Hazardous Substances Act, 1973 (Act No. 15 of 1973)RegulationsRegulations Governing the Conveyance of Hazardous Substances by Road TankerAnnexuresAnnexure 3 : Hazard Warning SignsPart I : Hazard Warning Signs |
Regulations 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8
Hazard Warning Signs
| 1) | The hazard warning signs that shall be used on hazard warning panels and compartment labels are set out in Part 11 of this Annexure. |
| 2) | The hazard warning sign to be displayed on a road tanker carrying a multi-load shall be the sign for "other hazardous substances and multi-loads of substances of different hazards" unless the hazard as ascertained from column 4 of Part I of Annexure 1 of each individual substance in the multi-load is the same, when it shall be the sign for the hazard. |
| 3) | Each hazard warning sign shall be in the form of a square set with its sides at an angle of 45 " to the vertical and the length of the sides shall be— |
| a) | in the case of the signs on hazard warning panels, 200 millimetres; |
| b) | in the case of signs on compartment labels. 95 millimetres. |
| 4) | Signs for hazard warning panels shall, for any part of the sign that is not black, have a border at least 5 millimetres wide. |
| 5) | The signs shall conform in colour to the table below sad such colours shall conform to the specifications given in Part II of Annexure 4. |
Description of sign |
Symbol |
Lettering |
Background |
Flammable liquids |
Black or white |
Black or white |
Red |
Flammable solids |
Black |
Black |
White with vertical red stripes |
Flammable gases |
Black or white |
Black or white |
Red |
Toxic gases |
Black |
Black |
White |
Non-flammable compressed gases |
Black or white |
Black or white |
Green |
Toxic substances |
Black |
Black |
White |
Harmful substances |
Black |
- |
White |
Corrosive substances |
Black |
White |
White upper half, black lower half |
Organic peroxides |
Black |
Black |
Yellow |
Oxidising substances |
Black |
Black |
Yellow |
Substances which, when in contact with water emit flammable gases |
Black or white |
Black or white |
Blue |
Spontaneously combustible substances |
Black |
Black or white |
White upper half, red lower half |
Other hazardous substances and multi-loads of different hazards |
Black |
- |
White |