What type of tool is primarily used for flagging hazards?

Safety tape is primarily used for flagging hazards due to its visibility and ease of use. It is often brightly colored, making it easily noticeable, which is essential for alerting people to dangerous areas or conditions. Safety tape can be used to mark off zones that are unsafe or to indicate a boundary that should not be crossed. It is lightweight and portable, allowing personnel to quickly deploy it in various situations where hazards need to be clearly communicated.

While other tools may serve different purposes, such as a fire axe for cutting or a traffic cone for directing traffic, they do not fulfill the role of signaling or marking hazards as effectively as safety tape does. Survey markers are used for marking points on land or to indicate boundaries but are not intended for temporary hazard marking in the same way that safety tape is.