---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1917.128"
title: "29"
number: "1917.128"
heading: "Signs and marking."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1917.128"
---

# §1917.128. Signs and marking.

- (a) **General.** Signs required by this part shall be clearly worded and legible, and shall contain a key word or legend indicating the reason for the sign.
  - (1) **Key words are such words as Danger, Warning, Caution.**
  - (2) **Legends are more specific explanations such as High Voltage, Close Clearance, Pedestrian Crossing.**
- (b) **Specific.** Every marine terminal shall have conspicuously posted signs as follows:
  - (1) Locations of first aid facilities;
  - (2) Locations of telephones;
  - (3) Telephone numbers of the closest ambulance service, hospital or other source of medical attention, police, fire department, and emergency squad (if any); and
  - (4) **Locations of firefighting and emergency equipment and fire exits.**

## Notes

### 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), 8-2020 (85 FR 58393), or 7-2025 (90 FR 27878), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911. Sections 1917.28 and 1917.31 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553. Section 1917.29 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 1801-1819 and 5 U.S.C. 553.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 30909, July 5, 1983, unless otherwise noted.