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If you want a safety sign quickly to tide you over until you can get a permanent one or you just need one for a short time and cannot justify the cost then this is the place for you.
Safety Signs and Signals are one of the main means of communicating health and safety information.
In view of their importance, it is critical that all Safety Signs and Signals can be easily understood.
The regulations (Safety Signs and Signal Regulations 1996) require employers to provide safety signs whenever there is a risk that has not been avoided or controlled by other means.
There are specific requirements for the shape, colour and pattern of Safety Signs.
Any sign must contain a symbol or pictogram and be of a specified colour which clearly defines its meaning for example:
Colour: Red
Meaning or Purpose of safety sign: Prohibition/Danger Alarm
Instruction and Information: Dangerous behaviour; stop; shutdown; emergency cut-out devices; evacuate
Danger signs should be: Round shape; black pictogram on white background; red edging and diagonal line; red part to be at least 35% of the area of the sign
Colour: Yellow or Amber
Meaning or Purpose of safety sign: Warning
Instruction and Information: Be careful; take precautions; examine
Warning signs should be: Triangular shape; black pictogram on yellow background with black edging; yellow part to be at least 50% of the area of the sign
Colour: Blue
Meaning or Purpose of safety sign: Mandatory
Instruction and Information: Specific behaviour or action, e.g. wear personal protective equipment
Mandatory signs should be: Round shape; white pictogram on blue background; blue part to be at least 50% of the area of the sign
Colour: Green
Meaning or Purpose of safety sign: Emergency escape; first aid; No danger
Instruction and Information: Doors; exits; escape routes equipment and facilities Return to normal
Safe condition signs should be: Rectangular or square shape; white pictogram on green background; green part to be at least 50% of the area of the sign
Colour: Red (Fire-fighting signs)
Meaning or Purpose of safety sign: Fire-fighting equipment
Instruction and Information: Identification and location
Fire-fighting signs should be: Rectangular or square shape; white pictogram on red background; red part to be at least 50% of the area of the sign
Supplementary text may also be used to aid understanding, but text-only signs are not permitted.
This site has a comprehensive library of safety signs which can be downloaded to print off yourselves.
You can adjust the size of your safety sign by setting the width so it can be small enough to be a sticker or much larger.
In addition to the signs we hope to provide content of relevant information regarding safety issues both at work and at home. You can view these by clicking on the articles link above or selecting from the drop down menu on the right.
