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Safety sign, Warning signs, General sign and Safety signs
SAFETY SIGN CLIENTS
SAFETY COLOR AND SAFETY MARK
Table 1 : Color for safety and intersect color
COLOR FOR SAFETY
MEANING
APPLICATION EXAMPLES
INTERSECT COLOR
STOP
STOP SIGN EMERGENCY STOP EQUIPMENT SIGN PROHIBITION SIGN
WHITE
ENFORCE TO FOLLOW
ENFORCE TO WEAR PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT MANDATORY SIGN
WHITE
INDICATE SAFETY
FIRE EXIT EMERGENCY EXIT EMERGENCY WASHING SHOWER FIRST AID UNIT RESCUE UNIT GENERAL INFORMATION MARK SHOWING THE COMPOSITION STATUS
WHITE
AWARE OF DANGER
INDICATE OF DANGER (SUCH AS FIRE, EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, ETC.) INDICATE OF DANGER ZONE, DANGEROUS PASSAGEWAY, OBSTRUCTION, WARNING SIGN
BLACK
REMARK:
- Red color is used for the equipment concerning the fire protection, fire extinguish equipment and locations as well.
- Sparking red color can be used instead of yellow, however, it cannot be applied as yellow used with safety mark as shown in Table 2. This sparking red color can be seen outstanding especially in dark circumstance.
Example for the using of safety color and intersect color Remark: Area of yellow shall be at least 50% of the total area of mark.
Formats of safety mark
- Format of safety mark and color shall be classified into 4 categories according to the purpose of mark’s indication as shown in Table 2.
- Figure’s symbol shall be shown at center of the mark without over-writing the cross band of “Prohibition sign”
- In case there is no any suitable figure’s symbol to express the required mark, any general mark for the safety mark of each type can be used in conjunction with the supplementary marks.
Table 2 : Formats of safety mark
Category
Format
Color
Remark
Prohibition Sign
Color of strip along circle border and cross strip : Red Color of figure’s symbol : Black
Area of red color must be at least 35% of the total area of mark.
Mandatory sign
Background color : Blue Color of figure’s symbol : White
Area of blue color must be at least 50% of the total area of mark.
General information mark concerning safety status
Background color : Green Color of figure’s symbol : White
Area of green color must be at least 50% of the total area of mark. Rectangular shape can be used as well.
Warning sign
Background color : Yellow Color of strip along border :Black Color of figure’s symbol : Black
Area of yellow color must be at least 50% of the total area of mark.
Supplementary marks
- Format of supplementary marks, rectangular or square shape.
Background color must be similar to safety color, and the text color must be intersect color as indicated in Table 1, or white shall be used as background color while black shall be used as text color. - The characters used in the text, spacing between the characters, shall not be different more than 10% /format of the characters must be plain type without shadow or style /width of characters must not be less than 70% of its height.
- Show the supplementary mark under the safety mark.
- Remark : Table 1, 2 are referred from the Thai Industrial Standard, TIS. 635 Vol. 1 to 2-2529, Safety colors and safety marks, Thai Industrial Standards Institute, Ministry of Industry.
- Format of supplementary marks, rectangular or square shape.
Size of safety marks
Table 3 : Size of the safety marks and the characters used in supplementary marks
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FLAMMABILITY
Flash Point 4-lower than 22° C 3-lower than 38° C 2-lower than 93° C 1-higher than 93° C 0-Incombustible
REACTIVITY
4-Explosive 3-Heat and impact can cause explosion 2-Strong chemical reaction 1-Unstable if contact with heat 0-Stable
SPECIAL INFORMATION
OXY-Oxidize ACID-Acid COR-Corrosive ALK-Alkaline No Water-Do not mix with water
HEALTH
4-Deadly dangerous 3-Extreme dangerous 2-Dangerous 1-Sligth dangerous 0-Safety