Your Safety Our Priority Safety Signage Self Audit Tool
Most organisations are based at sites that have various working zones and typically these can include offices, shared areas, manufacturing, distribution, yards and parking. Each of these areas will have it’s own unique safety issues and safety signage requirements. This Audit tool has been designed to help you take a walk around your premises and identify any safety signage that requires updating or may be missing.
It’s The Law!
It’s a legal requirement for all businesses to ensure they have health and safety signage that is clear and legible. Signage is designed to help people identify hazards, provides safety information and identifies safe routes / access around buildings, keeping employees and members of the public safe.
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) state that “safety signs should be used where there is a significant risk to health and safety that has not been removed or controlled by other methods”. Safety signs cover various situations, they need to be the correct size to ensure viewing at distance and have the latest BS EN ISO7010 symbols.
What DO the colours of different signs mean? Health and Safety signs can be broken down into the following categories, as specified by British and European standards.
Safe Condition A green rectangle or square with a symbol or text in white providing information about first aid, escape or other safe conditions.
Mandatory Signs A blue circle containing a white image denoting that a specific course of action must be taken.
Hazard Warning Signs A yellow triangle with a black border and symbol denoting a hazard in the environment.
Prohibition Signs A red circular band with a diagonal bar on a white background. The black symbol behind indicates the prohibited action.
Fire Equipment A red rectangle or square with a symbol or text in white providing information about the location and use of fire fighting equipment.