Warning signs
Warning: Automatic start-up
- IMO code
- WSS018
- ISO 7010 number
- W018
Where you will meet it
At compressors, pumps, fans and steering gear with automatic start.
What it means in practice
The machine can start on its own, without warning. Before working on it you isolate the power and hang a tag (lockout/tagout).
Legal basis
Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) (adopted 05.12.2017), table of warning 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).