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Introduction: Workplace Safety Signs EP 310-1-6a01 Jun 06

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The Workplace Safety sign systemshown in this section has been devel-oped for both public and restricted areasof Corps projects and facilities. Thefunctions of the signs are: to alert orwarn people about workplace hazards ofwhich they may not be aware; to restrictaccess to workplaces that presentdangerous conditions; or to informpeople of safety requirements.

The system has been designed incompliance with the standards set forsafety signs by:

- The American National StandardsInstitute,- The Occupational Health and SafetyAdministration,- The U.S. Army Regulations for SafetyColor Code Markings and Signs and- EM 385-1-1 (the Corps Safety andHealth Requirements Manual).

Each of the Corps safety signs isdesigned for a specific intended pur-pose. Use of this group of signs isintended to eliminate haphazardselection and posting of visually unre-lated safety messages. Implementedas a uniform system, both the singularand total effects of more than one sign inan area will be increased.

There are five basic types of signs in thisgroup: Danger, Caution, Safety, Notice,and Directional signs.

Danger Signs (red): Indicate immediateand grave danger or hazard capable ofproducing irreversible damage or injury.These signs can include prohibitionsagainst dangerous activity.

Caution Signs (yellow): Call attention toa potential danger or a hazard capable ofresulting in severe but not irreversibleinjury or damage. In some instances, thehazards may be those associated withDanger signs but are of significantly lessmagnitude.

Safety Signs (green): Include general prac-tices and rules relating to health, first aid,and housekeeping for a safe workplace.

Notice Signs (blue): Control or defineaccess and circulation and/or inform theviewer of other safety requirements.Notice signs are used primarily forinformation.

Directional Signs (black): Point the wayto fire extinguishing equipment, emer-gency exits, and other emergency-related destinations.

The color format of each of the five signtypes described above is shown onpage 11-2. Color standards for Work-place Safety signs are provided on page4-7.

A display of commonly used safety signsis shown on pages 11-4 to 11-10.Adjacent to each sign is a catalog ordernumber for procurement. The wording ofthese signs has been carefully chosen tobe both easy to read and easy tounderstand. (Refer to the viewingdistance and panel size guidelines onpage 11-3 to determine appropriate signsize needed.)

Workplace safety legends displayed inthe UNICOR Sign and Decal Productscatalog have been preapproved for useas long as the format follows the gridsshown on page 11-3.

The Workplace Safety signs with Dangerand Caution headings have standardlegends that must be used just asshown in this manual. If a sign with aunique legend not appearing on pages11-4 to 11-7 or in the UNICOR catalog isneeded, the procedures detailed onpage 1-13 should be followed. The signlegend should be concise and easy toread and should contain enoughinformation to be easily understood. Apositive rather than a negative tone isdesired. The function of the site specificcustom sign is to alert employees andproject visitors to uncommon conditionsin a work area that potentially could affecttheir safety. Since conditions requiringthese signs are largely project orregionally specific, sizing and mountinginformation are not detailed.

Danger signs follow the format illustratedon pages 11-4 and 11-5. Danger andCaution legends appearing in theUNICOR Sign and Decal Productscatalog are also approved if they followthe format illustrated on page 11-4.

Mounting guidelines are shown on page11-11.

For assistance in signing for safety,contact your district Safety Officer. Foradditional information on ordering thesigns included in this section contactyour district Sign Program Manager.

Safety Sign Color Standards

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The Corps Safety signs have a visualimpact created by the use of HelveticaBold typography for the sign legendsalong with clear, simple colors. Thesigns are devoid of any unnecessarylines, shapes or graphic devices. The

examples below show the use of thestandard colors for each of the varioustypes of safety signs in the system.Reference numbers for each of the colorsare specified on page 4-7, WorkplaceSafety Sign Color Standards.

a) Danger Signs: The word “Danger” is whiteon a red background. The lettering describingthe specific danger is black on a whitebackground.

b) Caution Signs: The word “Caution” isbright yellow on a black background. Thiscolor combination is reversed for thedescriptive legend with black legend andyellow background.

c) Notice Signs: These signs have adistinctive blue top panel with the legend“Notice” in white. The information on the signis printed black on a white background.

d) Safety Signs: This type of sign alwayshas a bright green top panel with the “Safety”legend in white. The lettered information onthe sign is black on a white background.

e) Directional Signs: The top section of thesign is black with a white legend identifyingthe subject of the Directional sign. Thedirectional arrow that matches the weight ofHelvetica Bold type is printed black on a whitebackground.

a) d)

b) e)

c)

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All of the Safety signs on pages 11-4 to11-10 were prepared using the gridformats shown below. The dimensions ofthe sign are derived from A, which is theheight of a capital letter in the descriptivelegend. The lettering is upper and lowercase (initial capitals only) Helvetica Boldtypeface placed flush to the left with aragged right margin.

