MS ISO 3864-2:2016 Graphical symbols – Safety colours and safety signs – Part 2: Design principles for graphical symbols for use in safety signs

Scope:

This document establishes additional principles to ISO 3864-1 for the design of safety labels for
products, i.e. any items manufactured and offered for sale in the normal course of commerce, including but not limited to consumer products and industrial equipment.

The purpose of a product safety label is to alert persons to a specific hazard and to identify how the hazard can be avoided.

This document is applicable to all products in all industries where safety-related questions can be
posed. However, it is not applicable to safety labels used

— for chemicals,
— for the transport of dangerous substances and preparations and
— in those sectors subject to legal regulations which differ from certain provisions of this document