BS EN ISO 7010:2012 pdf free.Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Registered safety signs.
There is a need to standardize a system of giving safety information that relies as little as possible on the use of words to achieve understanding.
Continued growth in international trade, travel and mobility of labour requires a common method of communicating safety information.
Lack of standardization may lead to confusion and the risk of accidents.
The use of standardized safety signs does not replace proper work methods, instructions and accident prevention training or measures. Education is an essential part of any system that provides safety information.
The safety signs are intended for use only where there is a risk to people. They may appear in safety signage in workplaces and public areas, safety manuals and notices, product labelling and escape and evacuation plans, as appropriate.
This International Standard is intended to be used by all Technical Committees within ISO charged with developing specific safety signing for their industry, to ensure that there is only one safety sign for each safety meaning. It is also intended that this International Standard be revised regularly to include safety signs as they are standardized by ISO, and which conform to the design principles given in ISO 3864.
The safety signs in this International Standard have been validated by ISO/TC 145/SC 2 according to procedures of standardization current at the time of publication.
This International Standard prescribes safety signs for the purposes of accident prevention, fire protection, health hazard information and emergency evacuation.
The shape and colour of each safety sign are according to ISO 3864-1 and the design of the graphical symbols is according to ISO 3864-3.
This International Standard is applicable to all locations where safety issues related to people need to be addressed. However, it is not applicable to the signalling used for guiding rail, road, river, maritime and air traffic and, in general, to those sectors subject to a regulation which may differ with regard to certain points of this International Standard and of the ISO 3864 series.
This International Standard specifies the safety sign originals that may be scaled for reproduction and application purposes.