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Thursday, 8 August 2019

Safety Signs

Safety signs are there for an obvious reason: To help us avoid danger. Safety signs are there to eliminate/minimize/avoid different dangers through different actions.
To eliminate a danger, you remove the cause of the danger.
To minimize danger, you add protection to minimize the damage.
To avoid danger, you restrict what activates the cause of the danger.

Hazard Signs are there to warn us about the potential dangers in the area.
All Hazard Signs have black as the main color and yellow as the background.
With this distinct coloration, identifying whether it is a hazard sign is easy.
               
                      Trip Hazard

Mandatory signs are there to help us minimize the damage/danger or both at the same time.
Mandatory signs do this by showing us what we have to do.
Mandatory signs have a light blue background-color and white line color.
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Prohibition signs are there to stop us from doing are bringing the cause of the danger, prohibition signs are there to eliminate/minimize the cause of danger by warning us.
Prohibition signs have a red circle outline and a red diagonal line with a white background and black outlines.
              
                   Make sure bags are under the table

Wednesday, 7 August 2019

P.P.E

Protective Personel Equipment - P.P.E

Protective personel equipment is there to be worn for protection when working in different work areas and situations.

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  Eye Protection
Safety Glasses are there to protect your eyes, whether it is to block of flying debris, filtering bright lights, restricting water from getting in, or stopping gas from reaching your eyes. Without the safety glasses, you are risking your eyes from getting damaged which can lead to blinding.



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Head Protection
Head protection gear is there to protect your head from heavy falling objects, protecting your entire face from flying debris, blocking light, or filtering toxic or irritant gas. Not wearing one while in the work field is a danger-hazard for heavy falling objects can drop you unconscious or damage your head.



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Protective Boots
Protective boots are there protect your feet from different things, from falling heavy objects, large flying shrapnel, irritant liquids, or corrosive liquids. Not wearing protective boots in places where you are required to do so could lead to your foot/feet getting injured, broken or amputated.