ANSI Z535.6-2011 (R2017): Product Safety Information
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) protects the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products like coffee […]
Labels and Symbols
ANSI Z535.4-2011 (R2017): Product Safety Signs And Labels
The primary importance of displaying safety signs and labels is to prevent injury and ensure staff and visitors are aware of the possible dangers and hazards […]
ANSI Z535.2-2011 (R2017): Facility/Environment Safety Signs
Although the safety sign classification system we are familiar with today began in the early 1900s with the emergence of automobiles, these were not the […]
ISO 7001:2023—Registered Public Information Symbols
Symbols are created as an abstract way to comprehend something that is based on life experiences. Much of what humans need to comprehend are gestalts […]
ANSI/ISA 5.1-2022: Instrumentation Symbols and Identification
In many industries, like oil and gas, engineers create a blueprint for equipment and control layout, which is called a Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID), […]
ANSI Z535.3-2022: Criteria for Safety Symbols
What is yellow, green, red, or blue? The answer is a safety symbol, which ANSI Z535.3-2022: Criteria for Safety Symbols outlines. The ANSI Z535.3-2022 Standard […]
ANSI Z535.1-2022: Standard for Safety Colors
Through their effective and quick recognition, safety colors enhance the ability of a word message or safety symbol to convey essential information to workers. American […]
ANSI Z97.1 & Safety Glazing Material Markings
For a change, look at glass (or plastic), not through it. In small lettering, you might see some letters and numbers. Markings like “ANSI Z97.1-2015” […]
Symbols for Medical Device Labels
A voluntary consensus standard can result in the summation of the best existing practices and techniques in an industry that were in use prior to […]
NFPA 80-2019: Standard for Fire Doors
In another post, we covered NFPA 105-2019: Smoke Door and Opening Protectives, the NFPA standard for smoke doors and other opening protectives, such as smoke […]