Health & Safety in construction Safety signs

Health & Safety in construction

Graham Twiby

Health & Safety in construction

Safety signs

Student of k-17-20 group Juraboev Mashhurbek
Theme: How can you explain about prohibition signs.

Safety signs and the law

Graham Twiby

• The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations require employers to provide safety signs to raise awareness of risks to health and safety.
• There are four types of safety signs in general use.
• Each has a designated shape and colour.
• They make sure that information is given in a standard format with minimum use of words.

Safety signs

Graham Twiby

Remember the general duty of employees:

• cooperate with your employer by observing signs;
• comply with the law and your employer’s safe systems of work;
• make proper and correct use of safety equipment;
• don’t tamper with, deface, or remove safety signs.

Safety Signs

Graham Twiby

Contents
Introduction to safety signs.
Prohibition signs
Mandatory signs
Warning signs
Fire signs.
Information signs.

Introduction to Safety Signs

Graham Twiby

Red	Prohibition sign Danger alarm	Dangerous behaviour; stop; shut down; emergency cut-out device; evacuate; be careful; take precaution; examine,
Yellow or Amber	Warning sign	Be careful; take precautions; examine.