Warning signs
Warning: Biological hazard
- IMO code
- WSS009
- ISO 7010 number
- W009
Where you will meet it
At the sewage plant, and in the hospital at medical waste.
What it means in practice
Biological hazard: infectious material. Contact only in gloves and by the procedure.
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).