• Understanding safety alert messages
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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 DANGER, WARNING, CAUTION, or
NOTICE, 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 DANGER, 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.
Messages concerning
property damage
A NOTICE concerns property damage only.
DANGER
DANGER indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not
avoided,
will
result in death or serious injury.
WARNING
WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if
not avoided,
could
result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION
CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if
not avoided, could result in
minor or moderate
injury.
NOTICE
NOTICE is used for advisory messages concerning possible
property damage, product damage or malfunction, data loss, or
other unwanted results—but
not
personal injury.
