Safety Signs

Safety signs, as well as other Health and Safety signs are covered by the Health and Safety Regulations 1966 and, if it comes to the attention of the authorities that a mandatory sign is not appropriately displayed you could be fined up to £1,000 [GBP]. Mandatory signs, such as the Fire Exit sign, or the sign for an Emergency Exit, must display a symbol as well as the message, in the colour appropriate for each specific sign. Many of these safety signs are intended for use out of doors so external safety signs need to be manufactured to a suitable specification to withstand the elements – not just the wind, rain and frost damage, but damage that can be caused by ultra violet rays from the sun.

Colours in Safety Signs
The whole of our lives are governed by colour and safety signs are no exception. We are so conditioned nowadays to certain colours have a specific meaning that, quite often, the colour is sufficient to alert us to its meaning, with the words being of secondary importance. As an example, we all associate red with danger, yellow is associated with caution and orange as a warning. Green meanwhile is associated with First Aid and with exit routes whilst safety information itself is represented by blue. These are colours most of us have grown up with and, if the authorities, in their wisdom, decided to make alterations to these colours now the total confusion this would widely cause would be a risk factor, on a massive scale, of its own.

Using Safety Signs Appropriately
You need to ensure that you use the most apt safety sign for its appropriate situation: any old shape or colour of sign simply will not do the job – apart from it being in breach of the Health and Safety legislation. As an example, safety signs are made a specific size so that they can be read at certain viewing distances. In other words, if you are standing 4.5 metres away from a sign it is perfectly acceptable for the safety sign to measure 100mm x 100mm and still be seen clearly. However, if you are standing at a distance of 23 metres from where the sign needs to be viewed from, the mandatory size of the safety sign is 600mm x 450mm.

Similarly, a 15.5 metre viewing distance requires a sign to be 400mm x 300mm. If the viewing distance is 7.7 metres, then the safety sign must be 200mm x 300mm in size. Safety signs need to be placed in a place where they can be clearly seen, in a position where the eye of the viewer will naturally fall on them. Since the idea of a safety sign is to warn people as to possible hazards, the safety signs need to be effective – and not just for people who have seen them before and know where they are. Safety signs need to be placed in a position where they can be immediately located by anybody walking into the premises for the first time.



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