TS ISO 7010

TS ISO 7010 is a withdrawn standard in the family of graphical symbols and safety colours for safety signs used in workplaces and public areas. It focuses on communicating core safety messages in a uniform, quickly recognizable form: accident prevention, fire prevention, health hazard information, and emergency evacuation. In practice, this kind of visual language matters because consistent symbols reduce hesitation and misreading when people move between different facilities or environments.

The technical role of safety signs

In general technical terms, safety signs are visual communication tools that work alongside or before written instructions. Pictograms, colours, and shapes help users identify the type of hazard, forbidden actions, mandatory behaviour, first aid, or escape direction at a glance. The ISO 7010 family is built around the idea of a common visual language, so that the same message can be read more consistently across different countries and facility types.

Safety messages covered by this standard

• Signs for accident prevention
• Signs for fire prevention
• Signs conveying health hazard information
• Signs for emergency evacuation

The standard covers safety signs intended for these purposes; however, that scope alone does not define a full site risk assessment or decide which sign must be used in every situation. In practice, such signs are considered together with related colour-coding and symbol-design rules. Although this edition of TS ISO 7010 has been withdrawn, it remains useful as a reference point for understanding the terminology and structure of symbolic safety signage.