[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1910.144]

[Page 458-459]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                                OF LABOR

 
PART 1910_OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS--Table of Contents

 
                Subpart J_General Environmental Controls

 
Sec. 1910.144  Safety color code for marking physical hazards.


    (a) Color identification--(1) Red. Red shall be the basic color for 

the identification of:

    (i) Fire protection equipment and apparatus. [Reserved]

    (ii) Danger. Safety cans or other portable containers of flammable 

liquids having a flash point at or below 80 [deg]F, table containers of 

flammable liquids (open cup tester), excluding shipping containers, 

shall be painted red with some additional clearly visible identification 

either in the form of a yellow band around the can or the name of the 

contents conspicuously stenciled or painted on the can in yellow. Red 

lights shall be provided at barricades and at temporary obstructions, as 

specified in ANSI Safety Code for Building Construction, A10.2-1944, 

which is incorporated by reference as specified in Sec. 1910.6. Danger 

signs shall be painted red.

    (iii) Stop. Emergency stop bars on hazardous machines such as rubber 

mills, wire blocks, flat work ironers,



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etc., shall be red. Stop buttons or electrical switches which letters or 

other markings appear, used for emergency stopping of machinery shall be 

red.

    (2) [Reserved]

    (3) Yellow. Yellow shall be the basic color for designating caution 

and for marking physical hazards such as: Striking against, stumbling, 

falling, tripping, and ``caught in between.''

    (b) [Reserved]



[39 FR 23502, June 27, 1974, as amended at 43 FR 49748, Oct. 24, 1978; 

49 FR 5322, Feb. 10, 1984; 61 FR 9239, Mar. 7, 1996]