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Our over 56 years of health and safety signs experience will give you the confidence that Stocksigns has the depth of knowledge and expertise to be able to advise you on any safety sign legislation/sign standards issues you feel unsure of, or the need for uncomplicated advice in plain English.
From time to time Stocksigns come across some excellent websites packed with resources and information on safety sign legislation. While we do not have any responsibility for the content of these sites we do think there is some useful information to be found.
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For information on safety sign legislation on ISO 7010 For an Independent safety sign guide click here
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The Health & Safety Signs
(Safety Signs and Signals Regulations) 1996
As an employer you are required to conform fully with provisions of these regulations. Guidance is given here and throughout this website and our catalogue in respect of this:-
- Risk assessment
- Use of pictorial symbols
- General health and safety signs
- Positioning of signs
- Marking of hazardous storage areas and obstacles
- Dangerous locations
- Identification of pipelines
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Safety Sign Legislation
BSi committees involved in the development of new sign standards have over recent years been working on revisions of BS 5378 and BS5499 with the objective of creating a complete new set of parts still using BS5499 as the standard reference number. Some of these parts have now been replaced with ISO 7010.
BS5499 - 1:2000
Graphical symbols and signs – safety signs, including fire safety signs Part 1: Specification for geometric shapes, colours and layout.
BS5499 - 4:2000
Graphical symbols and signs – safety signs, including fire safety signs Part 4: Code of practice for escape route signing.
BS5499 – 5:2002
Graphical symbols and signs – Safety signs, including fire safety signs Part 5: Signs with specific safety meanings.
BS5499 – 6:2002
Graphical symbols and signs – Safety signs, including fire safety signs Part 6: Creation and design of graphical symbols for use in safety signs.
BS5499 – 11:2002
Graphical symbols and signs – Safety signs, including fire safety signs Part 11: Water safety signs
You are required to provide and maintain safety signs wherever risks to health and safety have not been avoided by other means. To do this you need to have fulfilled your obligation to undertake a risk assessment under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (Management Regulations).
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Know your Symbols & Signs
In addition you are required to train staff in the meaning of safety signs, Stocksigns offers pictorial symbol signs and pocket guides as training aids.
There are a number of signs with graphical symbols in use that represent the same safety message. It is the policy of Stocksigns where possible to use designs from British Standards signs, which in many cases incorporate the best technical information from ISO (International Standards Organisation)
 A red circular band with diagonal cross bar on a white background, the symbol within the circle to be black denoting a safety sign that indicates that a certain behaviour is prohibited.
 A yellow triangle with black border and symbol within the yellow area denoting a safety sign that gives warning of a hazard.
 A blue circle with white symbol denoting a sign that indicates that a specific course of action must be taken
 A red oblong or square with symbol in white denoting a safety sign that indicates the location of fire fighting equipment.
 A green oblong or square with symbol or text in white denoting a safety sign providing information about safe conditions
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