Use of "Safety Yellow" color for Machine Painting
Use of "Safety Yellow" color for Machine Painting
(OP)
Hi,
I am a manufacturing engineer in charge of rebuilding several of the machines on the floor. Along with this mechanical and electrical rebuild, I have decided to paint the machines to give them a fresh, new look.
My question is regarding the use of color for the machines. I am using "Safety Yellow", which is also VERY close to our main company color, to pain the machines; is there a problem with painting a machine this color?
I know that somewhere in the standard for ANSI safety colors, it says to "use sparingly to avoid "lessening" the safety attention grabbing effect." Would painting a whole machine line this color diminish the effect of safety designations?
Thanks in advance.
I am a manufacturing engineer in charge of rebuilding several of the machines on the floor. Along with this mechanical and electrical rebuild, I have decided to paint the machines to give them a fresh, new look.
My question is regarding the use of color for the machines. I am using "Safety Yellow", which is also VERY close to our main company color, to pain the machines; is there a problem with painting a machine this color?
I know that somewhere in the standard for ANSI safety colors, it says to "use sparingly to avoid "lessening" the safety attention grabbing effect." Would painting a whole machine line this color diminish the effect of safety designations?
Thanks in advance.





RE: Use of "Safety Yellow" color for Machine Painting
RE: Use of "Safety Yellow" color for Machine Painting
RE: Use of "Safety Yellow" color for Machine Painting
I'd shy away from the safety color too.
Can anyone more familiar with the relevant regulatory compliance give the OP some ammo to throw managements way. My experience is more on aircraft stores, so not directly relevant.
KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...
RE: Use of "Safety Yellow" color for Machine Painting
RE: Use of "Safety Yellow" color for Machine Painting
The "Warning / Safety Yellow" should be used for anything which poses a potential danger in passage way, work area, access restrictions, many many other places highlighted for potential harm. For trained eyes, the "Safety Yellow" is highly noticeable;- it would however dilute in a similar color background and loose perhaps its warning properties. Indeed, the Caterpillar is painting strikingly their equipment in yellow, but not their workshops, where the red, yellow, green and blue are used only as signal colors. I tend to agree with the posters above advising the buk painting to be neutral color like grey, sand or similar and leave the "safety colors" to their normal designation.
Cheers,
gr2vessels
RE: Use of "Safety Yellow" color for Machine Painting
1910.144(a)(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."