Mandatory signs
Wear respiratory protection
- IMO code
- MSS017
- ISO 7010 number
- M017
- The crew says
- respirator, dust mask
Where you will meet it
At work in a dangerous atmosphere: tanks, enclosed spaces, fumigated holds.
What it means in practice
Wear the respiratory protection named in the procedure: from a filter half-mask up to breathing apparatus.
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).