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	Colors as Safety Signals The American National Standards Institute schedule of safety colors for marking physical hazards.

		for Plant Equipment

RED - FIRE PROTECTION
• ALARM BOXES
• BLANKET BOXES
• BUCKETS
• EXTINGUISHERS
• HOSE LOCATIONS PUMPS
• HYDRANTS
• SIRENS
• EXIT SIGNS
• SAFETY CANS AND CONTAINERS FOR FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS

YELLOW - CAUTION
• FRONT ENDS OF LOCOMOTIVES
• HAND RAILS
• BULLDOZERS
• TRACTORS
• EXPOSED EDGES OF PLATFORMS AND CURBING
• GUARDRAILS
• PILLARS & POSTS
• COLUMNS
• FORK LIFTS
• DOORWAY PROJECTIONS
• LOW BEAMS
• PULLEY BLOCKS AND CRANES
• CONVEYORS
• CAUTION SIGNS

PURPLE - RADIATION HAZARDS
• X Ray, Medical equipment
• Reactors, Nuclear Plants

ORANGE - DANGEROUS MACHINERY PARTS
(WHICH MAY CUT, CRUSH OR SHOCK)
• EXPOSED PARTS OF PULLEYS
• GEARS
• ROLLERS
• CUTTING DEVICES
• POWER JAWS
• SAFETY STARTING BUTTONS
• INSIDE OF MOVABLE GUARDS
• ELECTRICAL SWITCH BOXES
• FUSE BOXES

BLUE - WARNING AGAINST STARTING, OR MOVING EQUIPMENT UNDER REPAIRS

• LADDERS
• SCAFFOLDING
• ELECTRICAL CONTROLS
• ELEVATOR STARTING CONTROLS
• BOILERS
• DRYERS
• MACHINERY, ETC.

GREEN - SAFETY DESIGNATES LOCATION OF:
• FIRST AID DISPENSERS
• FIRST AID KITS
• GAS MASKS
• STRETCHER
• SAFETY SHOWERS
• OTHER SAFETY EQUIPMENT
• SAFETY INSTRUCTION SIGNS


	for Pipe Identification

RED - FIRE PROTECTION AND SPRINKLER PIPING
• POST INDICATOR VALVES FOR SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

YELLOW OR ORANGE - DANGEROUS MATERIALS
• FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS GASOLINE, NAPHTHA, FUEL OIL, ETC.
• POISONOUS GASES CHLORINE GAS, AMMONIA, SULPHUR DIOXIDE, ETC.
• CORROSIVE LIQUIDS ACIDS, ALKALIS
• STEAM, WATER, OR AIR AT HIGH TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES.

BLUE - PROTECTIVE MATERIALS FOR PREVENTING OR REDUCING HAZARDS OF HazMats
• INCLUDES SPECIAL GASES TO COUNTERACT OR NEUTRALIZE POISONOUS FUMES, WHICH ARE PIPED FOR RELEASING IN EVENT OF DANGEROUS PROTECTIVE MATERIAL OTHER THAN FIRE PROTECTION

GREEN - MATERIALS LOW IN TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES: NON-POISONOUS NON-FLAMMABLE
• WATER, SYRUPS, GLYCOLS


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