Health & safety signs are used whenever there is a residual risk which has not been avoided or controlled by other means e.g. by engineering controls and safe system of work
Signs are standardised so that they have the same meaning wherever they are used
The University / Department is responsible for providing general health & safety signage
Individual groups are responsible for providing necessary health & safety signage for specific work activities
Suppliers of Safety Signage There are a number of suppliers of safety signage. The following represent just a few examples of a number of suppliers that could be used: