Safety Signs at a Place of Work 2010 - Health and Safety Authority

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Regulations 2007 Where there is a risk at a workplace because of traffic movements or traffic and pedestrian interaction, appropriate signs regulating traffic and pedestrian movements should be put in place in accordance with any other legislation specifically regulating transport by road, water, rail or air. Amendment 05/2010 Where a signboard was already in place before 1 November 2007 and contains text it may remain in place until 1 January 2011, after which date it should be replaced by a signboard with additional supplementary signboard, if necessary. Regulation 161: Information and instruction for employees 161. Without prejudice to sections 9 and 10 of the Act, an employer shall— (a) (b) provide information to the employer’s employees or representative, or both, as regards measures to be taken concerning safety or health signs used at work, especially signs incorporating words and the general and specific behaviour to be adopted in relation to those signs, and give the employer’s employees suitable instruction, in particular in the form of specific directions concerning the safety or health signs used at work, which must include the meaning of the signs. Safety Signs at Places of Work Employees must be provided with information and instruction on measures to be taken and on the meaning of safety signs and signals used. Regulation 162: Prohibition of unauthorised information on signs 162. An employer shall ensure that signs at work which are displayed for the purposes of this Chapter do not include information other than that authorised by this Chapter. Only information authorised in accordance with Chapter 1 of Part 7 of these Regulations may be displayed on safety signs at workplaces. Basic Principles of the System of Safety Signs (i) The objective of the system of safety signs is to draw attention rapidly and unambiguously to objects and situations capable of causing specific hazards. (ii) A system of safety signs must never be used as a substitute for necessary protective measures. (iii) The system of safety signs may only be used to give information related to safety. 11
Guide to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) (iv) The effectiveness of the system of safety signs is dependent in particular on the provision of full and regularly repeated information to all employees. Design of Safety Signboards 1. Prohibition signboards Shape: Round Background: White Symbol/pictogram: Black The safety colour red must appear around the edge and in a transverse bar and must cover at least 35% of the surface of the sign. 2. Warning signboards Shape: Triangular Background: Yellow with black edging Symbol/pictogram: Black A yellow triangle must have a black edge. The safety colour yellow must cover at least 50% of the surface of the sign. 3. Mandatory signboards Shape: Round Background: Blue Symbol/pictogram: White The safety colour blue must cover at least 50% of the surface of the sign. 4. Emergency escape or first-aid signboards Shape: Rectangular or square Background: Green Symbol/pictogram: White The safety colour green must cover at least 50% of the surface of the sign. 12
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Page 6 and 7: Regulations 2007 Guide to Chapter 1
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