What does the Safety shower symbol look like?

Green square with a white standing person under a shower head with a spray of dots, and a small white cross at upper right. It is also called “E012”, “drench shower”, “emergency shower” and “safety shower”.

Safety shower symbol: green square with a white standing person under a shower head with a spray of dots, and a small white cross at upper right — ISO 7010-E012

Sign type set by Directive 92/58/EEC (Annex II) and the UK Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 (Schedule 1); pictogram drawn to ISO 7010, which both allow.

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Safety shower

Green square with a white standing person under a shower head with a spray of dots, and a small white cross at upper right. · also called “E012”, “drench shower”, “emergency shower”, “safety shower”

What the Safety shower symbol means

Safety shower

An emergency safety shower is located here for rinsing the body after contamination, such as a chemical splash. Get under it straight away if your skin or clothes are contaminated.

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Questions about the Safety shower symbol

What does the Safety shower symbol mean?: An emergency safety shower is located here for rinsing the body after contamination, such as a chemical splash. Get under it straight away if your skin or clothes are contaminated.
What does the Safety shower symbol look like?: Green square with a white standing person under a shower head with a spray of dots, and a small white cross at upper right. It is also called “E012”, “drench shower”, “emergency shower” and “safety shower”.
Which standard defines the Safety shower symbol?: It is listed as ISO 7010-E012.

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