Signage

Safety Signs: Your Guide to a Safe Workplace

Safety signs are a fundamental element for the prevention of accidents at work. Signs, pictograms, acoustic and luminous signals play a crucial role in signaling dangers, obligations, prohibitions and escape routes, providing clear and unambiguous instructions to workers to operate safely.

Types of safety signs:

Safety signs are divided into different categories, each with specific characteristics and functions:

• Prohibition signs (blue ovals with black pictogram): They prohibit a behavior that could lead to or cause a danger.
• Mandatory signs (blue ovals with white pictogram): They oblige to adopt a certain behavior.
• Danger signs (yellow triangle with black pictogram): They warn of an immediate danger that can cause serious or fatal injuries.
• Warning signs (yellow square with black pictogram): They warn of a danger that can cause serious or fatal injuries. damage.
• Emergency and rescue signs (green square with white pictogram): They indicate the position of emergency vehicles, escape routes, emergency exits and first aid devices.
• End of danger signs (blue square with white pictogram): They indicate the end of a previously indicated danger.

Rules for safety signs:

Safety signs must comply with current regulations, which establish the precise characteristics of the signs, pictograms and colours to be used. In Italy, the main reference is the Legislative Decree. 81/2008 (Consolidated Law on Safety at Work) and its annexes, in particular Annex XXXIV.

Installation and maintenance of signs:

Safety signs must be installed in a clearly visible and understandable manner, near the dangers or in areas where it is necessary to adopt a certain behavior. It is essential that the signs are intact, clean and legible. Regular maintenance is necessary to guarantee the functionality and effectiveness of the signs over time.

Training and awareness:

Workers must be trained on the meaning of safety signs and on the correct behavior to adopt in the presence of the various signs and pictograms. Raising awareness and understanding of signs are essential to creating a safe and aware work environment.

Safety signs: an investment in safety.

Investing in safety signs means protecting the health of workers and preventing accidents at work. Well-designed signs,