My favorite Safety icons

rjwerth · Jul 15, 2012

Anyone who has not read the owner's manual to their Kioti tractor really should...and not just because you should. It is hysterical. Some of the translations and cultural differences between S. Korea and the US really stand out in a humorous way (like driving out of a paddy field). Perhaps I'm a bit twisted, but I found these two safety icons especially funny:

rd_macgregor · Jul 16, 2012

I'm not sure "funny" is quite the right word, but some are certainly cringe-worthy. I was working on my Wallenstein chipper yesterday and noticed the amputated-finger warning sticker. Page 13 off this manual has a bunch of them (including the finger one): http://www.embmfg.com/File.aspx?id=68a45c7d-61e7-4201-a2b1-93bc5cce82ec&display=full
I guess the ones that catch your attention are doing their job; they certainly convey the message that it isn't a good idea to get careless around equipment.
BOB

rjwerth · Jul 16, 2012

Nice ones. They are a bit more "self-explanatory" than the ones I posted. To be fair, if you find the right paragraph for the icons (they are not really captioned directly) they of course make sense...but without some text, I'm left to make up my own stories.