Safety Sign
Safety Sign
Safety Sign
Experiment name: Study of various safety signs and introduce with different PPEs
Introduction: Safety signs in the workplace are effective in the controlling of workplace
hazards. Correct interpretation of signs is vital, preventing injury and saving lives. This study
seeks to assess the perception of workplace safety signs and determine effective personal factors
in comprehension.
Cognitive ergonomics is the science of ergonomics with the aim of optimizing the adaptation of
systems with human beings and human-machine interactions. This field focuses mainly on
cognitive factors in human perception of motivation, information processing and action or
behavior. Human beings are predictable creatures with specific abilities and limitations that factor
in the designing of signs and play a role in increasing the effective function of systems. Safety
signs are a way of informing and alerting workers regarding possible safety hazards and risks
which they may be exposed to in the workplace.
The safety signs can ve broadly classified into the following groups-
Prohibitory signs: A sign prohibiting behavior likely to increase or cause danger (e.g. no
smoking)
Intrinsic features:
(a) Round shape;
(b) Black pictogram on white background, red edging and diagonal line (the red
part to take up at least 35% of the area of the sign).
Figure 1 : Prohibitory signs
Warning signs: Warning signs are to warn of hazards or a hazardous condition that is not likely
to be life-threatening. Warning sign wording, if necessary, is in black lettering on a yellow
background.
Intrinsic features:
(a) Triangular shape;
(b) Black pictogram on a yellow background with black edging (the yellow part to
take up at least 50% of the area of the sign).
Figure 2: warning signs
Mandatory signs: A "mandatory sign" means a sign prescribing behavior. These signs are
required to be blue. A mandatory sign shall show only what action is required. Mandatory safety
signs are not, as some people believe, 'those which are required by law'
Intrinsic features:
(a) round shape;
(b) white pictogram on a blue background (the blue part to take up at least 50%
of the area of the sign).
Figure 3: Mandatory signs
Emergency escape or first-aid signs: An "emergency escape or first-aid sign" (called a 'safe
condition sign') is a safety sign giving information on escape routes, emergency exits, first-aid or
rescue facilities
Intrinsic features:
(a) Rectangular or square shape;
(b) White pictogram on a green background (the green part to take up at least
50% of the area of the sign).
Figure : Emergency escape or first-aid signs
Carry out a risk assessment of the workplaces and work activities they are responsible for
and through implementation of the risk assessment findings, remove or, as far as is
reasonably practicable, reduce the risk of the identified hazards causing harm to workers
or others who may be present in the workplace;
Provide PPE where other means fail to reduce the risk presented by hazards in the
workplace to an acceptable level;
Carry out an assessment to identify the most appropriate types of PPE for use in the
workplace.
Employees should:
Correctly use any PPE provided as directed and in accordance with any training,
instructions or information they have received;
Return PPE to its storage place after use unless agreed otherwise with the employer;
Take care of PPE;
Report defects or loss of equipment as soon as they become aware of them.