Safety

Safety Standards, Signs and Symbols

AEM maintains a list (not necessarily comprehensive) of voluntary industry safety sign and symbol standards. Standards may be obtained from the sponsoring organizations: ANSI, ASABE, SAE and ISO.

ANSI Z535.1:2006

• Safety Color Code

ANSI Z535.3:2007

• Criteria for Safety Symbols

ANSI Z535.4:2007

• Product Safety Signs and Labels

ANSI Z535.6:2006

• Product Safety Information in Product Manuals, Instructions and Other Collateral Materials

ASAE S304:May 2006

• Graphical symbols for operator controls and displays on agricultural equipment

ASAE S441.3:February 2002

• Safety Signs

IEC 60417

• Graphical symbols for use on equipment
• Index, survey and compilation of the single sheets, and its supplements
• Subscription service available

IEC 80416-1:2001

• Basic principles for graphical symbols for use on equipment
• Part 1: Creation of graphical symbols

IEC 80416-2:2001

• Basic principles for graphical symbols for use on equipment
• Part 2: Form and use of arrows

ISO Concept Database

• cdb.iso.org/cdb/search.action

ISO 2575:2009

• Road vehicles - Symbols for controls, indicators and tell-tales

ISO 3287:1999

• Powered industrial trucks
• Symbols for operator controls and other displays

ISO 3461-1:1988

• General principles for the creation of graphical symbols
• Part 1: Graphical symbols for use on equipment (NOTE: Superseded by IEC 80416-1)

ISO 3461-2:1987

• General principles for creation of graphical symbols

ISO 3767-1:1998

• Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment
• Symbols for operator controls and other displays
• Part 1: Common symbols

ISO 3767-2:2008

• Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment
• Symbols for operator controls and other displays
• Part 2: Symbols for agricultural tractors and machinery

ISO 3767-3:1995

• Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment
• Symbols for operator controls and other displays
• Part 3: Symbols for powered lawn and garden equipment

ISO 3767-4:2008

• Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment
• Symbols for operator controls and other displays
• Part 4: Symbols for forestry machinery

ISO 3767-5:2008

• Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment
• Symbols for operator controls and other displays
• Part 4: Symbols for manual portable forestry machinery

ISO 3864-1:2002

• Graphical symbols
• Safety colours and safety signs
• Part 1: Design principles for safety signs in workplaces and public areas

ISO 3864-2:2004

• Graphical symbols
• Safety colours and safety signs
• Part 2: Design principles for product safety labels

ISO 3864-3:2006

• Graphical symbols
• Safety colours and safety signs
• Part 3: Design principles for graphical symbols used in safety signs

ISO 4196:1984

• Graphical symbols
• Use of arrows (NOTE: Superseded by IEC 80416-2)

ISO 6405-1:2004

• Earth-moving machinery
• Symbols for operator controls and other displays
• Part 1: Common symbols

ISO 6405-2:Amd 2: 2004

• Earth-moving machinery
• Symbols for operator controls and other displays
• Part 2: Specific symbols for machines, equipment and accessories

ISO 7000:2004

• Graphical symbols for use on equipment
• Index and synopsis
• Subscription service available

ISO 7296-1:1996

• Cranes - Graphic symbols
• Part 1: General

ISO 7296-2:1996

• Cranes - Graphic symbols
• Part 2: Mobile cranes

ISO 7296-3:1996

• Cranes - Graphic Symbols
• Part 3: Tower cranes

ISO 8999:2001

• Reciprocating internal combustion engines - Graphical symbols

ISO 9244:2008

• Earth-moving machinery
• Safety signs and hazard pictorials- General principles

ISO 11684:1995

• Tractors, machinery for agriculture and forestry, powered lawn and garden equipment
• Safety signs and hazard pictorials - General principles

ISO 13200:1995

• Mobile cranes
• Safety signs and hazard pictorials - General principles

ISO 15870:2000

• Powered industrial trucks
• Safety signs and hazard pictorials - General principles

ISO 20381:2009

• Mobile elevating work platforms
• Symbols for operator controls and other displays (to be published)

ISO 81714-1:1999

• Design of graphical symbols for use in technical documentation of products
• Part 1: Basic rules

SAE J115 FEB95

• Safety Signs

SAE J284 JAN91

• Safety Alert Symbol for Agricultural, Construction and Industrial Equipment

SAE J1362 JAN07

• Graphical Symbols for Operator Controls and Displays on Off-Road Propelled Work Machines

updated: 12/10/2009

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