IS 9457 : 2025 Safety Colours Safety Signs and Accident Prevention Tags - Code of Practice
(Superseding IS 8095 : 1976)
1 SCOPE
1.1 This standard prescribes the safety identification colours, design principles for safety signs and accident prevention tags to be used in workplaces and in public areas for the purpose of accident prevention, fire protection, health hazard information and emergency evacuation.
1.2 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 standards given below contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provision of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent edition of these standards:
| IS No. | Title |
| IS 5 : 2007 | Colours for ready mixed paints and enamels (sixth revision) |
| IS 18149 : 2023 | Transportation of dangerous goods - Guidelines |