WARNING SIGNS
April 1st, 2004
Keith NuthallTHE INTERNATIONAL Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has released a global catalogue of ideal safety signs for accident prevention, fire protection and emergency evacuation, because of concerns that worldwide, confusion sparked by existing signs causes death and injuries. Its move follows the release in the UK of a survey by leading health and safety equipment supplier Seton, that 87 per cent of British office-based professionals cannot identify electrical warning signs. The company asked them to interpret 18 of the most common signs in its ...
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