1 Scope
This Part of GB/T 2893 establishes the safety identification colours and design principles for safety signs and safety markings to be used in workplaces and in public areas for the purpose of accident prevention, fire protection, health hazard information and emergency evacuation. It also establishes the basic principles to be applied when developing standards containing safety signs.
This Part is applicable to all locations where safety issues related to people need to be addressed.
This Part is not applicable to the signalling used for guiding rail, road, river, maritime and air traffic and, generally speaking, to those sectors subject to a regulation which may differ.
2 Normative References
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB/T 15565 (all parts) Graphical symbols — Terms
GB/T 2893.3 Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Part 3: Design principles for graphical symbols for use in safety signs (GB/T 2893.3-2013, ISO 3864-3:2006, MOD)
GB/T 2893.4 Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Part 4: Colorimetric and photometric properties of safety sign materials (GB/T 2893.4-2013, ISO 3864-4:2011, MOD)
3 Terms and Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in GB/T 15565 and the following apply.
3.1
Identifiability
Property of a graphical symbol which enables its elements to be perceived as the objects or shapes depicted.
