1、raising standards worldwideNO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBSI Standards PublicationBS ISO 3864-1:2011Graphical symbols Safetycolours and safety signsPart 1: Design principles for safety signs andsafety markingsBS ISO 3864-1:2011 BRITISH STANDARDNational forewor
2、dThis British Standard is the UK implementation of ISO 3864-1:2011. Itsupersedes BS 5499-1:2002 which is withdrawn.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to TechnicalCommittee PH/8/1, Graphical Symbols - Safety Signs.A list of organizations represented on this committee can beobtained
3、 on request to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessaryprovisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correctapplication. BSI 2011ISBN 978 0 580 66515 8ICS 01.080.10Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlegal obligations.This Briti
4、sh Standard was published under the authority of theStandards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 September 2011.Amendments issued since publicationDate Text affectedBS ISO 3864-1:2011Reference numberISO 3864-1:2011(E)ISO 2011INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO3864-1Second edition2011-04-15Graphical symbols
5、Safety colours and safety signs Part 1: Design principles for safety signs and safety markings Symboles graphiques Couleurs de scurit et signaux de scurit Partie 1: Principes de conception pour les signaux de scurit et les marquages de scurit BS ISO 3864-1:2011ISO 3864-1:2011(E) COPYRIGHT PROTECTED
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8、iiiContents Page Foreword iv Introduction.v 1 Scope1 2 Normative references1 3 Terms and definitions .1 4 Purpose of safety colours and safety signs.3 5 General meaning of geometric shapes and safety colours 3 6 Layout for safety signs .5 6.1 General .5 6.2 Prohibition signs .5 6.3 Mandatory action
9、signs 5 6.4 Warning signs6 6.5 Safe condition signs .6 6.6 Fire equipment signs 7 7 Layout for supplementary signs7 8 Layout for combination signs 9 9 Layout for multiple signs9 10 Design principles for graphical symbols10 11 Layout for safety markings 11 Annex A (informative) Relationship between d
10、imensions of safety signs and distance of observation 12 Bibliography17 BS ISO 3864-1:2011ISO 3864-1:2011(E) iv ISO 2011 All rights reservedForeword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of prepar
11、ing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in li
12、aison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2. The main task of
13、 technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is
14、 drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO 3864-1 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 145, Graphical symbols, Subcommittee SC 2, Safety identific
15、ation, signs, shapes, symbols and colours. This part of ISO 3864, together with ISO 3864-4, cancels and replaces ISO 3864-1:2002, which has been technically revised. ISO 3864 consists of the following parts, under the general title Graphical symbols Safety colours and safety signs: Part 1: Design pr
16、inciples for safety signs and safety markings Part 2: Design principles for product safety labels Part 3: Design principles for graphical symbols for use in safety signs Part 4: Colorimetric and photometric properties of safety sign materials BS ISO 3864-1:2011ISO 3864-1:2011(E) ISO 2011 All rights
17、reserved vIntroduction 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 informat
18、ion. 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. NOTE Info
19、rmation on procedures, criteria of acceptability, safety sign templates and application of safety signs are given on the website: http:/www.iso.org/tc145/sc2. BS ISO 3864-1:2011BS ISO 3864-1:2011INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 3864-1:2011(E) ISO 2011 All rights reserved 1Graphical symbols Safety colours
20、and safety signs Part 1: Design principles for safety signs and safety markings IMPORTANT The colours represented in the electronic file of this part of ISO 3864 can be neither viewed on screen nor printed as true representations. Although the copies of this part of ISO 3864 printed by ISO have been
21、 produced to correspond (with an acceptable tolerance as judged by the naked eye) to the colour requirements, it is not intended that these printed copies be used for colour matching. Instead, consult ISO 3864-4 which provides colorimetric and photometric properties together with, as a guideline, re
22、ferences from colour order systems. 1 Scope This part of ISO 3864 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 a
23、nd emergency evacuation. It also establishes the basic principles to be applied when developing standards containing safety signs. This part of ISO 3864 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
24、 guiding rail, road, river, maritime and air traffic and, generally speaking, to those sectors subject to a regulation which may differ. NOTE Some countries statutory regulations might differ in some respect from those given in this part of ISO 3864. 2 Normative references The following referenced d
25、ocuments 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. ISO 3864-3, Graphical symbols Safety colours and safety signs Part 3: Desig
26、n principles for graphical symbols for use in safety signs ISO 3864-4, Graphical symbols Safety colours and safety signs Part 4: Colorimetric and photometric properties of safety sign materials ISO 17724:2003, Graphical symbols Vocabulary 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, th
27、e terms and definitions given in ISO 17724 and the following apply. 3.1 combination sign sign that combines a safety sign and one or more associated supplementary signs on the same rectangular carrier BS ISO 3864-1:2011ISO 3864-1:2011(E) 2 ISO 2011 All rights reserved3.2 factor of distance z relatio
28、nship between the height (h) of a sign and the observation distance (l), used to determine observation distances of signs z = l/h ISO 17724:2003, 28 3.3 fire equipment sign safety sign that indicates the location or identification of fire equipment 3.4 identifiability property of a graphical symbol
29、which enables its elements to be perceived as the objects or shapes depicted ISO 9186-2:2008, 3.1 3.5 mandatory action sign safety sign that indicates that a specific course of action is to be taken 3.6 multiple sign sign that combines two or more safety signs and associated supplementary signs on t
