Industrial Safety Signs

Introduction


Safety signs resulting from the combination of geometric shapes and colors, to which is added a symbol or pictogram attributing them a specific meaning in relation to security , which is to communicate in a simple, fast and universal understanding.

Task

Safety signs can provide an early warning to staff and dangers. Imagine the scenario of a construction site. A new employee on his first day not aware of the various dangers of a construction environment, however, there is no signage that guides you through your job. This is simply a minefield of dangers field, and no signs of security in place, that employees be lucky to make it safe throughout the course of the first day. In environments where danger lurks around every corner, with adequate signals and clear security can help advise staff of pending dangers and ultimately instill caution when it is required.

EXAMPLE:

prevention signs .

signs of obligation .


caution signs.

Process

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Evaluation

Identify which each of the types of traffic signs and in that case use.

EXAMPLE:

Prohibition signs are those that prohibit conduct liable to cause a hazard. These signals have round shape and pictogram is black on white, edges and band ( descending cross from left to right across the pictogram to 45 ° to the horizontal) red (the red must cover at least 35 per 100 of the area of ​​the sign ).

Conclusion

Safety signs are also of great importance in the workplace that come into close contact with the public. Where worker works on an excavation of the road or on a project scaffolding, it is crucial to ensure that not cause any harm to the general public during efforts. A better way to help ensure this is through the use of clear safety signs to warn people to take precautions in their path. This helps the employer out of trouble, as well as acting as a security to the public, allowing seamless interaction between hazardous work environments and the ordinary way.

Credits

Webquest created by

Angela Gamarra Fuentes 

Industrial Safety Signs

May o9  - 2016

2B Inglish Course

Tecnologico Comfenalco University Foundation

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