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Chemical and biological health hazards and risk control
Published in Phil Hughes, Ed Ferrett, Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction, 2015
A hazard pictogram is an image on a label that includes a warning symbol and specific colours intended to provide information about the damage a particular substance or mixture can cause to health or the environment (see Figure 14.1). The CLP Regulation has introduced a new classification and labelling system for hazardous chemicals in the European Union. The pictograms have also changed and are in line with the United Nations Globally Harmonised System (GHS). The new pictograms are in the shape of a red diamond with a white background, and replace the old orange square symbols which applied under CHIP 4. Since 1 December 2010, some substances and mixtures have already been labelled according to the new legislation, but the old pictogram can still be on the market until 1 June 2017.
Investigating non-native Chinese speakers’ adoption of using localized pictograms in Taiwan
Published in Artde D.K.T. Lam, Stephen D. Prior, Siu-Tsen Shen, Sheng-Joue Young, Liang-Wen Ji, Engineering Innovation and Design, 2019
Pictograms are graphic symbols which convey meaning through pictorial signs and attract the attention of users. Pictures are a better means of communication than words (Neurath, [1936] 1998). Pictograms should be created as a set of signs to help systemize the information which users will be able to recognize and understand. Well-designed pictograms have the ability to communicate with large numbers of people.
Driver and System Interaction
Published in Motoyuki Akamatsu, Handbook of Automotive Human Factors, 2019
Pictograms are the techniques to express a specific information or concept as a picture without using text. They are mainly used as icons to indicate specified facilities in public spaces in a simple manner. Although they are not publicly standardized, they are useful for the identification of the types of facilities as they suggest the functions by a visible means.
Effect of color on the comprehensibility of pesticide pictograms by the agricultural workers in Central India
Published in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 2023
Gaurav Patel, Prabir Mukhopadhyay
A pictogram is a figurative drawing used to convey information (Tijus et al. 2007). Pictograms can make safety/warning information attention-grabbing and are more quickly interpreted than words. This plays a very important role, especially in developing countries like India, where Agriculture along with forestry and fishing industry provides 42.6% of the country’s total employment (The World Bank 2021). As pesticides are an integral part of agriculture, the pictograms on the packaging play a very important role in communicating to illiterate users, a safe and effective way of handling the same. In agriculture, the pictograms on pesticide packaging are the only avenue through which the farmers (mainly illiterate) get to know about the dosage, usage, and most importantly the safety precautions to be taken while handling the pesticide.
Digital Design: The Inevitability of Production
Published in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2023
To ensure effective communication by means of digital design, it is necessary to take into account many factors, including the peculiarities of psychological perception of information. Recently, the use of such innovative elements of visual design as animation and pictograms in digital communication has become popular. However, it turned out that their combination can have a negative impact on the effectiveness of communication, as animations and pictograms not only improve digital communication, but at the same time also increase the perception of clutter. Including animations (GIFs) and icons (emoticons) together worsens message results (increased unsubscribe rates, reduced in-app time) compared to what happens when these elements are deployed separately (Bashirzadeh et al., 2022).
Comprehensibility evaluation and redesign of safety/warning pictograms used on pesticide packaging in Central India
Published in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 2022
Gaurav Patel, Prabir Mukhopadhyay
Pictograms (Tijus et al. 2007) are graphical images, which convey the safety/warning information to the users. The use of pictograms makes the process of communication easy for people having little or no knowledge of the particular language. This is because; the perception of the visual image (Pettersson 1999) is faster than that of written text. Pictograms are mainly used for presenting regulatory, mandatory, warning or/and prohibitive information. The use of pictograms can make the warning information more noticeable or attention-grabbing. However, there are only a few pictograms (Tijus et al. 2007) that can be comprehended correctly across the people of different countries and cultures. A study by Lesch (2003) on safety/warning signs, indicated that failure to understand the warning information could lead to serious injury or death. A study (Jallow et al. 2017) reported that 82% of the participants suffered from acute poisoning, while 72% of the participants were unable to understand the safety/information on pesticides packaging.