Warnings, Signs, and Labels

When volatile flammable materials may be present, use only intrinsically safe nonsparking electrical equipment, which is not liable to overheat. 

Cryogenic materials and the surfaces they cool can cause severe cold bums if they are allowed to contact the skin. Thick gloves and a face shield may be needed when preparing or using some cold baths. 

CLOSED SYSTEMS UNDER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE PRESSURE 

Reactions should never be performed in, or heat applied to, a closed-system unless it is designed and tested to withstand the expected pressure change. A pressurized apparatus should have an appropriate relief device. 

Laboratory managers are responsible for establishing waste disposal procedures for routine and emergency situations, and for communicating these procedures to laboratory workers. Workers must follow them to avoid hazards or damage to the environment. 

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To encourage and increase awareness and understanding of common warning signs and labels. 

Any situation that participants might find themselves in could present potential risks. Warning signs and labels are a common feature of everyday life but their very commonness lessens their impact. Some situations, however, come with no such warnings attached and the risks may be less obvious, but still need serious consideration. Teachers and group leaders should be sensitive to the possibility that some participants may have had personal experience of one or more of the risky situations included. 

Your employer is required to post warning signs and labels for your protection. Signs must be posted in regulated areas. The signs must warn that a cancer hazard is present, that only authorized employees may enter the area, and that no smoking or eating is allowed, and that respirators must be worn. 

Participants can be asked to draw up a list of warning signs or labels that they find on products and appliances in and around their own homes. It must be made clear to them that this exercise should only be carried out with the supervision of a parent or other responsible adult. 

Participants can be asked to devise and create new and improved warning signs or labels for the images that come with this exercise or for other substances or situations that are not covered by this exercise. 

Note that Proposition 65 is a labeling law. There is no prohibition on the use of these materials there is only the requirement that their presence must be noted on a warning sign and/or label. Which is why when you go into an establishment in California that serves adult beverages there are signs posted to warn you that alcohol is a known reproductive toxin. The only colorants affected by this law are the lead- and cadmium-containing pigments. 

The Asbestos standard, 1910.1001, requires caution signs and labels warning of possible lung disease. In addition to size and location specifications, the following legend is required on all signs for areas of potential or actual asbestos overexposure ... 

The next OSHA health standard, 1910.1017, Vinly Chloride, contains numerous signs and label requirements. Again, as for the 13 carcinogens, entrances to regulated areas must be posted with signs warning ... 

There are two model standards as part of the policy one for an Emergency Temporary Standard, and the other for a Permanent Standard. These standards contain provisions for signs and labels to warn employees of the hazard for Category I potential carcinogens. 

Liability issues can arise with both direct printing and labeling when warning signs or labels wear beyond readability or simply fall off a product. 

Signs and labels Assure that the controlled area is conspicuously marked with warning and restricted access signs (49) and that all containers of these sub... 

Signs and labels Provide and display warning signs in regulated areas. Label containers of Cd. 

Young, S.L. et al. (2002). Safety Signs and Labels. Does Compliance with ANSI Z535 Increase Compliance with Warnings. Professional Safety, 47(9), 18-23. 

Signs and labels used to warn of potential hazards. 

Provide appropriate signs and labels to warn of and identify asbestos hazards. 

The signs and labels yom company uses to warn workers of biohazards. 

Post appropriate hydrogen labels to equipment and warning signs in hazardous area and do not allow entry of any but qualified, trained personnel into the area. 

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