30、he same rectangular carrier 3.7 prohibition sign safety sign that indicates that a specific behaviour is forbidden 3.8 safe condition sign safety sign that indicates an evacuation route, the location of safety equipment or a safety facility, or a safety action 3.9 safe observation distance distance
31、a person can be from a safety sign while still able to identify the safety sign and have the opportunity to follow the message NOTE Adapted from ISO 3864-2. 3.10 safety colour colour with special properties to which a safety meaning is attributed 3.11 safety marking marking which adopts the use of s
32、afety colours and safety contrast colours to convey a safety message or render an object or location conspicuous 3.12 safety sign sign which gives a general safety message, obtained by a combination of a colour and geometric shape and which, by the addition of a graphical symbol, gives a particular
33、safety message BS ISO 3864-1:2011ISO 3864-1:2011(E) ISO 2011 All rights reserved 33.13 sign height diameter of a circular geometric shape or height of a rectangular or triangular geometric shape 3.14 supplementary sign sign that is supportive of a safety sign and the main purpose of which is to prov
34、ide additional clarification 3.15 visual acuity capacity for seeing distinctly fine details that have a very small angular separation ISO 17724:2003, 82 3.16 warning sign safety sign that indicates a specific source of potential harm 4 Purpose of safety colours and safety signs 4.1 The purpose of sa
35、fety colours and safety signs is to draw attention rapidly to objects and situations affecting safety and health and to gain rapid understanding of a specific message. 4.2 Safety signs shall be used only for instructions which are related to the safety and health of people. 5 General meaning of geom
36、etric shapes and safety colours The general meaning assigned to geometric shapes, safety colours and contrast colours is given in Tables 1 and 2. BS ISO 3864-1:2011ISO 3864-1:2011(E) 4 ISO 2011 All rights reservedTable 1 Geometric shapes, safety colours and contrast colours for safety signs Geometri
37、c shape Meaning Safety colour Contrast colour to the safety colour Graphical symbol colour Examples of use Circle with diagonal bar Prohibition Red WhiteaBlack No smoking Not drinking water Do not touch Circle Mandatory action Blue WhiteaWhitea Wear eye protection Wear protective clothing Wash your
38、hands Equilateral triangle with radiused outer corners Warning Yellow Black Black Warning; Hot surface Warning; Biological hazard Warning; Electricity Square Safe condition Green WhiteaWhitea First aid Emergency exit Evacuation assembly point Square Fire equipment Red WhiteaWhitea Fire alarm call po
39、int Collection of fire fighting equipment Fire extinguisher aThe colour white includes the colour for phosphorescent material under daylight conditions with properties as defined in ISO 3864-4. Table 2 Geometric shape, background colours and contrast colours for supplementary signs Geometric shape M
40、eaning Background colour Contrast colour to background colour Colour of supplementary safety information White Black Rectangle Supplementary information Safety colour of the safety sign Black or white Any It is essential to achieve a luminance contrast between the safety sign and its background as w
41、ell as between the supplementary sign and its background on which they are mounted or displayed. BS ISO 3864-1:2011ISO 3864-1:2011(E) ISO 2011 All rights reserved 56 Layout for safety signs 6.1 General The safety colours, contrast colours and geometric shapes (see Clause 5) shall be used only in the
42、 following combinations to obtain the five types of safety signs (see Figures 1 to 5). NOTE Layout templates for safety signs for ISO 7010 are available from the website of ISO/TC 145/SC 2. 6.2 Prohibition signs Prohibition signs shall comply with the layout requirements given in Figure 1. The centr
43、e line of the diagonal bar shall pass through the centre point of the prohibition sign and shall cover the graphical symbol. The colours of the sign shall be as follows: Background colour: white Circular band and diagonal bar: red Graphical symbol: black Figure 1 Layout requirements for a prohibitio
44、n sign 6.3 Mandatory action signs Mandatory action signs shall comply with the layout requirements given in Figure 2. The colours of the sign shall be as follows: Background colour: blue Graphical symbol: white The safety colour blue shall cover at least 50 % of the area of the sign. Figure 2 Layout
45、 requirements for a mandatory action sign BS ISO 3864-1:2011ISO 3864-1:2011(E) 6 ISO 2011 All rights reserved6.4 Warning signs Warning signs shall comply with the layout requirements given in Figure 3. If b = 70 mm, then r = 2 mm. The colours of the sign shall be as follows: Background colour: yello
46、w Triangular band: black Graphical symbol: black The safety colour yellow shall cover at least 50 % of the total area of the sign. Figure 3 Layout requirements for a warning sign 6.5 Safe condition signs Safe condition signs shall comply with the layout requirements given in Figure 4. The colours of
47、 the sign shall be as follows: Background colour: green Graphical symbol: white The safety colour green shall cover at least 50 % of the area of the sign. Figure 4 Layout requirements for a safe condition sign BS ISO 3864-1:2011ISO 3864-1:2011(E) ISO 2011 All rights reserved 76.6 Fire equipment sign
48、s Fire equipment signs shall comply with the layout requirements given in Figure 5. The colours of the sign shall be as follows: Background colour: red Graphical symbol: white The safety colour red shall cover at least 50 % of the area of the sign. Figure 5 Layout requirements for a fire equipment s
49、ign 7 Layout for supplementary signs Supplementary safety information, as text and/or in the form of a graphical symbol may be used to describe, supplement or clarify the meaning of a safety sign. The supplementary safety information shall be placed in a separate supplementary sign or included as part of a combination sign (see Clause 8) or a multiple sign (see Clause 9). Supplementary signs shall comply with the layout requirements given in Figure 6.
