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Safety Colors

Safety Colors for Physical Hazards

The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) requires that all industries color-code safety equipment locations, physical hazards and protective equipment.

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Safety Red Icon

SAFETY RED

Fire protection equipment, containers of flammable liquids, lights at barricades and obstructions, stop bars and switches on machinery, fire alarm boxes, fire exit signs, sprinkler piping.

Safety Yellow Icon

SAFETY YELLOW

Caution, physical hazard, construction equipment, handrails, guardrails, material handling equipment, piping systems containing dangerous materials, waste containers, exposed, unguarded edges.

Safety Orange icon

SAFETY ORANGE

Dangerous parts of machinery, inside of movable guards, safety starting buttons, exposed parts.

Safety blue icon

SAFETY BLUE

Caution, equipment under repair. Warnings should be located at the starting point or power source of machinery.

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SAFETY GREEN

Safety, first aid equipment, safety bulletin boards, gas, masks, stretchers, safety deluge showers.

safety purple icon

SAFETY PURPLE

Designates radiation hazards. Often used in combination with yellow on tags, labels, signs, and floor markers.

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BLACK & WHITE

Traffic and housekeeping markings, dead ends of aisles or passageways, stairways, directional signs, and refuse cans.


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