PPE Mandatory Signs

A PPE sign works at a threshold. It goes where someone crosses from an area with one set of rules into an area with another, and it has to be read and acted on in the couple of steps before they are already inside.

What we make. Hard hat, eye protection, hearing protection, respiratory protection, safety footwear, hi-vis, gloves, face shield, harness and fall-arrest signs. Multi-PPE combination boards where several apply at once. PPE zone signage marking the extent of an area. And PPE free zone signs, which mark where the requirement stops.

The sign that says you can take it off. A PPE zone only works if its boundary is marked at both ends. If people are not told where the requirement ends, they either keep equipment on where it is unnecessary, or they take it off at a point they have guessed. A PPE free zone sign removes the guess.

Pictograms. Produced to the SS 508 and ISO 7010 mandatory action pictogram set: blue disc, white symbol, and the symbol itself standardised so the sign reads the same to a worker regardless of the language they speak. Text can be added beneath the pictogram, in one language or several, where a site needs the wording as well.

Materials and mounting. Aluminium for exterior, yard and long-term positions. Acrylic where the finish matters indoors. Self-adhesive vinyl for applying straight onto a door, a machine guard or an access gate. Rigid panels drilled for post or wall mounting, and projecting versions where the sign has to be read along a walkway rather than only face-on.

Supplied to construction sites, factories, shipyards and industrial facilities across Singapore. The same mandatory pictograms are also produced as self-adhesive safety sign labels where there is a surface to label rather than somewhere to mount a rigid sign. For hazard and warning messages rather than mandatory ones, see our industrial safety and warning signs; for a whole site entrance, our site safety signs and boards.