Title :
Considering the Adequacies and Inadequacies of Safety Icons
Author :
Burnett, Rebecca E.
Author_Institution :
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA
Abstract :
Safety icons need to be more recognizable. Even though safety icons are becoming more consistent due to harmonization, they are not always recognized, which contributes to customer and worker dissatisfaction; customer and worker fatality, illness, and injury; material and equipment damage; and/or loss of corporate reputation. A pilot study in which readers/users identified decontextualized safety icons enabled an analysis that spotlights adequacies and inadequacies. The results may influence icon design in ways that improve audience compliance with warnings about safety
Keywords :
safety; audience compliance; decontextualized safety icons; icon design; safety warnings; worker dissatisfaction; worker fatality; ANSI standards; Employment; Hazards; Health and safety; ISO standards; Injuries; Product safety; Safety devices; Standards development; Standards organizations; icons; risk; safety; standards; warnings;
Conference_Titel :
International Professional Communication Conference, 2006 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Saratoga Springs, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9777-0
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9778-9
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2006.320359