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About Safety Helmet Color Code PDF

Safety helmet color codes are used to clearly identify different job functions, but standards can vary between organizations and countries. Common color codes include white for managers, red for safety officers, green for first aid, and blue for general laborers. However, OSHA does not have standardized color codes. Construction sites often use orange for signallers, white for supervisors, and blue for other workers. Color codes in other areas can differ as well. Organizations should establish their own codes as needed.

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About Safety Helmet Color Code PDF

Safety helmet color codes are used to clearly identify different job functions, but standards can vary between organizations and countries. Common color codes include white for managers, red for safety officers, green for first aid, and blue for general laborers. However, OSHA does not have standardized color codes. Construction sites often use orange for signallers, white for supervisors, and blue for other workers. Color codes in other areas can differ as well. Organizations should establish their own codes as needed.

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2/16/2020 The Truth About Safety Helmet Color Code

Safety helmet color code indicates clearly di erent job functions and responsibilities in an
organization including yours. Really, it provides easy recognition.

Please read the following simple illustration.

A forklift driver wears safety helmet while he is driving. A chemical plant operator also wears
safety helmet but with di erent color. And a mechanical technician wears another di erent
color safety helmet from the forklift driver and plant operator.

Easy to recognize them, huh?

It also helps you improve safety in the workplace. Suppose someone with inappropriate
responsibility stands in a prohibited area can be seen clearly. So, you can take action
immediately after seeing it.

However, it does not mean that there is only one safety helmet color code exists in the world.

Safety helmet color code standard might be di erent from one country to another country.
Even, a company can also determine a di erent safety helmet color code from another
company in the same country.

Let’s see an example.

Red safety helmet color meaning is not only one. In my company, red safety helmet is worn by
general safety o cer. In another company, such helmets are worn by re ghting team
members only.

So, what safety helmet color code should you use?

Read the following information about safety helmet color code from several sources. You can
use the information to make your own safety helmet color standard.

Safety Helmet Color Code in Industries and Countries

Actually, there are no standard safety helmet color code for chemical or manufacturing
industries. However, some government agency in the US, i.e. United States Navy and DOT have

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established their own safety helmet color code standard.

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OSHA does not established safety helmet color code standard. Meanwhile, I could not nd the
same information from ANSI/ISEA Z89.1-2014 Industrial Head Protection Standard.

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However, in general, the following safety helmet colors are used as common practice:

white: for manager, engineer, foreman, supervisor, process operator


red: for safety o cer, re ghting team
green: for rst aid team, safety inspector, new worker
blue: for general labors
yellow: for visitors
orange: for maintenance members, technician, laboratory analyst

For other industries and countries, you can see my search results.

Safety Helmet Color Code for Construction Sites

Build UK, a leading representative organization for the UK construction industry, formed by the
September 2015 merger of the UK Contractors Group and the National Specialist Contractors
Council, has released a safety helmet color code that states the following standards:

black: for supervisor


orange: for slinger or signaller
white: for site manager, competent operative, vehicle Marshall
blue: for persons on site who do not fall into any of the other categories
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Safety Helmet Color Code in India

Civilology.com mentions the following safety helmet color code that is applicable in India
construction site:

white: for Managers, Engineers, Supervisors and Foremen


blue: for Electricians, Carpenters and other technical operators apart from civil workers
green: for Safety O cers
red: for Fire Fighters
yellow: for labors
brown: for Welders and workers with high heat application
grey: for site visitors

Safety Helmet Color Code in Malaysia

Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia, Department of Occupational Safety and Health, also
does not mention standard for the safety helmet color. It just mentions that safety helmets
shall be of high visibility for day time work.

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Safety Helmet Color Code in Singapore

There is one safety helmet color code I found that is applicable in factories (building operations
and works of engineering construction) in Singapore.

According to the Singapore government rule, there are ve color code used:

white: for owner, architect, engineer and their site sta


white with red stripe: for main contractor, site agent, foreman and other site supervisor of
main contractor
yellow with red stripe: for sub-contractor and supervisory sta of sub-contractor
blue: for site safety supervisor and contractor safety supervisor
yellow: for other workers.

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