Nick According to ANSI Z35.4 the following definitions are provided:
DANGER - Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided will result in death or serious injury. This signal word is to be limited to the most extreme situations. WARNING - Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided may result in minor or moderate injury. It may also be used to alert against unsafe practices. CAUTION - Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided may result in minor or moderate injury. It may also be used to alert against unsafe practices. Note: DANGER or WARNING should not be considered for property damage accidents unless personal injury risk appropriate to these levels is also involved. CAUTION is permitted for property-damage-only accidents. Rick Busche Evans & Sutherland [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: David Heald [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 11:02 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [Fwd: User Warning Signal Words] Forwarded for Nick Martin. Please 'Reply All' and/or CC: [email protected] when replying. Dave Heald EMC-PSTC Admin -------- Original Message -------- Subject: User Warning Signal Words List-Post: [email protected] Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 13:33:48 +0000 From: "Nick Martin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Hi List Can anyone help with the following regarding warnings to users and signal words User warnings normally use one of three signal words CAUTION, WARNING, DANGER. I believe that each of these increases the severity of the warning. Can anyone define any specific criteria for when a "caution" becomes a "warning" and ideally point to an IEC or other specification that provides guidelines on the use of these words? Or is my belief incorrect and the words are inter-changeable? thanks in advance for any answers Nick Martin Serco Test Systems ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
