{"id":275,"date":"2017-03-03T15:07:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T21:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ehs\/?page_id=275"},"modified":"2017-03-03T15:08:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T21:08:08","slug":"labels-osha-color-coding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ehs\/labels-osha-color-coding\/","title":{"rendered":"Labels: OSHA Color Coding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h2>Color Coding and Signs<\/h2>\n<p>(29 CFR\u00a01910.120; 1910.145; 1910.1200)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Color coding is a visual reminder system to warn, inform and guide employees. \u00a0OSHA assigns specific meanings to certain colors; therefore, colors can be a warning of a particular hazard or give information or directions.<\/li>\n<li>Color coding is considered highly desirable. \u00a0The main intent, however, is not to demand it in shops and laboratories, but to recognize a standard color code wherever color coding is used. Be aware of your specific work area and the color coding system used there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These colors usually indicate the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Red<\/strong> \u2013 indicates (1) danger, (2) stop or (3) presence of fire protection equipment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orange<\/strong> \u2013 marks the dangerous parts of machines or energized equipment which may cut, crush, shock or injure employees. Orange emphasizes these hazards when the guards or enclosures around them are open.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yellow<\/strong> \u2013 warns of physical hazards and means caution. A striped or checkered pattern of yellow and black may be used to help attract attention.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blue<\/strong> \u2013 denotes caution and its use is restricted to marking out-of-service equipment which should not be used.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Green<\/strong> \u2013 indicates either the location of safety equipment such as first aid materials or conveys safety information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purple<\/strong> \u2013 used for radiation hazards. It may contain a combination of purple and yellow.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Black &amp; White<\/strong> \u2013 or a combination of the two are used to designate traffic and housekeeping markings. Stripes, checkers or other variations are often used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Color Coding and Signs (29 CFR\u00a01910.120; 1910.145; 1910.1200) Color coding is a visual reminder system to warn, inform and guide employees. \u00a0OSHA assigns specific meanings to certain colors; therefore, colors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-275","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ehs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}