An experiment examined five signal words on safety signs for effectiveness at communicating information about severity of a hazard. Perceived severity was rated by 59 college students for the signal words Deadly, Danger, Warning, Caution, and Notice. Results indicated that Deadly communicated the highest ratings for severity. Danger was second. Warning and Caution were tied for third. The lowest ratings were for Notice
This research examined the influence of warning quality, container hazardousness, and severity of th...
Introduction: Safety signs provide information as well as instructions concerning the hazard or dang...
Signal words, such as DANGER, WARNING, and CAUTION are often used on consumer products to connote va...
Standards for the design of signal word panels specify different combinations of colors, signal word...
Signs are used extensively in workplace facilities and on products to identify hazards and provide i...
Signs are used extensively in workplaces and on products to identify hazards and provide instruction...
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Most studies of warning signs involve undergraduate students as subjects. This paper reports a direc...
Several recent studies have examined the connoted meaning of signal words that are commonly used in ...
This experiment investigated the influence of warning signal words and a signal icon on perceptions ...
This experiment investigated the influence of wal11ingsignal words and a signal icon on perceptions ...
Standards, guidelines, and research findings suggest that safety signs should generally contain four...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-71)This study focused on the effectiveness of warning ...
Department of Human and Systems EngineeringAccidents are multi-causal and can be caused by one or mo...
Participants rated 18 different warning-type statements describing various hazardous scenarios. The ...
This research examined the influence of warning quality, container hazardousness, and severity of th...
Introduction: Safety signs provide information as well as instructions concerning the hazard or dang...
Signal words, such as DANGER, WARNING, and CAUTION are often used on consumer products to connote va...
Standards for the design of signal word panels specify different combinations of colors, signal word...
Signs are used extensively in workplace facilities and on products to identify hazards and provide i...
Signs are used extensively in workplaces and on products to identify hazards and provide instruction...
This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Digital Common...
Most studies of warning signs involve undergraduate students as subjects. This paper reports a direc...
Several recent studies have examined the connoted meaning of signal words that are commonly used in ...
This experiment investigated the influence of warning signal words and a signal icon on perceptions ...
This experiment investigated the influence of wal11ingsignal words and a signal icon on perceptions ...
Standards, guidelines, and research findings suggest that safety signs should generally contain four...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-71)This study focused on the effectiveness of warning ...
Department of Human and Systems EngineeringAccidents are multi-causal and can be caused by one or mo...
Participants rated 18 different warning-type statements describing various hazardous scenarios. The ...
This research examined the influence of warning quality, container hazardousness, and severity of th...
Introduction: Safety signs provide information as well as instructions concerning the hazard or dang...
Signal words, such as DANGER, WARNING, and CAUTION are often used on consumer products to connote va...