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European Safety Signs Directive (92/58/EEC)

It is an offence not to have the correct signs in the correct place - are you breaking the law?

Directive 92/58/EEC has been designed to standardise safety signs across Europe.

Permanent signboards must be used for signs relating to prohibitions, warnings and mandatory requirements, the location and identification of emergency escape routes and first aid facilities.

This directive is implemented in the UK by the Health & Safety (Safety Signs & Signals) Regulations 1996.

The EEC Directive puts signs into the following categories:

	Prohibition (Red-White-Black) ( You must not / Do not do / Stop )
	Mandatory (Blue-White) ( You must do / Carry out the action given by the sign )
	Warning (Yellow-Black) ( Caution / Hazard ahead / Risk of danger )
	Safe Condition (Green-White) ( The safe way / Where to go in an emergency )
	Fire Equipment (Red-White) ( To indicate fire equipment

The Legislation requires:

employers to use Safety Signs wherever there is a risk that cannot be controlled by other means.
all Safety Sign boards to contain a pictogram as part of their intrinsic design features.
signs without a pictogram should only be used to supplement a sign containing a pictogram.

fire safety signs

These are just a small selection of the signs available. If you do not see the sign you require please contact us.

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