Hong Kong Chinese and Korean comprehension of American security safety symbols

Chan, Alan H. S.; Han, Sung H.; Ng, Annie W. Y.; Park, Wonkyu

doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2009.02.009

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“…Chan et al obtained average perceptions of 63.08% (SD = 28.41) in the American people and showed that the overall average perception of the safety signs in Hong Kong and Korea was 20.47% and 21.94%, respectively (11). A study conducted by Zamanian et al showed the overall average correct perception to be 70.94% (SD = 27.38).…”

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“…In order to assess the level compliance of safety signs with the standard ISO9186, in this study 69.2% of the samples reached an acceptable standard (3), while in the study conducted by Moradi et al (13), 44% samples were able to reach an acceptable standard ISO3864 (18). In the study conducted by Chan et al, in assessing the perception of signs by the American people, 50% of the samples reached an acceptable standard, while in the population of Hong Kong and Korea only 8.33% samples could reach an acceptable standard ISO3864 (11). In assessing perception rate of safety signs in provinces separately, 76%, 46%, and 42% of the safety signs, respectively, in provinces of Khuzestan, Tehran, and Fars could obtain acceptable limit of the standard ANSI Z535.3.…”

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“…In addition, in various countries, the rate of perception of safety signs is different. These differences are due to the differences in cultural background (15), how to display safety signs and graphic symbols (16), as well as ways of thinking in different societies (11) that cause this change in the perception rate of the safety signs in different countries. In order to assess the level of compliance of the perception of safety signs with standard ANSIZ5353, the American national standards institute (ANSI), 62.5% of signs could reach an acceptable level of perception according to ANSIZ5353.…”

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“…The studies showed that safety signs have to be evaluated regarding their correct comprehension by people before use (11). However, some studies have shown a poor perception of the safety signs (5).…”

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Safety Signs Perception and Adoption with the ISO and ANSI Standards

Talab¹,

Azari

2017

Jundishapur J Health Sci

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Background: One way of controlling hazards in the work environment is a use of safety signs. Safety signs are among the safe information group; hence, if these signs are not understood properly it could cause an injury or even death. Objectives: The aim of this study is surveying perception of safety signs and adoption with ISO and ANSI standards. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted during 2013 to 2014 in the 3 provinces of Khuzestan, Fars, and Tehran. The study population included 370 non-monochromatic employees working in the industries. For collecting information, the standard questionnaire of the international organization for standard (ISO 9186-1) and demographic information was used. A total of 13 safety signs were utilized for determination of perception. Stratified -Random sampling method was used, then, the obtained data were utilized using SPSS-16 software and applying descriptive statistics. Results: In this study, the overall rate of perception of safety signs was 78.4% with a standard deviation of 15.1%. The lowest percentage of perception was related to the sign "face shield must be worn" (53.5%). In the assessment of safety signs based on ANSI Z5353 and ISO 9186-1 standard, 62.5% and 69.2% of signs can be reached to limit of acceptable perception. Conclusions:The perception patterns of safety signs are different. Assessing perception of signs show a moderate level of perception in accordance with ISO standard; however, to reach ANSI standard, implementation of intervention programs (Judgment test) is suggested due to perceptual adaptation with target population and redesign of sign with low perception.

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2017

Jundishapur J Health Sci

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“…Based on some studies, various factors such as the level of education, working experience, working time (7)(8)(9), type of safety signs (10,11), background * color of safety signs and training (12)(13)(14) affect the individuals' comprehension of the safety signs. Yet, cultural differences are also effective in comprehension of safety signs (15). For instance, Chan et al conducted a study in U.S. and showed that the Chinese and Korean residents of U.S. comprehend the safety signs less than the Americans.…”

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Comprehension of workplace safety signs: A case study in Shiraz industrial park

Zamanian

Amini

Davoudiantalab

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Received: May 2013, Accepted: March 2014 Background: Safety signs provide information as well as instructions concerning the hazard or dangers in the workplace. The correct comprehension of these signs is very important for doing the necessary feedback in the specific situation which are described. Materials and methods:In this descriptive study, the comprehension of 10 selected safety signs were investigated in 53 randomly selected employees of an industrial company in Shiraz. The comprehension test was carried out with the aid of a standard questionnaire obtained from ISO 9186-1:2007. Results: In this study the mean comprehension scores of the tested signs were 65.95 percent with standard deviation if 28.7. The highest and lowest comprehension scores were for "use hearing protectors" and "biological hazard" respectively. The comprehension of 40 percent of the tested safety signs was lower than the minimum acceptable values of ISO 3864 and ANSI Z535.3 standards. Conclusion: This study showed that there is a significant difference in comprehensions of tested safety signs. For full comprehension of safety signs it is necessary to train the employees or add supplementary texts to the symbols in some cases.

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