Annex 5: minimum requirements governing signs used for obstacles and dangerous locations and for marking traffic routes
Published 12 September 2024
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1. Signs for obstacles and dangerous locations
1.1 Places where there is a risk of colliding with obstacles, or of objects falling should be marked with alternating yellow and black, or red and white stripes in built up zones in the undertaking to which seafarers have access during their work.
1.2 The dimensions of the markings must be commensurate with the scale of the obstacle or dangerous location in question.
1.3 The yellow and black or red and white stripes must be at an angle of approximately 45 degrees and more or less equal size.
1.4 Example:
A black and yellow hash mark sign with stripes at a 45 degree angle.
2. Marking traffic routes
2.1 Where the use and equipment of rooms so requires for the protection of workers, traffic routes for vehicles must be clearly identified by continuous stripes in a clearly visible colour, preferably white or yellow, taking into account the colour of the ground.
2.2 The stripes must be located so as to indicate the necessary safe distance between vehicles and any object which may be nearby, and between pedestrians and vehicles.
2.3 Permanent traffic routes in built up areas outdoors should be as far as practicable, be similarly marked, unless they are provided with suitable barriers or pavements.