flammable materials, no smoking, no traffic, no fireworks, no water fire fighting, no tinders, no turning when starting and repairing, no refueling during operation, no crossing, No riding, no climbing, etc.

(2) Warning signs:

The warning sign means to warn people of possible dangers.

The geometry of the warning sign is a black regular triangle, a black symbol, and a yellow background.

There are 39 warning signs stipulated in China, such as: attention to safety, beware of electric shock, beware of explosion, beware of fire, beware of corrosion, beware of poisoning, beware of mechanical injury, beware of hurting hands, beware of hanging objects, beware of feet, beware of falling objects, Beware of falling, beware of vehicles, beware of arcing light, beware of bumps, beware of gas, beware of landslides, beware of potholes, beware of ionizing radiation, beware of fissionable matter, beware of lasers, beware of microwaves, beware of slipping, etc.

(3) Instruction mark

The meaning of the directive sign is that it must be followed.

The geometric shapes of the instruction signs are round, blue background, and white graphic symbols.

There are 16 directive signs, such as: must wear a helmet, must wear protective shoes, must wear a seat belt, must wear protective glasses, must wear a gas mask, must wear ear protectors, must wear protective gloves, must wear protective clothing, etc.

(4) Prompt sign

The meaning of the reminder sign is to indicate the direction of the target.

The geometric shapes of the reminder signs are square, green background, white graphic symbols and text.

There are 8 warning signs, such as emergency exits, shelters, emergency shelters, movable fire areas, crushed boards, emergency points, emergency phones, and emergency medical stations.

(5) Supplementary signs

The supplementary marks are supplementary explanations of the aforementioned four types of marks to prevent misunderstanding.

There are two types of supplementary marks: horizontal writing and vertical writing. The horizontal writing is rectangular, written below the logo, and can be connected to the logo, or it can be separated; the vertical writing is written on the upper part of the logo.

Colors of supplementary signs: vertical text, black text on white background, horizontal text, white text on red background for prohibition sign, black text on white background for warning sign, white text on blue background with instruction sign . ^[1]

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According to the news issued by the National Standards Commission, the revised GB 13495.1-2015 "Fire Safety Marks Part 1: Signs" national standard was officially implemented on August 1, 2015.

The revised standard divides fire safety signs into 6 categories, including fire alarm device signs, emergency evacuation signs, fire extinguishing equipment signs, prohibition and warning signs, direction auxiliary signs, and text auxiliary signs. There are 25 common signs and 2 direction auxiliary signs. .

At the same time, the revised standard adds three types of signs: fire telephone, trolley fire extinguisher and fire monitor. The names of the six types of signs, such as "emergency exits, fire ladders, fire hoses, beware of fire-flammable substances, beware of fire-oxides and beware of explosive-explosive substances", were revised to "safe exit , Escape ladders, fire hose reels, beware of flammables, beware of oxides and beware of explosives. "

In addition, the revised standard also revised 12 kinds of sign details such as fire button, safety exit, sliding door opening, no blocking, fire extinguisher, fire hose reel, no water extinguishing, and direction auxiliary sign. ^[3]