Regulations of the BG and implementation directive concerning safety and health signalling at the place of work Jurisdiction Germany Year 2002 Published in German Original/other title [German] BG-Vorschrift und Durchführungsanweisungen zur UVV - Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsschutzkennzeichnung am Arbeitsplatz Source Carl Heymanns Verlag KG, Luxemburgerstrasse 449, 50939 Köln, Germany, Jan. 2002. 45p. Illus. (regulations); 17p. Illus (implementation directive). Serial number BGV A8 Descriptors [Primary] Germany, hazard identification, occupational safety and health, workplaces [Secondary] acoustic signalling, directive, escape and exit, fire fighting, hand signalling, indoor communication ways, safety colours, speech communication Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract Contents of this guidance of the German Mutual Occupational Accident Insurance Association of 1st April 1995 concerning safety and health signalling at the place of work and of the corresponding implementation directive in their versions of 1st January 2002: scope; definitions; general provisions concerning signalling; special provisions (safety signalling, signalling of fire fighting equipment and installations, signalling of dangerous areas, obstacles and passageways, optical and acoustical signalling, verbal signalling, body sign signalling); safety and evacuation plans; maintenance of the signalling; checks; violations; transitional and application measures. In appendices: basic principles for signalling design; various types of signalling panels and their meaning; meaning of hand signalling signs. Previous edition: VBG 125 (see CIS 81-257). CIS No. 04-6 Database ID 103023