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The Health and Safety Regulations 1996 Act – what you need to know.
The Health and Safety Regulations (Safety Signs and Signals) 1996 Act implements European Council Directive 92/58/EEC. This provides guidance on the requirements regarding safety signage in the workplace. This Act provides all the information needed to ensure that your company signage complies with the law.
Read the entire legislation here.

When do you need health and safety signs?
You must use health and safety signs at work when there is any realistic risk of danger to those in the workplace. Follow these requirements to ensure adequate usage:

• Safety signs are required when there is a significant risk to health and / or safety.
• Safety signs are there to ensure your personal safety and that of others. It is imperative that safety signage is used alongside other methods of reducing risk to employees such as safe working practices, properly maintained machinery, adequate training etc.
• Compliant safety signs often include (but are not limited to) emergency exit signage, fire safety signs, safety equipment to be worn here etc.
• It is a requirement to include road traffic signs in your workplace if required for safety of vehicles.
• Signage requirements apply to all workplaces and places where work activity is conducted, but exclude signs used in connection with transport or the supply and marketing of dangerous substances, products and equipment.

EN ISO 7010 signage
This information applies to safety signs in the workplace, or place where a work activity is being conducted.

• EN ISO 7010 – introduced in 2003 and revised in 2012 (and in 2019, with 6 published amendments.) This is a globally recognised set of safety pictures and diagrams used for safety messaging.
• This is now the common EU law and offers a clear message – no matter the language you speak! The idea is to have commonly recognisable symbols and signage for danger – to ensure health and safety in any workplace.
• These signs must be displayed clearly in relevant areas of the workplace – e.g. emergency exists.
• Read more about EN ISO 7010 on the ISO website: ISO – ISO 7010:2019

Fire safety signage

• Advice on fire safety signage usage will be best given from your local fire safety authority.
• If you are unsure on where best to display your fire safety signage, contact your local fire safety authority.
• If you’re not sure if your signage complies, a general rule of thumb is as follows: no changes needed on existing fire safety signs containing symbols comply with BS 5499. New signs are also acceptable if they comply with BS 5499.

Colour and The Health and Safety Regulations 1996 Act
Our signs comply with the colour regulations for safety signage – certain colours have specific meanings within the regulations and should not be altered.For example, red is a prohibition colour, yellow is a hazard colour etc.

Healthandsafetysigns.com- why use us?
With your choice of manufacturer of health and safety signs, why choose us?

1. All of our safety signs are compliant with the 2019 EN ISO 7010 amendments to the regulations.
2. We offer a wide range of shapes, sizes and materials so you can create your perfect signage.
3. Our colour options adhere to the 1996 Act.
4. We can customise your health and safety signage with your logo, branding, company name etc.
5. We offer white label delivery – so if you’re supplying signage to your B2B customers, we can save you time and money (and lower your contributory carbon footprint).