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A Health and Safety Guideline for Your Workplace Safety Signs and Colour at Work Safety signs and colour are useful tools to help The choice of colour also draws attention to the protect the health and safety of employees and probability of a hazard causing harm. For example, workplace visitors. the colour red is used to indicate a definite hazard. A potential hazard is communicated by the Safety signs are used to: colour yellow.  draw attention to health and safety hazards When employees are aware of the hazards  point out hazards that may not be obvious around them and take the necessary precautions,  provide general information and directions the possibility of an injury, illness or other loss is minimized.  remind employees where personal protective equipment must be worn However while safety signs and colours are  show where emergency equipment is located valuable in warning of hazards, they are not  indicate where certain actions are prohibited substitutes for eliminating or reducing those hazards, whenever possible. Colour attracts attention and can be used extensively for safety purposes. For example, This guideline will help your workplace to colour can be used as an additional safety measure effectively use safety signs and colours for the to identify the contents of pipes and the nature of protection of employees and visitors alike. the hazard. Safety Signs and Colour at Work © Industrial Accident Prevention Associati