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Quality Management Systems: ISO 9001:2015
Workshop Flooring / Industrial Floor Demarcification
Intent
Define a standard demarcation code so that travelways and work areas are clearly marked allowing people and vehicles to move about safely.
Scope
Applies to walkways, roadways, storage and specific hazard identification areas where people travel eg. low head room.
Does not apply to offices, cribrooms, switchrooms, control rooms and other rooms that have floor coverings or that have floors of dirt, fines or similar material.
Accountability
Manager
Ensure compliance with the requirements of this standard.
All employees
Know demarcation codes and ensure facilities are used according to their demarcated purpose.
Requirements
- All persons shall use demarcated areas as required by this standard.
- Access ways, including walkways and roadways shall be clearly marked and free of obstruction.
- A standard walkway shall be 1 metre wide (0.6 metre minimum at any point) and its route shall be clear of obstacles such as doors, open windows and other protrusions.
- Roadway demarcation shall be in accordance with AS1742 Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices and shall include paint, windrows, marker posts, tyres and barriers.
- Vehicles shall only be parked in demarcated parking places.
- Where floor areas are marked to illustrate their purpose (eg. work area, walkway, storage area) this shall be by a 75 mm wide line or border, of the designated colour, that adjoins the sunflower yellow demarcation line (see attachment 1 Example: Floor area demarcation).
- The floor areas immediately surrounding workshop machinery shall be suitably marked out, kept free of dry loose material and prevented from becoming slippery.
- Demarcation lines and painted areas shall be maintained so they are always clearly visible.
- Painting of handrails shall not be mandatory. New, galvanised stairs and handrails need not be painted unless decided eg. for corrosion protection.
- The Manager shall approve each use of the sunflower yellow/black combination to alert employees to specific hazards.
Colour *
sunflower yellow
black letters (AS2700-Y15)
FLAMMABLES
Apply to:
used alone or with black to indicate where caution is required, including where radiation hazard exists:
- basic demarcation line (75 mm wide on floor)
- location and width of access ways
- mobile plant and equipment
- barricade markings and temporary barricades
- barricade markings and temporary barricades
- flashing lights, stacking demarcation
- low pulley blocks and crane hooks
- corner marker for storage piles
- machine and traffic guards
- traffic markings, parking bays
- fixed ladders and cages
- top and bottom tread of stairs where caution needed
- handrails (all rails and kickboard, if painted now)
- flammable liquid cabinets (labelling in black required, see example left)
- drawing attention to hazards created by removal of guards/covers
- rooms or areas where radioactive materials are stored or handled
Colour *
sunflower yellow/black
75 mm horizontal, vertical or 45°strips (AS2700-Y15)
A
B
C
Apply to:
hazard identification, for best attention in difficult environments (should not be over-used to detract from its value):
- hazard identification (eg low head room, height change, drop into pit, beams and low pipes, low doorways)
- pillars, posts or columns that might be struck
- road speed humps
- barrier rails
SELECT FROM STYLES SHOWN LEFT:
A. small circular/irregular/non-flat shaped vertical objects (eg. post, column, duct, pipe)
B. small circular/irregular non-flat shaped horizontal objects (eg. pipe, rail, duct, beam)
C. flat objects (eg. large tanks, walls, floors, steel beams)
Colour *
jade
(AS2700-G21)
Apply to:
- walkways (on floor) as 75 mm strip on each inner edge
Colour *
silver-grey
(AS2700-N24)
Apply to:
- laydown and storage areas (on floor) as 75 mm strip on each inner edge (except where bordered by walls)
Colour *
bright blue
(AS2700-B23)
Apply to:
- work areas (on floor) as 75 mm strip on all edges (except where bordered by walls)
Colour *
signal red
(AS2700-R13)
Apply to:
used to identify or indicate location of danger, fire protection equipment and apparatus and stop buttons and emergency stop controls:
- fire alarms and boxes
- boxes for fire suits
- positions of fire extinguishers
- position of fire hose, reels (other than on hose itself)
- fire pumps
- valve locations for all fire services
- sprinkler piping and hydrants
- location of other equipment to be used in an emergency
- keep clear areas - below fire or electrical installations:
- have an area 1000 mm standard (at least 800 mm) out from wall kept free on the floor below them
- width of marked floor area to extend 250 mm each side of the equipment to minimum 1000 mm
- fully painted (within the golden yellow demarcation outline)
- marked with words ‘KEEP CLEAR’ in white Arial font upper case, 150 mm high
Colour *
signal red/white
75 mm @ 45°stripes (AS2700-R13)
Apply to:
- fire equipment (wall marking)
- 1800 mm high from floor up wall (or 250 mm above equipment) and 250 mm each side of equipment if possible (minimum 1000 mm wide to match floor marking)
- stripes from top right to bottom left
- for example illustration see standard Fire extinguishing equipment
Colour *
orange
(AS2700-X15)
Apply to:
- colour of electrical switchgear, services, conduit and allied fittings (not electric motors)
DOES NOT APPLY IN OFFICES
Colour *
jade/white
75mm @ 45°stripes (AS2700-G21)
Apply to:
used with white to denote safety and indicating location of safety equipment (other than for firefighting), fully painted on wall and floor:
- location of first aid equipment, including stretchers
- location of respiratory protective equipment and rescue equipment
- safety showers and eyewash location
- exit signs (for sign only)
- safety instruction signs
- 1800 mm high from floor up wall (or 250 mm above equipment) and 250 mm each side of equipment (minimum 1000 mm wide to match floor marking)
- stripes from top right to bottom left
- keep clear area below safety equipment:
- have an area 1000 mm standard (at least 800 mm) out from wall kept free on the floor below them
- width of marked floor area to extend 250 mm each side of the equipment to minimum 1000 mm
- fully painted green and white stripes (within the golden yellow demarcation outline)
Related Documents
Notices and signs
Amenities and sanitation
Good stacking and storage
Scrap and refuse bins
Fire extinguishing equipment
AS 2700-1996 Colour standards for general purposes (as applied to AS1318)
AS 1742 Manual of uniform traffic control devices
AS 1318-1985 Use of colour for the marking of physical hazards and the identification of certain equipment in industry (Sections: 1.4, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Attachments
Attachment 1: Example – Floor Area Demarcation
