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Damage Free Sign Labels for Industrial Use from Avery

Sign labels that can be printed with laser or ink jet printers in minutes and removed cleanly from most surfaces serve to notify, instruct, and even protect personnel in just about every area in a facility

August 2, 2018

Throughout industrial plants and warehouses, signs are posted virtually everywhere from the production floor and inside the warehouse to staff offices, conference rooms and even the break room. In most facilities, there is virtually no room or area spared from these notifications, instructions or warnings, whether informal or mandated by law.

How to effectively use safety signage

Avoid sensory overload

Karen Hamel

February 22, 2018

Signage is often posted to make everyone aware of a hazard, but when signage is overwhelming, unclear, vague, improperly placed or poorly maintained it’s true purpose can become minimized or defeated.

Why can’t we see red flags?

No one likes to listen to a pessimist

Dave Johnson

December 1, 2017

Do your safety and health efforts have a sufficient number of realists – or potential pessimists – who know the truth on the ground, and will call it as they see it to more distant and pre-occupied higher-ups?

ISO adopts symbol meaning “to warn of an arc flash”

June 9, 2017

Did you know the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) adopted a new symbol meaning “to warn of an arc flash”? Many workers die each year as a result of arc flash explosion accidents – and most are killed because they failed to wear proper PPE.

Safety signage: No sharp edges, specific colors

May 28, 2014

OSHA’s standard 1910.145(a)(1) covers the use of signs or symbols that warn of and define specific hazards that could harm workers or the public, or both, or to property damage. These specifications are intended to cover all safety signs except those designed for streets, highways, and railroads.

What's black and white and one of the first things an OSHA officer will look for during an inspection? The answer is … your written safety and health plans!