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Complying with Machine Guarding
Published in Frank R. Spellman, Surviving an OSHA Audit, 2020
In addition to mechanical guards and warning or notice signs, color-coding may be used to alert workers of hazards. Typically, standard colors which workers can learn to recognize are used. In many cases, individual industries (such as wastewater treatment) have their own color-coding systems. Other than the OSHA and ANSI color-code reference guide, shown in Table 16.1, there is no universal standard on color-coding. Systems vary from company to company, but bright and easily visible colors are generally effective.
Machine Guarding
Published in Frank R. Spellman, Kathern Welsh, Safe Work Practices for Wastewater Treatment Plants, 2018
Frank R. Spellman, Kathern Welsh
In addition to mechanical guards and warning or notice signs, color-coding may be used to alert workers of hazards. Typically, standard colors that workers can learn to recognize are used. In many cases, individual industries (such as wastewater treatment) have their own color coding systems. Other than the OSHA and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) color-code reference guide shown in Table 15.1, there is no universal standard on color-coding. Systems vary from company to company, but bright and easily visible colors are generally effective.
Color Coding of Plant and Machinery
Published in Ron C. McKinnon, The Design, Implementation, and Audit of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, 2019
Color coding is the organized, standardized, and systematic process of painting certain items in workplaces in specific colors. Color coding is used for the speedy recognition of hazards. It also informs the user of danger and helps eliminate errors as it ensures a standardization and quick recognition of items. Color coding is a common safety language, and helps improve the appearance of the workplace as it contributes greatly to good housekeeping.
Knowledge for policy-making in times of uncertainty: the case of autonomous vehicle model results
Published in Transport Reviews, 2021
Carey Curtis, Sam McLeod, John Hultén, Fredrik Pettersson-Lofstedt, Alexander Paulsson, Claus Hedegaard Sørensen
Figure 1 presents a meta-summary of the impacts by each new transport mode – comparing the US based studies with the European ones. A colour coding system is employed where red represents a dis-benefit and green a benefit. The dis-benefits and benefits were developed applying a normative lens based on the established heuristics of sustainable transport planning, e.g. shift, avoid, improve approaches (e.g. Banister, 2008). Such approaches stipulate that in order to facilitate sustainability, transport volumes by private car ought to be reduced, a modal shift to more energy and space efficient and active modes of transport should take place, and the energy and environmental performance of motorised transport modes should be improved. Where cells are blank there was no impact assessment for this criterion for the given transport mode. Blue coloured cells represent uncertainty/lack of clarity as to the direction of the impact, and for this reason we have not included the VOTT impact since it was always unclear (we return to a discussion on this below).