Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 No. 119

SCHEDULE 1

Part II Minimum general requirements concerning signboards

Warning signs

3.2.  Intrinsic features:

• triangular shape

• black pictogram on a yellow background with black edging (the yellow part to take up at least 50% of the area of the sign).

Flammable material or high temperature(1)	Explosive material	Toxic material
Corrosive material	Radioactive material	Overhead load
Industrial vehicles	Danger: electricity	General danger
Laser beam	Oxidant material	Non-ionizing radiation
Strong magnetic field	Obstacles	Drop
Biological risk(2)	Low temperature	Harmful or irritant material(3)

(1)

In the absence of a specific sign for high temperature

(2)

Pictogram laid down in Council Directive 90/679/EEC of 26 November 1990 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (Seventh individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) O.J. No. L374, 31.12.1990, p. 1

(3)

The background to this sign may exceptionally be amber if justified in order to differentiate it from a similar road safety sign