Health and Safety Signs

  Health and safety signs are used to give visual aids in nearly every  working environment today, these safety signs come by each different shapes, colours and sizes and each has a specific safety rule or procedure attached to it.  Understanding the different health and safety signs whether it be hazard signs or obligatory signs is absolutely critical towards promoting a safe working terrain for both workers and callers. This is because quite a many of these safety signs don't carry a textbook grounded rule or command they rather display a simple illustration. 

 It’s virtually insolvable to visit any public structure without noticing their health and safety signs on display, these are put in direct view of callers or guests so in the event of an exigency their instructions can be fluently followed. One of the most prominent safety signs you would find in utmost structures would be the fire exit sign, this sign is used to point observers to their nearest fire exit. 

 Types of Health and Safety Signs 

Some of the most popular health and safety signs can be placed into these orders. Prohibition signs, obligatory signs, hazard signs, advising signs, bottom signs and exit signs. Then are a many of the most common health and safety signs you ’re likely to come across on a diurnal base. 

 

 Mandatory Signs 

 Mandatory signs are used to indicate that an action must be done, these include fire door must be kept shut, safety footwear must be worn, safety helmets must be worn, observance protection must be wornetc.

 

 Prohibition Signs 

  Prohibition signs are safety signs which indicate proscribing of any act or geste in the signage vicinity. The prohibition signs also indicate that the banned action could produce a dangerous condition if not followed and it 

applies to all persons who use or visit the signage vicinity. For, illustration prohibition sign of no smoking,, no use of alcohol etc. 

 Warning Signs 

 Warning signs are safety signs which indicate immediate peril from a hazard or any dangerous condition. Or these signs are used to warn or advise the staff or worker from the hazard or dangerous condition.