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Warning signs

Warning: Hot surface

WSS017 sign: Warning: Hot surface
yellow triangle
IMO code
WSS017
ISO 7010 number
W017

Where you will meet it

In the engine room at steam lines and exhaust manifolds, and in the galley.

What it means in practice

Hot surface: risk of burns, even through gloves.

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).

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