Mandatory signs
Wear ear protection
- IMO code
- MSS003
- ISO 7010 number
- M003
Where you will meet it
At the entrances to the engine room and other high-noise spaces.
What it means in practice
Wear ear protection. Engine room noise exceeds the levels at which hearing is damaged permanently and painlessly.
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).