ANSI Z535 Series of Standards - Recently Revised

The ANSI Z535 Series of standards address how to communicate safety information in the workplace, public areas, and for industrial, as well as consumer products. The ANSI Z535 Series of standards also focuses on how to communicate this information through a variety of media, including signs, labels, tags, and tapes.

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Changes to ANSI Z535 Series Include:

• ANSI Z535.1 -2006 - American National Standard for Safety Colors
  Updated reference section and a new title, reflecting the standard is meant to be used as a reference to define specific colors.
• ANSI Z535.2 - 2007 - American National Standard for Environmental and Facility Safety Signs Definitional changes and safety alert symbols formats intended to clarify the distinction between signal words and greater harmonization with international standards.
  Includes a new annex of informative references and an annex on risk assessment and choice of signal words.
• ANSI Z535.3 - 2007 - American National Standard Criteria for Safety Symbols The safety alert symbol has been harmonized with color alternatives that are specified by the International Organization for Standardization. Information symbols related to fire and other safety conditions have been added.
• ANSI Z535.4 - 2007 - American National Standard for Product Safety Signs and Labels A number of previous graphic approaches have been consolidated into a common design that present product hazard information in an orderly and visually consistent manner for effective communication.
• ANSI Z535.5 - 2007 - American National Standard for Safety Tags and Barricade Tapes (for Temporary Hazards)
  Harmonization with international standards by permitting different colors to be used with the safety alert symbol.
  Uniform and consistent visual layout for safety information is established, as well as a national uniform system for the recognition of potential personal injury hazards.
• New - ANSI Z535.6-2006 - American National Standard for Product Safety Information in Product Manuals, Instructions, and Other Collateral Materials
  This new standard sets forth requirements for the design and location of product safety messages in printed information that accompanies a product, including owner’s manuals, instructions, user’s guides, maintenance or service manuals, assembly instructions, safety manuals, instructions on product packaging and similar information about a product.

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