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Safety signs must be used

whenever a hazard or danger can


not be avoided adequately or
reduced in another way. Before
installing safety signs an
employer should examine
whether the hazard can be
avoided or reduced by collective
precautions (precautions that
protect everybody) or safer ways
of doing the work.
A safety sign provides information
about safety or health and can be
a signboard, colour, acoustic
signal, verbal communication, or
hand signal.
A signboard is a sign that
provides information or instruction
using a combination of shape,
colour and symbols but excludes
information in writing.
Safety signboards should not
contain text. This is because the
symbols or pictograms on a
signboard are intended to be
understood, independently of the
language ability of the worker
viewing it.
Employers must provide
information to employees on the
meaning and requirements of any
signs used in the workplace,
especially where text on
supplementary signboards is
used.
What colours and shapes
should be used on safety
signboards?
 Red for prohibition
 Yellow for caution
 Green for positive action
 Blue for mandatory actions
 Discs for prohibitions and
instructions
 Triangles for warnings
 Squares and rectangles for
emergency and information
signs

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