lab safety colors

Safety Red means Danger and/or Stop

Fire protection equipment

Containers of flammable liquids

Stop bars and switches on machinery

Fire alarm boxes

Fire exit signs

Blanket boxes

 

Extinguishers

 

 

Sirens

 

Safety Yellow designates caution

Caution, physical hazard

Handrails, guardrails

Exposed, unguarded edges

Exposed edges of platforms and curbing

Doorway projections

Low beams

 

Orange identifies dangerous or parts of machines or energized equipment.

                Exposed parts of pulleys

Gears

Cutting devices

                            
                          

            Safety starting buttons

                   

Inside of movable guards

Electrical switch boxes

Fuse boxes

Green designates safety and the location of first aid and safety equipment.

First aid dispensers

First aid kits

Eye wash station

Safety showers

Other safety equipment

Safety instruction signs

Safety Blue identifies safety information used on informational signs and bulletin boards.

n Safety Purple represents Radiation Hazards

Lab safety colors are very important because they can tell you how dangerous a machine is and help keep you safe in a lab .