Machinery Safety Labels
A great many centuries have passed since human society has evolved and transformed into its current form. Some could say that it’s gone the wrong way and should have chosen a more “natural” or even “spiritual” path. Perhaps, but it is still too early to tell. What we know for sure is that the very existence of our ancestors and the quality of our own life has always vastly depended on safety and efficiency of our tools. Regardless of what we would chose as an example (weapons, water pumps, grinding machines or coffee makers) one thing they always had in common – safety rules.
Our technologically advanced tools and sophisticated machinery that surrounds us and helps us to achieve our important goals seem to have reached its prime and evolved so far that all we need to do is to press a button or say a command to get results.
However, there is a downside to just about everything. It is said that “With a great power comes great responsibility”. And that responsibility is ours. It is up to us to control the use and performance of our tools. It is also our obligation to those who work next to us, those who wait for us to come home, to those who trust our judgment and skills.
As our instruments become more and more sophisticated the safety requirements and security procedures are bound to change accordingly. Safety of employees becomes one of the major priorities due to employers’ growing interest in maintaining smooth and uninterrupted work process (another reason for that is a natural attempt to avoid costly law-suits commonly associated with occupational injuries).
This is why the market of industrial safety signs hasn’t lost any of its enormous potential and on the contrary, keeps showing a constant tendency to grow despite an unstable economy.
Safety signs and labels have been around for quite some time. We use them to designate potentially hazardous areas and to warn each other about dangerous conditions and health risks produced by different types of industrial equipment. One of the numerous categories of safety labeling that we would like to discuss today is designed in a strict accordance with Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), ANSI, and ISO requirements and covers machinery-related aspect of individual safety. It consists of, but is certainly not limited to: Automatic Equipment Hazard, Burn Hazard, Conveyor Hazard, Crushing Safety, Electrical Hazard, Laser Safety, Moving Parts, Personal Protection, Pinch Point Hazard, Rotating Blade Hazards, Shear / Cut Hazards and Welding Hazard labels.
Each category of these machinery safety labels has its own purpose and implementation procedure.
For example:
– Stop Safety Decals – (normally printed on 4mil pressure sensitive vinyl) they serve as an ideal reminder in situations when immediate threat exists and an instant action is required.
– Arrow Safety Stickers – are created to designate the exact area where the hazard might be present helping to prevent incidents.
– Automatic Equipment Hazard labels are made to warn people ahead …