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DANGER [signs] should not be used for property damage hazards unless personal injury risk appropriate to these levels is also involved." [1] OSHA 1910.145 Definition: "Shall be used in major hazard situations where an immediate hazard presents a threat of death or serious injury to employees. Danger tags shall be used only in these situations." [2]
Administrative controls are changes to the way people work. Examples of administrative controls include procedure changes, employee training, and installation of signs and warning labels, such as those in the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System. [3]
a signal word – either Danger or Warning – where necessary; hazard statements, indicating the nature and degree of the risks posed by the product; precautionary statements, indicating how the product should be handled to minimize risks to the user (as well as to other people and the general environment)
ANSI Z35.1 the Specifications for Accident Prevention Signs, [c] was an American standard that dictated the layout, colors and wording of safety signs in the United States. The standard is the first American standard that made specific demands for the design, construction, and placement of safety signage in industrial environments.
Safety signs should only be used, if other measures of avoiding hazards failed. [3] [5] Also, if there is no risk, no safety signage should be used. [7] Employees should regularly be instructed about the meaning of safety signs and signals. [9] [10] Employers are obligated to maintain the safety signage. [10]
Overwarning is a related problem, where warnings are overlooked by people due to the sheer number of warnings, such as placing many safety signs together, redundant or obvious warnings. [21] Effectiveness can be reduced through conditions such as poor maintenance, placing a sign too high or low, or in a way that requires excessive effort to read.
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ISO 3864-1:2011 Part 1: Design principles for safety signs and safety markings [1] ISO 3864-2:2016 Part 2: Design principles for product safety labels [2] ISO 3864-3:2012 Part 3: Design principles for graphical symbols for use in safety signs [3] ISO 3864-4:2011 Part 4: Colorimetric and photometric properties of safety sign materials [4]