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Mandatory signs

Opaque eye protection must be worn

MSS007 sign: Opaque eye protection must be worn
blue circle
IMO code
MSS007
ISO 7010 number
M007

Where you will meet it

At welding stations and work with strong light sources.

What it means in practice

Wear opaque (shaded) eye protection: ordinary glasses do not protect against arc radiation.

Legal basis

Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) (adopted 05.12.2017), table of mandatory signs. Graphic pattern of the symbol: ISO 7010.

This is not a legal text: in any doubt the current wording of the resolution and regulations decides.

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Sign colours are normative. The file is public domain or CC0 (a Commons recreation of the symbol named by the IMO annex).

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