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Santillan, Rubelyn M. _BTLED HE I-7AElectrical Safety Signs and Symbols and TheirMeaningsThere are four main categories of signs and they are: - Emergency - Mandatory - Warning - Prohibition  Green Emergency – square or rectangular with a white image on a green background. Found on emergency exits,...

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Santillan, Rubelyn M. _BTLED HE I-7A

Electrical Safety Signs and Symbols and Their Meanings There are four main categories of signs and they are: • Emergency • Mandatory • Warning • Prohibition  Green Emergency – square or rectangular with a white image on a green background. Found on emergency exits, escape routes, and on first aid kits.  Blue Mandatory – round sign with white images on a blue background. Instructions to wash hands, use a safety harness, or wear safety glasses for example.  Yellow Warning – triangular with black edging and black image on yellow background. Warnings of electric shocks, biological hazards, magnetic fields, and other nearby hazards.  Red Prohibition – round with black image on white background and red edging with a red diagonal line. Instruction to not touch, not enter, no access, and even evacuation.

Electrical Symbols Symbol

Description Lightning Bolt – the common signal for electricity is a lightning bolt. A one-word description may be written across the sign to indicate the danger.

Bolt through Hand – this voltage or shock hazard symbol indicates that injury or death may occur via high-voltage electrical equipment

Bolt through Shoe – a danger of explosion happening due to static electricity

Bolt with Downward-pointing Arrow – identifying buried electricity cables

Electricity Symbol Among all other electricity signs, the common is a lightning bolt. A black thunder blot is seen on the yellow, triangular background. However, color and shape may differ.

Electrical Safety Symbols – Voltage or Shock Hazard Symbol This very symbol demonstrates a bolt or a bolt through a hand, with a red circle and a line across. The sign alerts about injury, casualty, or death that is likely to take place from high-voltage electrical equipment nearby. The red color represents a danger alert. Electrical Safety Symbols – Static Hazards A lightning bolt on the bottom of a shoe signifies that there is a danger of an explosion occurring from static electricity. The sign is mostly black text on a yellow background. Electrical Safety Symbols – Health & Safety There are many causes, including wet floors, fire exits, electrical safety conditions, to display the Health and safety signs. The danger would often be mentioned using one word written across the sign on electrical safety signs that address health and safety. The sign is mostly black text on a yellow, triangular background. Electrical Safety Symbols – Buried Cable Symbol This is a particular sign with black text on the white background. A bolt with an arrow pointed downward is used to identify buried cable signs. The red color represents a danger alert.

The places to find the Electrical Safety Symbols The electrical safety signs described here to be seen in many visible places. You need to keep your eyes open and understand the emergency of signs or language. Don’t this the color and text to be as same as demonstrated here, keep your senses open to find if there is any change in reality. Electrical Safety Symbols – Electrical Devices Electrical appliances are very sensitive to use. Appliances, gadgets, switches, wire boxes, types of equipment, and other electrical devices to be often marked with an electrical safety sign, in order to warn users of what dangers might be occurring during use. Electrical Safety Symbols- Restricted Areas There are some areas to be away from civilians. You may see visible Prohibition signs in areas to prevent people from walking into and around a danger zone. High-voltage areas such as substations or areas where high-voltage electricity is used, display these signs. Electrical Safety Symbols – Danger/Safety (Universal) The danger or safety symbol is used for all in order to alert against danger and sometimes guide about safety as well. The universal symbol shows a triangle with an enclosed exclamation point.

Chemicals Communication Health: head and shoulders within the sign warning of respiratory, reproductive, and organ toxicity. And cancercausing potential

Flame: an internal flame indicates the possibility of selfheating, emission of flammable gases, and organic peroxides

Flame over Circle: this signal warns of oxidisers...