Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024
(1)
Scope. This section applies to the design, application and use of signs or
symbols (as included in paragraphs (3) through (5) below) to warn of specific
hazards. This does not apply to bulletin boards or safety posters.
(2) Definitions. Sign - A surface marked to
warn people of hazards, or to give safety instructions. Excluded are news
releases, safety posters and bulletins.
(3) Classification of signs by use.
(a) Danger signs.
(A) Use signs of uniform design to warn of
specific dangers and radiation hazards.
(B) Instruct all employees that danger signs
warn of immediate danger and that special precautions are necessary.
(b) Caution signs.
(A) Use caution signs only to warn of hazards
or to caution against unsafe practices.
(B) Instruct all employees that caution signs
warn of a hazard against which they should take precautions.
(c) Safety instruction signs. Use
safety instruction signs for general instructions and suggestions about
safety.
(4) Sign design.
(a) Design features. Use signs with rounded
or blunt corners and no sharp edges, burrs, splinters or other sharp
projections. Place the ends or heads of bolts or other fastening devices so
that they are not hazardous.
(b)
Danger signs. The color of the background must be red.
(c) Caution signs. The color of the
background must be yellow and the panel, black with yellow letters. Use black
letters against the yellow background.
(d) Safety instruction signs. Use white for
the background and make the panel green with white letters. Any letters used
against the white background must be black.
(e) Slow-moving vehicle emblem. This emblem
(see fig. 7) has a fluorescent yellow-orange triangle with a dark red
reflective border. The reflective border defines the shape of the fluorescent
color in daylight and creates a hollow red triangle in the path of motor
vehicle headlights at night.
(A) Use this
emblem only on vehicles that by design move at 25 m.p.h. or less on public
roads. Do not use it as a clearance marker for wide machinery to replace
required lighting or marking of slow-moving vehicles. The material, location,
mounting, etc., of the emblem must conform to the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers Emblem for Identifying Slow-Moving Vehicles, ASAE R276,
1967, or ASAE S276.2 (ANSI B114.1-1971). [Figure not included. See ED.
NOTE.]
(5)
Sign wordings.
(a) Nature of wording. Use
wording on signs that is easily understandable.
(b) Biological hazard signs. Use the
biological hazard warning sign to warn of the actual or potential presence of a
biohazard. Use it to mark equipment, containers, rooms, materials, experimental
animals or combinations of them, that contain or are contaminated with viable
hazardous agents. For this subparagraph the term "biological hazard," or
"biohazard," means only those infectious agents presenting a risk or potential
risk to the well-being of humans.
Note: All dimensions are in
inches.
The figure referenced in this rule is not printed in the OAR
Compilation. Copies are available from the
agency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
654.025(2)
& ORS 656.726(3)
Stats. Implemented: ORS
654.001 - ORS
654.295
