What is ISO 7010 about?
ISO 7010 prescribes safety signs for the purposes of accident prevention, fire protection, health hazard information and emergency evacuation, the shape and colour of each safety sign are according to ISO 3864-1 and the design of the graphical symbols is according to ISO 3864-3.
ISO 7010 is applicable to all locations where safety issues related to people need to be addressed.
Note: ISO 7010 is not applicable to the signalling used for guiding rail, road, river, maritime and air traffic and, in general, to those sectors subject to a regulation which may differ with regard to certain points of this document and of the ISO 3864 series.
Who is ISO 7010 for?
ISO 7010 on graphical symbols - Safety colours and safety signs is applicable to:
- Constructors
- Designers
- Safety authorities
- Government authorities
- Road safety authorities
- Contractors
- Auditors
Why should you use ISO 7010?
There is a need to standardize a system of providing safety information that relies as little as possible on the use of words to achieve understanding, ISO 7010 provides users with a graphical representation of various safety signs.
ISO 7010 standardizes graphical representation of various safety signs which reduces confusion and the probability of accidents.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN ISO 7010:2020+A1:2020 supersedes BS EN ISO 7010:2020, which is withdrawn.
BS EN ISO 7010:2020+A1:2020 has incorporated a few minor text adjustments in safety signs from ISO 7010:2011/Amd 1:2012 to ISO 7010:2011/Amd 9:2018 and to ISO 20712-1:2008 over the previous edition ISO 7010:2011.