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Document ID (ISN)77061
CIS number 01-995
ISBN(s) 972-8321-33-3
Year 1999
Convention or series no. Segurança e saúde no trabalho: Divulgação 4
Author(s) Franco M.H., Vieira L., Brandão Guedes A., Azevedo J.
Title Safety and health signalling in workplaces
Original title Sinalização de segurança e saúde nos locais de trabalho [in Portuguese]
Bibliographic information Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Inspecção das Condições de Trabalho (IDICT), Lisboa, Portugal, Nov. 1999. 61p. Illus. 16 ref.
Abstract Safety signs represent a useful means for occupational hazards prevention. This guide defines the various types of signalling and presents a series of pictogrammes, explaining the message they convey and the place where they should be affixed. The various gestures of hand signalling are also presented.
Descriptors (primary) signalling and communications; training material; hazard identification
Descriptors (secondary) Portugal; training manuals; optical signalling; hand signalling; safety guides; emergency exits; personal protective equipment; legislation; decontamination (personal)
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvincePortugal
Subject(s)
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) OSH training