---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1915.16"
title: "29"
number: "1915.16"
heading: "Warning signs and labels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1915.16"
---

# §1915.16. Warning signs and labels.

- (a) **Employee comprehension of signs and labels.** The Employer shall ensure that each sign or label posted to comply with the requirements of this subpart is presented in a manner that can be perceived and understood by all employees.
- (b) **Posting of large work areas.** A warning sign or label required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section need not be posted at an individual tank, compartment or work space within a work area if the entire work area has been tested and certified: not safe for workers, not safe for hot work, and if the sign or label to this effect is posted conspicuously at each means of access to the work area.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 59 FR 37857, July 25, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 941; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754); 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), or 8-2020 (85 FR 58393); 29 CFR part 1911; and 5 U.S.C. 553, as applicable.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, unless otherwise noted.