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Labelling & Signage

Improving safety with floor markers and labelling.

Anybody who is running a business these days will know how important it is to keep up to date with health and safety issues. Slips or trips account for more than half of all accidents in the workplace, usually resulting in fractures to arms, ankles and wrists, and more often than not, a hefty bill for the employer when it comes to paying out insurance claims. Nevertheless, there is a lot employers can do to reduce the risk of accidents, and that's where BiGDUG's range of floor markers can help.

As an employer, you will know that regulation 12 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 stipulates that every floor, surface or traffic route in a workplace should be suitable for the purpose for which it is used, and should be properly constructed and maintained for safe usage. Choosing the right floor markers in your warehouse is a step in the right direction to doing this. Using Floor markers is the safe and visible way to mark out the floor of working areas. They also allow staff to identify where pallets, shelving and walkways are located.

Additionally, the area should (as far as is reasonably practicable) be kept free from obstructions, articles or substances which may cause a person to slip, trip or fall. Clear signage in the immediate vicinity of any potentially dangerous area is another way to ensure the safety of your staff and customers.

Labelling and signage

Labelling and signage is another way to ensure that your staff are safe while they are at work. Anything which can be harmful should be noted down for in your labelling and signage manual, and the correct information about the product should be clearly displayed. Labelling dangerous products or attaching signage to hazardous areas is something which all employers should do, so make sure you have a member of your staff who is charged with labelling these areas. It's worth remembering that clear and concise signage has been proved to be one of the most efficient ways of reducing accidents in the workplace.

Safety representatives encounter slips and trips more frequently than any other kind of industrial hazard, and planning where your floor markers will go can help cut down the number of these incidents. Before you make your choice of floor markers, why not carry out a survey of incidents which have occurred in your workplace. Start by drawing a sketch map and marking with a cross those areas where slips and trips have been reported in the past twelve months, adding areas where 'near misses' (incidents that have not resulted in injury) have occurred and gathering from colleagues the reasons why people have slipped or tripped. Once you have this information, it is relatively easy to plot out where your floor markers can be placed, which, as long as they are adhered to, should cut down on the number of claims against your company.