Signs

Most Frequently Cited (1999)

 1926.201(g)(1) Traffic signs at point of
hazard
 1926.201(a)(4) Flag person-warning
garments
 1926.201(a)(1) Flag person/traffic
control
 Accident Prevention Signs
 Signs and symbols must be visible
 Promptly removed when hazard no
longer exists
 Must meet design criteria
 Danger and Caution Signs
 Danger Signs  Caution Signs
• Immediate hazard • Warn of potential
exists hazards or practices
• Red for upper panel • Yellow as color,
with black outline black upper panel
and white lower and borders with
panel yellow lettering
 Exit Signs
 Must have legible red letters (six inches
high)
 White field
 Stroke of letters must be .75 inch wide
 Safety Instruction Signs
 White with green upper panel with
white lettering to convey principal
message
 Additional lettering in black
 Construction Signs
 All traffic control signs or devices used
for the protection of workers must
conform with Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices (MUTCD) for Streets
and Highways (ANSI D6.1-1971)
 Electronic copies are available for
download at http://www.osha.gov/doc/
 Accident Prevention Signs
 Temporary means to warn employees
of an existing hazard (defective tools,
equipment)
 Not a substitute for signs
 Must meet requirements ofZ35.1-1968
and Z35.2-1968
 Accident Prevention Signs
Background Safety Colors Copy
Specification
White Red Do not
Operate
White Black and Red Danger

Yellow Black Caution

White Black Out of Order

 Signaling
 Flagmen are required when barriers can
not provide suitable protection
 Signaling must conform to ANSI D6.1-1971
(Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
 Signals- red flag/paddles (18” square)
 Flagman must wear red/orange vest
 Barricades
 Barricades for the protection of
employees must comply with the
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices (MUTD) for Streets and
Highways.
1926.201 Signaling
 (a) Flaggers.
Signaling by flaggers
and the use of
flaggers, including
warning garments
worn by flaggers
shall conform to Part
VI of the MUTCD.
1926.202 Barricades
 Barricades for
protection of
employees shall
conform to Part VI
of the MUTCD,
which are
incorporated for
reference in
1926.200)g)(2).
1926.203 Revision of
Paragraph c
 Signals are moving
signs, provided by
workers, such as
flaggers, or by
devices, such as
flashing lights, to
warn of possible or
existing hazards.