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   safety signs perception and adoption with the iso and ansi standards  
   
نویسنده davoudian talab amir hossein ,azari gholam reza
منبع jundishapur journal of health sciences - 2017 - دوره : 9 - شماره : 4 - صفحه:1 -6
چکیده    Background: one way of controlling hazards in the work environment is a use of safety signs. safety signs are among the safe information group; hence, if these signs are not understood properly it could cause an injury or even death. objectives: the aim of this study is surveying perception of safety signs and adoption with iso and ansi standards. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted during 2013 to 2014 in the 3 provinces of khuzestan, fars, and tehran. the study population included 370 non-monochromatic employees working in the industries. for collecting information, the standard questionnaire of the international organization for standard (iso 9186-1) and demographic information was used. a total of 13 safety signs were utilized for determination of perception. stratified - random sampling method was used, then, the obtained data were utilized using spss-16 software and applying descriptive statistics. results: in this study, the overall rate of perception of safety signswas78.4% with a standard deviation of 15.1%. the lowest percentage of perception was related to the sign “face shield must be worn” (53.5%). in the assessment of safety signs based on ansi z5353 and iso 9186-1 standard, 62.5% and 69.2% of signs can be reached to limit of acceptable perception. conclusions: the perception patterns of safety signs are different. assessing perception of signs show a moderate level of perception in accordance with iso standard; however, to reach ansi standard, implementation of intervention programs (judgment test) is suggested due to perceptual adaptation with target population and redesign of sign with low perception.
کلیدواژه safety ,sign ,perception
آدرس behbahan faculty of medical sciences, department of occupational hygiene, ایران, university of socialwelfare and rehabilitation sciences, department of basic sciences, ایران
پست الکترونیکی azarigh@yahoo.com
 
     
   
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