Safety signs and signals
Safety signs and signals / Señales de seguridad
1. A crane has to do a difficult lift. The signaller asks you to help, but you are not trained in plant signals. What should you do? / Una grúa tiene que hacer un elevado difícil, pero tú no estás entrenado en las señales de planta. ¿Qué deberías hacer?
A) Politely refuse and explain you don’t know how to signal /Rechazarlo educadamente y explicar que no sabes como señalizar
B) Start giving signals to the crane driver
C) Only help if the signaller really can’t manage alone
D) Ask the signaller to show you what signals to use
2. A truck has to tip materials into a trench. Who should give signals to the truck driver? / Un camión tiene que meter materiales en una zanja. ¿Quién debería hacerle señales al conductor?
A) Anyone who is wearing a hi-vis coat
B) Someone standing in the trench
C) Someone who knows the signals
D) Only the person who is trained and appointed for the job / Sólo la persona que está entrenada y determinada para el trabajo
3. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Assemble here in the event of a fire
B) Fire extinguishers and fire-fighting equipment kept here / Extintores y material contra fuego está aquí.
C) Parking reserved for emergency service vehicles
D) Do not store flammable materials here
4. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Fire alarm call point / Punto de llamada a alarma de incendio
B) Hot surface, do not touch
C) Wear flameproof hand protection
D) Emergency light switch
5. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Press here to sound the fire alarm
B) Fire hose reel located here / Lugar de manguera ante incendios
C) Turn key to open fire door
D) Do not use if there is a fire
6. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Wear hearing protection if you want to
B) You must wear hearing protection / Debes llevar protectores auditivos
C) No personal stereos or MP3 players
D) Caution, noisy machinery
7. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Safety glasses cleaning station
B) Warning, bright lights or lasers
C) Caution, poor lighting
D) You must wear safety eye protection / Debes llevar protectores de seguridad oculares
8. Blue and white signs are: / Señales azules y blancas son:
A) Mandatory signs – meaning you MUST do something / Señales obligatorias – significa que debes hacer algo
B) Prohibition signs – meaning you MUST NOT do something
C) Warning signs – alerting you to hazards or danger
D) Safe condition signs – giving you information
9. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Safety boots or safety shoes must be worn / Debes llevar botas de seguridad o calzado de seguridad
B) Wellington boots must be worn
C) Be aware of slip and trip hazards
D) No dirty footwear past this point
10. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) You must carry safety gloves at all times
B) Dispose of used safety gloves here
C) Safety gloves do not need to be worn
D) Safety gloves must be worn / Debes llevar guantes de seguridad
11. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Wear white clothes at night
B) Hi-vis clothing must be worn / Debes llevar chaleco reflectante
C) Do nothing, it only applies to managers
D) Cover up bare arms
12. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Smoking is allowed
B) Danger flammable materials present
C) No smoking / Prohibido fumar
D) No explosives or naked flames
13. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) No lone working
B) No entry without a hard hat
C) No pedestrians or entry for people on foot / Prohibido peaottones o persona a pie
D) No entry during the day
14. Round red and white signs with a diagonal line are: / Circulos rojos y blancos con una linea diagonal son:
A) Mandatory signs – meaning you MUST do something
B) Prohibition signs – meaning you MUST NOT do something / Señales de prohibido –significan que tu no deberías hacer algo
C) Warning signs – alerting you to hazards or dange
D) Safe condition signs – giving you information
15. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Do not jump across any gaps in the scaffold
B) Do not work on the first lift of the scaffold
C) Do not access the scaffold because it is incomplete or not safe / Prohibido accede al andamio porque está incompleto o no es seguro
D) Do not walk under the scaffold
16. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) No running allowed
B) There is no escape route / No hay salida
C) This is a fire door
D) Fire escape route
17. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) It tells you where the canteen is located
B) It tells you which direction to walk
C) It tells you where to assemble in case of an emergency / Te dice donde juntarte en caso de emergencia (Punto de encuentro)
D) It tells you where the site induction room is located
18. Green and white signs are: / Señales blancas y verdes son:
A) Mandatory signs – meaning you MUST do something
B) Prohibition signs – meaning you MUST NOT do something
C) Warning signs – alerting you to hazards or danger
D) Safe condition signs – giving you information / Señales de condiciones de seguridad – te dan información
19. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Toilets and shower facilities
B) Drying area for wet weather clothes
C) Emergency first-aid shower / Ducha de emergencia y primeros auxilios
D) Fire sprinklers above
20. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Risk of electrocution / Riesgo de electrocución
B) Risk of static shock
C) Live electrical appliance
D) Risk of lightning
21. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Dispose of substance or contents by burning
B) Warning – substance or contents are flammable (can catch fire easily) / Peligro – sustancia o contenido es inflammable (puede prender fuego facilmente)
C) Warning – substance or contents could explode
D) Warning – substance or contents are harmful
22. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Radioactive area
B) Warning – explosive substance
C) Flashing lights ahead
D) Warning – laser beams / Peligro – rayos láser
23. Yellow and black signs are: / Señales amarillas y negras son:
A) Mandatory signs – meaning you MUST do something
B) Prohibition signs – meaning you MUST NOT do something
C) Warning signs – alerting you to hazards or danger / Señales de peligro – te alertan de los peligros o daños
D) Safe condition signs – giving you information
24. What does this sign mean? / ¿Qué significa está señal?
A) Plant operators are wanted
B) Industrial vehicles are moving about / Vehículos industrials en movimiento
C) Manual handling is not allowed
D) Storage area
