AS 1319-1994 Safety signs for the occupational environment

1 AS 1319 1994 Australian Standard Safety signs for the occupationalenvironmentThis is a free 7 page sample. Access the full version Australian St andard was prepared by Committee SF/ 5, Industrial Warning was approved on behalf of the Council of St andards Australia on 1 February 1994and published on 18 April following interests are represented on Committee SF/ 5:Australian Chamber of Commerce and IndustryAustralian and New Zealand Society of occupational MedicineBureau of Steel Manufacturers of AustraliaDesign Institute of AustraliaElectricity Supply Association of AustraliaNational Safety Council of AustraliaOccupational Health and Safety Authority, VictoriaRailways of Australia CommitteeUniversity of Authority of AustraliaReview of Australian keep abreast of progress i n industry.

2 Australian Standards are subjectto periodic review and are kept up t o date by t he issue of amendments or new edit ions as necessary. It i sim portant t herefore t hat Standards users ensure t hat they are i n possession of the latest edit ion, and anyamendments detail s of all Australi an Standards and related publications wil l be found i n t he Standards AustraliaCatalogue of Publications; t his information i s supplemented each month by the magazine The AustralianStandard , which subscribing members receive, and which gives detail s of new publi cati ons, new edit ionsand amendments, and of wi thdrawn ons for i mprovements t o Australian Standards, addressed to t he head offi ce of Standards Australia,are welcomed.

3 Noti fi cati on of any i naccuracy or ambiguity f ound in an Australi an Standard should be madewi thout delay in order that the matter may be investigated and appropriate action Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR is a free 7 page sample. Access the full version 1319 1994 Australian Standard Safety signs for the occupationalenvironmentFirst publi shed as AS C24 and r edesignated AS 1319 editi on d editi on edit ion BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140 ISBN 0 7262 8811 XThis is a free 7 page sample.

4 Access the full version 1319 19942 PREFACEThis Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Industrial WarningSigns to supersede AS 1319 two principal reasons for revising the Standard at this time are firstly to incorporatesix new symbolic signs into the Standard, and secondly to alter the basic designs of signswith text messages to incorporate the colour and shape coding of symbolic six new signs have been accepted as a result of successful comprehension testing inaccordance with procedures similar to those now specified in AS 2342.

5 The testing wascarried out by Standards Australia with the financial and practical assistance of a numberof large industrial employers in both public and commercial whose function is to warn of hazards and danger have now been grouped under thegeneral heading of hazard signs , and subdivided into DA NGER signs and warning signs ,the former to be used where the hazard is considered to be potentially life termwarningnow replaces the termcautionin previous editions, for consistency withroad signs and water Safety signs (neither term is now actually used on signs ).

6 The shape coding for warning signs has been retained as a triangle, despite the use of thediamond as a warning shape for road signs and water Safety signs . The Committeeconsidered that the potential for confusion with certain signs in the Hazchem series (seeAS 1216*), notably those for oxidizing agents, would render use of the yellow diamondshape undesirable for general warning signs in the industrial text of this Standard has also been modified and expanded to provide more guidanceon the design, manufacture and use of industrial Safety terms normative and informative have been used in this Standard to define theapplication of the appendix to which they apply.

7 A normative appendix is an integralpart of a Standard, whereas an informative appendix is only for information andguidance.* AS 1216,Classification, hazard identification and information systems for dangerous goods. Copyri ghtSTANDARDS AUSTRALI AUsers of Standards are r eminded that copyri ght subsists i n all Standards Australi a publi cati ons and soft ware. Except where theCopyri ght Act all ows and except where provided for below no publi cati ons or soft ware produced by Standards Austr alia may bereproduced, stored i n a retr ieval system in any f orm or t ransmi tt ed by any means wi thout prior perm ission in wr it ing f romStandards Australi a.

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9 Oyaltypayment provided such programs are used exclusively in-house by the creators of t he should be taken t o ensure t hat materi al used is f rom t he current editi on of t he Standard and t hat it i s updated whenever t heStandard i s amended or r evised. The number and date of t he Standard should t herefore be clearly i dentif use of materi al i n print f orm or in computer softw are programs t o be used commercially, wi th or wi thout payment, or incommercial contracts is subject to the payment of a r oyalty.

10 This policy may be vari ed by Standards Austr alia at any ti is a free 7 page sample. Access the full version 1319 1994 CONTENTSPageFOREWORD .. 4 SECTION 1 SCOPE AND SCOPE .. DEFINITIONS .. GENERALREQUIREMENTS ..6 SECTION 2 CLASSIFICATION AND LAYOUT OF SIGNCLASSIFICATIONANDUSE .. COLOUR,SHAPEANDENCLOSURECODING .. SIGNLAYOUTS .. 8 SECTION 3 DESIGN OF GENERALREQUIREMENTS .. USEOFSYMBOLSANDSYMBOLICSIGNS .. SIGNLAYOUTDESIGN .. SIGNSIZE,LEGENDANDLEGIBILITY .. 17 SECTION 4 CON STRUCTIO N, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SIG CONS TRUCTION , ERECTION AND REMOV AL.