Most legends will use Grid A. A smallnumber of the signs that have longer

descriptive legends are to be constructedon Grid B. Directional Safety signs useGrid C. Refer to page 4-13 for arrow useguidelines.

These grids are to be used whenpreparing artwork for any Safety signrequired that is not included in thefollowing displays. In rare cases whereapproved Workplace Caution or Dangerlegends are too long to fit either Grids Aor B, the panel height may be increased

1.5A for Grid A and 1.25A for Grid B foreach additional line of text.

Workplace Safety signs are to bemounted for optimum viewing. Specify apanel size with enough target value sothat it is easily seen in a busy shopenvironment. The matrix below specifiesa standard viewing distance for eachpanel size using signs constructed onGrids A and C.

Square inside the gridindicates location of arrow.

Panel Legend ViewingSize Size Distance8”x8” A = .75” 21 ft12”x12” A = 1.125” 31.5 ft16”x16” A = 1.5” 42 ft24”x24” A = 2.25” 63 ft

Workplace Safety Signs Panel Size andViewing Distance Guide

The viewing distance calculation is to bereduced by 16% for signs constructedwith Grid B.

Grid A

For SNO, SAF, and approved SDAand SCA legends that exceed fourlines, add 1.5A for each additionalline of text to panel height. If thereis more than one message, place aline space equal to A between themessages.

Grid B

For SNO, SAF, and approved SDAand SCA legends that exceed fourlines, add 1.25A for eachadditional line of text to panelheight. If there is more than onemessage, place a line space equalto 0.834A between the messages.

Grid C

A 9A .66A

A 9A .66A

.5A

1.5A.66A

.5AA

.5AA

.5AA

.5AA

2A

.5A

1.5A.66A

.5A.833A.417A.833A.417A.833A.417A.833A.417A.833A

1.667A

A 9A .66A

.5AA

.5AA

.66A

1.5A

4A

1.5A

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Grid A

Sign Legend Panel Post Specification Mounting ColorType Size (A) Size Size Code Height Bkg/Lgd

SDA-00 .75” 8”x8” - ALU-6 65” SR-SW/SKSDA-00 1.125” 12”x12” - ALU-6 65” SR-SW/SKSDA-00 1.5” 16”x16” - ALU-6 78” SR-SW/SKSDA-00 2.25” 24”x24” - ALU-6 78” SR-SW/SK

Red, white, and black Danger signs areused to warn of the existence of animmediate hazard or specific danger.Shown below and on page 11-5 arestandard Corps Danger signs. These maybe ordered using the code numberadjacent to each display. Refer to

guidelines on page 11-3 to determineappropriate panel size. Follow specifiedgrid formats to fabricate any Danger signneeded that is not included in this display.See page 1-13 for requesting approval ofnonstandard safety sign legends. Forcolor standards, see page 4-7.

SDA-01 SDA-02 SDA-03 SDA-04




SDA-29

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Grid B


SDA-00 .75” 8”x8” - ALU-6 65” SR-SW/SKSDA-00 1.125” 12”x12” - ALU-6 65” SR-SW/SKSDA-00 1.5” 16”x16” - ALU-6 78” SR-SW/SKSDA-00 2.25” 24”x24” - ALU-6 78” SR-SW/SK



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SCA-00 .75” 8”x8” - ALU-6 65” SK-SY/SKSCA-00 1.125” 12”x12” - ALU-6 65” SK-SY/SKSCA-00 1.5” 16”x16” - ALU-6 78” SK-SY/SKSCA-00 2.25” 24”x24” - ALU-6 78” SK-SY/SK

Caution signs are used to warn againstpotential hazards or to caution againstunsafe practices. The standard CorpsCaution signs are shown below and onpage 11-7 with their respective ordercodes. Sizing guidelines for Cautionsigns are on page 11-3. For colorstandards, see page 4-7.

