| There are many different signs and symbols that | | | | representative of those substances and areas |
| are used to identify containers and areas that are | | | | that are biochemical hazards that can be |
| a hazard to your health. From construction sites | | | | transmitted through the air or by contact with the |
| to household cleaners, these signs contain the | | | | skin. |
| symbols that allow you to readily recognize them | | | | High voltage is often present when storms |
| and to avoid the hazards that they pose if not | | | | created downed power lines. Power centers are |
| handled properly. The use of these signs is | | | | the source of a great deal of electricity and |
| regulated by organizations that enforce the | | | | should be respected as such. Construction sites |
| proper handling and protection, thus the symbols | | | | can also have high voltage areas when there is a |
| are uniform with some difference in backgrounds | | | | need for electricity to power the site. This symbol |
| or colors to specify the particular hazard. | | | | puts one in mind of a lightning bolt or a staggered |
| Perhaps the most common hazard sign is the skull | | | | exclamation point. |
| and crossbones. Historically this sign has been a | | | | Warning signs can be posted for many different |
| symbol for the indication of poison. Over the | | | | hazards since they tend to have a generic |
| years, however, the symbol has also come to | | | | meaning. The hazard can be anything from a |
| stand for a generic meaning of lethal hazards. The | | | | falling debris alert to slippery pavement and |
| skull and crossbones can often still be found on | | | | beyond. A simple exclamation point inside a |
| many containers as an indication that the contents | | | | triangle is the symbol that alerts all who see it to |
| can be fatal if ingested, inhaled or improperly | | | | the possibility of a hazard or danger. |
| mixed with other hazardous substances. | | | | Chemical hazards are also identified by a hazard |
| Resembling the blades of a black fan on a yellow | | | | symbol placed on the container or signage in the |
| background is the symbol that is placed on signs | | | | vicinity. Although the standards differ depending |
| where there is danger of radiation. Although | | | | on the location, there is uniformity within the |
| radiation is successfully used to treat cancer | | | | various countries on how such listing are made. In |
| patients, it is a hazard to people and protective | | | | the U.S., a diamond shape with four partitions. The |
| clothing must be worn in areas where radiation is | | | | degree of the hazard is defined in the categories |
| used to avoid injury to healthy parts of the body. | | | | which are specific to flammability, health risks, |
| This symbol can be found in plain black and white | | | | reactivity and hazard details. |
| and well and carries the same meaning and | | | | There are many other hazard sign symbols that |
| warning indications. | | | | are used and it is important to understand what |
| Biohazard risks are identified by a symbol that is | | | | these symbols me. As a rule, however, if you are |
| three interwoven arcs with a bell shape in the | | | | unsure of what a symbol means, you should |
| middle. This sign can be black with a yellow | | | | move away from the area as soon as possible. |
| background or black and white and is | | | | |