The construction industry is fraught with many hazards, and construction workers are always under threat of losing their limbs or even lives. Construction workers work with a number of tools at varied heights and in dynamic working conditions. They need visual cues for all possible hazards in the place. Employers and owners have to post safety signs through the site to warn workers of potential risks and dangers. Find out about some of the top construction site safety signs that are used today.
Electrical Safety Signs
These days, it is important to use electricity in many tasks during a construction for various purposes such as:
- Drilling
- Boring
- Cutting
- Welding
Unless proper care is taken, some of the electric machines can invite many dangers. Irreparable damage, as well as death, can be caused due to high voltage. Thus, it is important to inform workers and others about the risks of high voltages. Often, a warning is given in the form of black signs with a yellow background. On safety warning signs for electrical hazards, you can generally find the outline of a person being electrocuted. A warning message in the form of text accompanies the image.
There is a high voltage sign, comprising a black zigzagging arrow on a yellow background. This notifies people around about high voltage current being present or circulating to deter trespassers etc.
With these construction site safety signs, workers and all others on the site can be notified about the electrical dangers that exist and the necessary precautions that they should take for protection.
Over Hazard Signs
At the construction site, you can find people, cranes and other equipment moving heavy materials and objects across as well as to the top of the structures that are being constructed. In these situations, there are always the risks of objects – whether small, medium or large in size – falling down. Over hazard construction, site safety signs show clear warnings about objects falling from overhead. This helps inform users about such dangers. They can take important precautions, like wearing helmets, in order to keep themselves safe as much as they can.
Toxic Substance Signs
Toxic substances are often a part of the construction process, and construction site owners have to set up signs with the skulls and crossbones symbol. This indicates that a substance of a very toxic nature is present in the vicinity. Workers understand that they have to exercise caution while using, handling or even storing it. These construction site safety signs often have a black exclamation mark on an orange background, which advises caution to be exercised by workers and all others present on the site. When the skulls and crossbones symbol is painted on a yellow background the sign stands for danger.
Fall Warning Signs
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) in the USA states that fall is the main causes of construction industry injuries. Signs such as Danger Overhead Crane, Danger Fall Hazard, Danger Open Hole or Danger Open Pit can help prevent injuries and save lives. These are important construction site safety signs that should be followed by the site owners.
Highly Flammable Substance Signs
These are present on construction sites such as those involving building demolition, to indicate that highly flammable explosives are in the vicinity. It is essential to inform all workers about such types of materials being present around as one does not know if these things can lead to a fire or a disaster. With construction site safety signs that show the image of explosions with warning messages as text accompanying the picture, people can be informed easily about the potential hazards.