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7.3 Warning signs

Common warning signs

Fire. Piktogram.
Flammable material
All laboratories and cupboards that contain
flammable material should be marked with
this pictogram.
Illustrated gas cylinder. Sign.
Gas cylinders
All laboratories that contain a gas cylinder
should be marked with this sign.
Triangle against a yellow background with the text explosive atmosphere. Sign.
Potentially explosive atmosphere
Work according to fire protection routines.
Contact your fire protection responsible
person for information.
Exclamation mark in a triangle against a yellow background. Sign.
Liquid nitrogen
All laboratories that contain liquid nitrogen
shall be marked with this sign.

When storing chemicals

All cupboards containing chemicals must be marked with a warning sign representing the chemicals stored.

Fire. Piktogram.

Flammable 

Skull. Pictogram.

Toxic 

Corrosive agent. Pictogram.

Corrosive 

Fire over cicle. Pictogram.

Oxidizing

Exploding bomb. Pictrogram.

Explosive

Shapes around a point in a yellow triangle. Pictogram.

Radioactive 
substances

Overlapping circles in a yellow triangle. Sign.

Biohazard

 

Other warning signs regarding chemical risks

Fish and tree. Pictrogram.

Environment
hazard

Cracked silhouette of human. Pictogram.

Health hazard

Exclamation mark in a rotaded square against a white background with a red border. Pictrogram. Sign.

Harmful

Other warning signs present at Kemicentrum

EX-classification sign. Illustration.

"EX-zone"
Explosive
atmosphere
can occur

Flash shaped arrow in yellow triangle. Pictogram.

High voltage

Circle with spikes in a yellow triangle. Pictogram.

Laser radiation

Overlapping circles in a yellow triangle. Sign.

Biohazard

Magnet in a yellow triangle. Pictogram.

Strong magnetic
field

Exclamation mark in a yellow triangle. Pictogram.

Danger