This Part of GB/T 2893 establishes the safety identification colours and design principles for safety signs and safety markings to be used in workplaces and in public areas for the purpose of accident prevention, fire protection, health hazard information and emergency evacuation. It also establishes the basic principles to be applied when developing standards containing safety signs.
This Part is applicable to all locations where safety issues related to people need to be addressed.
This Part is not applicable to the signalling used for guiding rail, road, river, maritime and air traffic and, generally speaking, to those sectors subject to a regulation which may differ.
Foreword II
Introduction III
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Terms and Definitions
4 Purpose of Safety Colours and Safety Signs
5 General Meaning of Geometric Shapes and Safety Colours
6 Layout for Safety Signs
6.1 General
6.2 Prohibition signs
6.3 Mandatory action signs
6.4 Warning signs
6.5 Safe condition signs
6.6 Fire equipment signs
7 Layout for SupplementarySigns
8 Layout for Combination Signs
9 Layout for Multiple Signs
10 Design Principles for Graphical Symbols
11 Layout for Safety Markings
Appendix A (Informative) Relationship between Dimensions of Safety Signs and Distance of Observation
Bibliography
This Part of GB/T 2893 establishes the safety identification colours and design principles for safety signs and safety markings to be used in workplaces and in public areas for the purpose of accident prevention, fire protection, health hazard information and emergency evacuation. It also establishes the basic principles to be applied when developing standards containing safety signs.
This Part is applicable to all locations where safety issues related to people need to be addressed.
This Part is not applicable to the signalling used for guiding rail, road, river, maritime and air traffic and, generally speaking, to those sectors subject to a regulation which may differ.
Contents of GB/T 2893.1-2013
Foreword II
Introduction III
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Terms and Definitions
4 Purpose of Safety Colours and Safety Signs
5 General Meaning of Geometric Shapes and Safety Colours
6 Layout for Safety Signs
6.1 General
6.2 Prohibition signs
6.3 Mandatory action signs
6.4 Warning signs
6.5 Safe condition signs
6.6 Fire equipment signs
7 Layout for SupplementarySigns
8 Layout for Combination Signs
9 Layout for Multiple Signs
10 Design Principles for Graphical Symbols
11 Layout for Safety Markings
Appendix A (Informative) Relationship between Dimensions of Safety Signs and Distance of Observation
Bibliography
