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6 APCU Owner’s Manual
SAFETY ALERT SYMBOLS AND SIGNAL WORDS
The safety of all persons operating, maintaining, repairing, or in the vicinity of this equipment is of paramount con-
cern. This is a powerful machine with moving parts, and is capable of causing personal injury if proper precautions are not
taken. Therefore, throughout this manual, certain hazards have been identified which may occur in the use of the machine,
and there are appropriate instructions or precautions which should be taken to avoid these hazards. In some cases, there
are consequences which may occur if instructions or precautions are not followed. Below are the symbols and signal words
along with their definitions referenced from ANSI Z535.4 - Product Safety Signs and Labels.
4.11 Safety Alert Symbols:
A symbol that indicates a hazard. It is composed of an equilateral triangle surrounding
an exclamation mark. The safety alert symbol is only used on hazard alerting signs. It is not used on safety notice and safety
instructions signs.
4.14 Signal Words:
The words used in the signal word panel. The signal words for hazard alerting signs are “DANGER,”
“WARNING,” and “CAUTION.” Safety notice signs use the signal word “NOTICE.” Safety instruction signs use signal words that
are specific to the situation.
DANGER indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result
in death or serious injury.
WARNING indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could
result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could
result in minor or moderate injury.
NOTICE is used to address practices not related to physical injury.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (or equivalent) signs indicate specific safety-
related instructions or procedures.
NOTE: DANGER, WARNING or CAUTION should not be considered for property damage accidents unless personal injury risk
appropriate to these levels is involved.
A): for use with DANGER signal word;
(safety white triangle, safety red exclamation mark, safety red background)
B): for use with WARNING signal word; (safety black triangle, safety orange exclamation mark)
C): for use with CAUTION signal word;
(safety black triangle, safety yellow exclamation mark)
D) and E): for use with DANGER, WARNING, or CAUTION signal word; (D: is a safety yellow triangle with a
black border and safety black exclamation mark; E: is a safety yellow triangle with a safety black exclamation mark and a
safety yellow border around a safety black band)
NOTE: D and E are provided to allow for consistency with certain ISO standards such as ISO 3864-1 and ISO 3864-2.