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a signal word – either Danger or Warning – where necessary hazard statements , indicating the nature and degree of the risks posed by the product precautionary statements , indicating how the product should be handled to minimize risks to the user (as well as to other people and the general environment)
Hazard symbols may vary in color, background, borders, or accompanying text to indicate specific dangers and levels of risk, such as toxicity classes. These symbols provide a quick, universally understandable visual warning that transcends language barriers, making them more effective than text-based warnings in many situations.
For situations where more than one message needs to be communicated [a], ISO 3864 also provides guidance for "multiple signs", which consist of two or more symbol and text messages combined into a single sign. Additionally, fire protection and safe condition signs, which mark the location of equipment or exits can be combined with an arrow to ...
ISO 7010 states on all symbols with a first aid cross, that it "may be replaced with another element appropriate to cultural requirements". In countries with a Muslim -majority population, an appropriate symbol is the crescent .
The international biohazard warning symbol as it appears in the Laboratory biosafety manual (Third edition) by the World Health Organization, Geneva 2004. Note that the sickles have blunt ends, not sharp ones. (Unlike most versions on the web) Blunt probably because sharp forms tend to print lousy images when stenciled.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 19:00, 11 February 2020: 156 × 144 (5 KB): Chrfranz: Fixed SVG errors: Exclamation mark and edges are now symetrical.
Researchers have examined the impacts of using different signal words, inclusion of borders and color contrast with text and symbols against sign backgrounds. [21] In 1999, a group of designers were tasked with creating standardized warning labels for personal watercraft. The group devised several versions of the same warning label using ...
The general prohibition sign, [1] also known informally as the no symbol, 'do not' sign, circle-backslash symbol, nay, interdictory circle, prohibited symbol, don't do it symbol, or universal no, is a red circle with a 45-degree diagonal line inside the circle from upper-left to lower-right. It is typically overlaid on a pictogram to warn that ...