E007 Evacuation assembly point

What the green square or rectangle means

In HSE’s guidance on the UK Safety Signs and Signals Regulations 1996, a safe condition sign has a rectangular or square shape Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), Part 2, emergency escape or first-aid signs, intrinsic features (a), page 17 and a white pictogram on a green background (the green part to take up at least 50% of the area of the sign) Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), Part 2, emergency escape or first-aid signs, intrinsic features (b), page 17

Its colour stands for: Emergency escape, No danger, Doors; exits; escape routes; equipment and facilities, Return to normal Health and Safety Executive (HSE), L64 Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Guidance on Regulations (third edition), Table 1, green, meaning or purpose (page 12)

In the UK: HSE L64

L64 does not name this sign. What it says about the whole class applies:

In the US: OSHA

No OSHA general-industry rule we read names this sign or its subject. US signs follow OSHA 1910.145 and ANSI Z535; how the US sign classes work.

Signs people confuse with it, or find beside it

• E001 Emergency exit (left hand)
• E002 Emergency exit (right hand)

Other safe condition signs

• E001 Emergency exit (left hand)
• E002 Emergency exit (right hand)
• E003 First aid
• E004 Emergency telephone
• E010 Automated external heart defibrillator
• E011 Eyewash station
• E012 Safety shower