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Understanding safety alert messages
Safety alert messages call attention to potential safety hazards
and tell you how to avoid them. These messages are identified
by the signal words WARNING or CAUTION, as illustrated
below. To avoid possible property damage, personal injury, or in
some cases possible death, read and comply with all safety alert
messages.
Messages concerning
personal injury
The signal words WARNING and CAUTION indicate hazards
that could result in personal injury or in some cases death, as
explained below. Each of these signal words indicates the
severity of the potential hazard.
WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation, which if
not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation, which if
not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.
Safety symbols
The generic safety alert symbol
calls attention to a
potential personal injury hazard. It appears next to the
WARNING and CAUTION signal words as part of the signal
word label. Other symbols may appear next to WARNING or
CAUTION to indicate a specific type of hazard (for example,
fire or electric shock).
