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Effectiveness Of Colors Used On Safety And Health Signs For Communicating Severity Of Injury, Andrew M. Mccammack, Roger C. Jensen
Effectiveness Of Colors Used On Safety And Health Signs For Communicating Severity Of Injury, Andrew M. Mccammack, Roger C. Jensen
Safety Health & Industrial Hygiene
Signs are used extensively in workplaces and on products to identify hazards and provide instructions for appropriate behavior. A fundamental element of these signs is the signal-word panel located at the top of the sign. The colors and words in this panel are intended to convey information about the hazard identified. One type of hazard information concerns the severity of injury/illness associated with the hazard. The standard of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for facility signs uses three severity categories: 1) death or serious injury, 2) minor or moderate injury, and 3) property damage. The standard specifies which signal-word …