ICS 01.080.10                                                         CHD 8

Reaffirmed 2021

1 Scope

This standard prescribes the safety identification colours and design principles for safety signs to be used in workplaces and in public areas for the purpose of accident prevention, fire protection, health hazard information and emergency evacuation.

This standard is applicable to workplaces, all locations and all sectors where safety-related questions may be posed. However, it is not applicable to the signaling used for guiding rail, road, river, maritime and air traffic and generally speaking, to those sectors subject to regulations which may differ.

2 Reference

The standard given below contains provisions, which through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated was valid. All standards are subject to revisions and parties to agreement based on this standard is encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standard indicated below: