AS 1318—1985
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Australian Standard® SAA Industrial Safety Colour Code
This Australian standard was prepared by Committee SF/5, Industrial Warning Signs. It was approved on behalf of the Council of the Standards Association of Australia on 27 December 1984 and published on 3 May 1985.
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Confederation of Australian Industry Department of Defence Department of Employment and Industrial Relations Department of Labour, S.A. Departmen Departmentt of Industrial Industrial Relations Relations,, N.S.W. N.S.W. Electricity Electricity Supply Supply Association Association of Australia Australia Ethnic Affairs Commission, N.S.W. Ministry of Employment and Training, Vic. National Safety Council of Australia Railways Railways of Australia Committee Committee Safety Institute of Australia The Australian Institute of Mining and and Metallurgy Metallurgy University of Sydney
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This standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 84035.
AS 1318—1985
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Australian Standard® USE OF COLOUR FOR THE MARKING OF PHYSICAL HAZARDS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT IN INDUSTRY known as the
SAA INDUSTRIAL SAFETY COLOUR CODE
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PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS STANDARDS AUSTRALIA (STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA) 1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140 ISBN 0 7262 3682 9
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AS 1318—1985 1318—1985
PREFACE This edition of this standard was prepared by the Association’s Committee on Industrial Warning Signs, under the direction of the Safety Standards Board, to supersede AS 1318—1972. The standard standard is intended intended to provide provide rules for the use of certain colours colours for the marking of physical physical hazards and for the identification of certain equipment in industry. Such colour coding should form an integral part of the total safety information system of any occupational environment. Attention is drawn drawn to t he fact that education education and training training are an essential essential part of any system for giving safety information information and that implementation implementation of colour colour coding coding in accordan accordance ce with this standard standard does does not not replace the need for proper accident prevention measures. The principal changes in this edition are as follows: (a) Referenc Referencee to AS K185, Colours Colours for Specific Specific Purposes, Purposes, has been been deleted deleted and the colours have have been been specified specified i n terms of chromatici chromaticity ty coordi coordinates nates and photometric photometric properties. properties. In addition, addition, colours listed in AS 2700 and BS 5252 and known to fall within the coordinates (colour boxes) are listed.
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(b) The colou colourr for emerge emergency ncy exit signs signs is now gree green n (i.e. (i.e. safe safe cond conditio ition) n) in lieu of red. red. This chang changee is in agreement agreement wi th that introduced introduced in AS 1319, 1319, Safety Signs for the Occupation Occupational al Environment, AS 2293, Emergency Evacuation Lighting in Buildings and in ISO 3864, Safety Colours and Safety Signs.
CONTENTS Page
SECTION 1. SCOPE AND GENERAL 1. 1 1. 2 1. 3 1. 4 1. 5 1.6
Sc op ope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . App li li ca cat io io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re fe fer en enced D o cu cum en ents . . . . . . . . . Co lo lour S t an andar ds ds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co nt ntr as ast C ol ol ou our s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mate aterials rials Us Used and and thei theirr Appli Applica catio tion n
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App li li ca cat io io ns ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ty pi pic al al Ex Ex am amp le le s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SECTION 2. APPLICATION 2. 1 2. 2
SECTION 3. APPLICATION 3. 1 3. 2
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App li li ca cat io io ns ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ty pi pic al al Ex Ex am amp le le s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 5. APPLICATION 5. 1 5. 2
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App li li ca cat io io ns ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ty pi pic al al Ex Ex am amp le le s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 4. APPLICATION 4. 1 4. 2
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APPENDIX A. PHOTOMETRIC AND COLORIMETRIC PROPERTIES ROPERTIES OF THE M ATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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AS 1318-1985, Use of colour for the marking of physical hazards and the identification of certain equipment in industry (known as the SAA Industrial Safety Colour Code) (incorporating Amdt 1)
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