You can also choose from a range of different kinds of finishes and treatments to ensure the longevity of your signage. These include: The use of Caution Hot Surface Signs provides legal protection for property owners or employers. By displaying these signs in areas with hot surfaces, they fulfil their duty of care obligations by warning individuals of potential hazards. In the event of an accident, the presence of these signs can serve as evidence that reasonable measures were taken to communicate the danger helping mitigate liability and potential legal consequences. CAUTION – HOT” is a commonly posted message. The sign typically consists of one or two words, “HOT” or “HOT SURFACE” below the signal word CAUTION as shown in Figure 1. This sign does not meet the latest ANSI or ISO standards in its formatting and it doesn’t use symbols. Visual literacy is president of Clarion Safety Systems and chair of both the ANSI Z535.2 Standard for Environmental and Facility Safety Signs and the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee 145- Graphical Symbols. Over the past two decades he has played a pivotal role in the harmonization of U.S. and international safety standards dealing with safety signs, colors, formats and symbols. Employers have a responsibility to provide employees with safe, clean working environments, and to use appropriate signage to warn employees of any potential health and safety hazards or concerns. Employers who fail to provide a safe workplace, or adequately warn of health risks, can be held liable for accidents that occur in the workplace.

There are some tasks within the workplace that expose employees to high levels of heat. These extreme temperatures are dangerous and pose several potential threats to a person’s safety; they could even result in death. It is crucial, therefore, to protect all employees whose job involves them directly accessing hot items or dealing with high levels of humidity, radiant heat sources or other temperature-related situations. Safetyshop has a comprehensive range of sign accessories and fixings to enable you to install any sign exactly where you need it. FAQs What are caution signs? Caution signs may be necessary in a variety of situations, for example: to indicate toxic waste, corrosive substances, asbestos, electricity, chemical store or reversing vehicles. We have specific warning signs for each of these hazards, but would also recommend that employers invest in general signage that warns against the more common hazards that are likely to occur in every workplace, such as steps, trip hazards and wet floors. Installation requirements will vary depending on the sign’s material and the location where it is to be mounted. Most of our signs can be installed using cable ties, self-adhesion, or by hanging, bolted, magnetic or stanchion methods. Figure 2: The standardized ISO symbol for “Warning Hot Surface” and the IEC “Caution – hot surface” function and control symbol #5041, respectively.

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Safetyshop also carries more general types of caution signs that are likely to be required in every workplace, such as Caution Slippery Surface Signs, Caution Cleaning in Progress and Caution Trip Hazard Signs. When selecting the finishings or treatments that will work best in your workplace, consider the specific needs of the environment. For example: do the signs need to be seen at night? Do they need to be graffiti-resistant or anti-slip for high traffic workplaces? Caution Sign Installation

Safetyshop has a wide variety of signs to suit both indoor and outdoor environments. Depending on whether you need heavy-duty signs to withstand the pressures of an intense outdoor or industrial environment, or vinyl signs to warn of indoor hazards, our signage is available in a variety of materials. Caution Hot Surface Hazard Warning Signs feature bold text and attention-grabbing graphics making them highly visible and easily understood. By prominently displaying these signs near hot surfaces such as pipes, machinery or equipment you provide a clear visual warning for individuals to exercise caution and take appropriate safety measures. The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 (the Safety Signs Regulations) implement European Council Directive 92/58/EEC on minimum requirements for the provision of safety signs at work. This guidance is aimed at helping employers meet their responsibilities under these Regulations. SummaryAll of our safety signs comply with the safety colour regulations. This ensures that certain colours adhere to their specific meanings. One of the significant advantages of Caution Hot Surface Hazard Warning Signs is their versatility and ease of installation. These signs can be easily mounted on walls, doors or other appropriate surfaces in visible locations near the hot surface areas. By using these signs consistently and visibly you establish a standardised system that promotes safety and helps prevent accidents related to hot surfaces. Caution Hot Surface Signs contribute to a culture of safety in the workplace or any environment where they are displayed. By prominently featuring these signs, businesses demonstrate their commitment to ensuring the well-being and safety of individuals. This fosters a safety-conscious mindset among employees and visitors encouraging them to be more mindful of potential hazards and take appropriate measures to protect themselves. Every successful safety program utilizes visual communication to identify hazards, restrictions, and other conditions present in a facility. Hot surface signs communicate the conditions of surfaces and instruct workers and visitors to act accordingly around high-temperature surfaces. These signs caution employees working near hot surfaces and prevent hand injuries. The Regulations require employers to use a safety sign where there is a significant risk to health and safety that has not been avoided or controlled by the methods required under other relevant law, provided use of a sign can help reduce the risk. Safety signs are not a substitute for those other methods of controlling risks such as engineering controls and safe systems of work.