Safety signage refers to the use of visual cues, such as signs, labels, pictograms, and markings, to indicate potential hazards and safety instructions in an environment. These signals serve to quickly and clearly inform people of hazards, prohibitions, obligations, and emergency procedures, reducing the likelihood of accidents and injuries.
A safe working environment is a priority within every company, and 2 Sign & Safe is here to help. We specialize in everything related to safety and warehouse signage. You will find all kinds of signage products such as safety labels and pipe marking-adr in the form of various pictograms, but also label printers for printing your own pictograms, among other things.
Safety signage is a crucial part of any company's safety policy. Pictograms clearly indicate where hazards lurk or what instructions should be followed. By strategically placing safety pictograms, you reduce the risk of workplace accidents and significantly increase safety in and around your business. This applies to your staff as well as suppliers and visitors. Therefore, the importance of proper industrial signage cannot be overemphasized.
Examples of safety signage include:
1. Warning signs: Indicate where there are potentially dangerous situations, such as electrical hazards, hazardous materials, or slip hazards.
2. Mandatory signs: Indicate which protective equipment is mandatory in a particular area, such as wearing helmets, gloves or safety glasses.
3. Prohibition signs: Inform about prohibited actions, such as smoking, open flames or cell phone use in certain areas.
4. Rescue signs: Indicate the location of emergency exits, first aid kits, and fire extinguishers.
5. Floor markings: Help indicate safe walking routes, danger zones, and storage areas.
The purpose of safety signage is to create a safe working environment by alerting everyone to potential hazards in a quick and understandable way and providing them with the necessary information to act safely.
Very important in determining the size of icons you need is the indication of readability.
The farther the icon hangs, the larger it needs to be in order to remain legible.
Safety signs for identifying products, pipelines, installations or transport of goods and hazardous materials (GHS and ADR)
Pipe marking
The European directive on pipe marking requires employers to mark all pipes and all places where it is important to know what the contents of a pipe are.
Ignorance regarding the contents of a pipe è potentially dire consequences for workers/machinery.
Identification = insight, secure, time-saving, cost-effective.
ADR and GHS
Transport Hazardous Substances
Vinyl self-adhesive 100×100 250×250 400×300 mm
By sea (IMDG), air (IATA) & by road (ADR), by rail (RID)
Purpose: To inform the carrier, shipper, recipient, emergency responders,....
Locking systems for valves, pipes, installations,...(Lockout tagout)
Lockout-Tagout is an established safety procedure in which the power supply of industrial machinery and equipment is shut off while maintenance or repair work is being performed. The procedure is designed to protect personnel from the release of electrical current and from the hazards of machines in operation.
Marking of hazardous areas
Placing bollards, chains, ribbons or bumpers to demarcate dangerous areas.
Poles with unretractable ribbons, hookable cords or chains
Cones, Demarcation
Metal/PVC bollards
Bumpers
Necklace, Cord, Demarcation Tape
Safety/Traffic Mirrors
Speed bumps
Paint marking
At 2 Sign & Safe, you can purchase security labels directly or you can opt for a label printer that allows you to print all kinds of labels yourself.
With our industrial label printers, you can create your own labels such as multicolored pictograms, bar codes, numbering, warehouse labels, cable marking, CE type plates, pipe marking, texts, GHS labels and so much more.