Grid A

SCA-01 SCA-02 SCA-04

SCA-05 SCA-06 SCA-07 SCA-08


SCA-13 SCA-15 SCA-16

SCA-17 SCA-19SCA-18

SCA-03

SCA-14

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SCA-00 .75” 8”x8” - ALU-6 65” SK-SY/SKSCA-00 1.125” 12”x12” - ALU-6 65” SK-SY/SKSCA-00 1.5” 16”x16” - ALU-6 78” SK-SY/SKSCA-00 2.25” 24”x24” - ALU-6 78” SK-SY/SK

Grid B


SCA-24

SCA-36

SCA-35SCA-34SCA-33

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Notice signs provide information tocontrol or define access and circulation ata site and/or inform the viewer of othersafety requirements. Examples ofcommonly used Notice signs are shownin the display below. To order, refer to

the adjacent code with the appropriatesign size needed (see page 11-3). Tofabricate Notice signs, see the grid formatinstructions also on page 11-3. For colorstandards, see page 4-7.


SNO-00 .75” 8”x8” - ALU-6 65” SB-SW/SKSNO-00 1.125” 12”x12” - ALU-6 65” SB-SW/SKSNO-00 1.5” 16”x16” - ALU-6 78” SB-SW/SKSNO-00 2.25” 24”x24” - ALU-6 78” SB-SW/SK

Grid A

Grid B

SNO-01 SNO-02 SNO-03 SNO-04



SNO-12 SNO-15

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Safety signs call attention to the generalrules or good practices that create a safeworkplace. The standard Corps Safetysigns are shown below with their respec-tive order codes. Sizing guidelines forSafety signs are on page 11-3. For colorstandards, see page 4-7.


SAF-00 .75” 8”x8” - ALU-6 65” SG-SW/SKSAF-00 1.125” 12”x12” - ALU-6 65” SG-SW/SKSAF-00 1.5” 16”x16” - ALU-6 78” SG-SW/SKSAF-00 2.25” 24”x24” - ALU-6 78” SG-SW/SK

Grid A

SAF-01 SAF-02 SAF-03 SAF-04

Grid B

SAF-05

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SDR-00 .75” 8”x8” - ALU-6 65” SK-SW/SKSDR-00 1.125” 12”x12” - ALU-6 65” SK-SW/SKSDR-00 1.5” 16”x16” - ALU-6 78” SK-SW/SKSDR-00 2.25” 24”x24” - ALU-6 78” SK-SW/SK

Grid C

Directional signs that relate to accidentprevention use a format similar to allother Workplace Safety signs (see GridC, page 11-3). Shown in the displaybelow are commonly used signs of thistype. To order, identify the sign by the

adjacent code. Indicate sign panel sizerequired (see page 11-3) and arrowdirection on the order. For color stan-dards, see page 4-7.

SDR-01 SDR-02 SDR-03 SDR-04

SDR-05 SDR-06 SDR-07 SDR-08

SDR-09 SDR-10 SDR-11

Sign Placement and Mounting Guidelines EP 310-1-6a01 Jun 06

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Signs are placed to alert and inform insufficient time to avoid the hazard or takeappropriate action. They should be sizedfor easy reading from the viewingdistance required. In visually complexindustrial shops, a sign that is too smallwill be lost. Conversely, an overly largesign can overwhelm an area.

Signs should be placed where they willnot create distractions. Care should betaken to avoid grouping too many signstogether in one location. Small signpanels placed for close viewing areappropriately placed at eye level: (5'-5").Larger signs posted in big spaces or forviewing at greater distances should beplaced proportionally higher. Signs

should not be placed where moveableobjects may obscure them. Only placethose signs that relate to a specific pieceof equipment on that equipment.

Before ordering a sign, place a cardboardpanel in the proposed location to verifythe size and placement location.

a) 8” x 8” panel mounted at eye level forviewing up to 21 feet.

b) 12” x 12” panel mounted at eye levelfor viewing up to 31.5 feet.

c) 16” x 16” panel mounted 6’-6” orhigher level for viewing up to 42 feet.

d) 24” x 24” panel mounted 6’-6” orhigher level for viewing up to 63 feet.

a b

c d

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