Making High Quality Safety Signs

DuraLabel 7000 Thermal Transfer Sign Printer makes quality, durable safety signs.

What are the benefits of having a safety sign program in your facility? Safety signs are important, and they are not just about meeting code requirements. Safety signs are about saving lives, and preventing injuries and health problems.

Safety signs must be concise and to the point. Safety signs should use as few words as possible, while clearly communicating the desired message. That way the sign will provide the needed safety information clearly and in a way that is quickly communicated. A safety sign should not be telling a story.

When making OSHA compliant safety signs, you do not want a sign that presents a safety hazard itself.

OSHA specifies that signs must have rounded or blunt corners and that they not have sharp edges, burrs, splinters, or other sharp projections. OSHA also specifies that the means of attaching the sign to a wall, post or other supporting material must not result in a hazard. For example, the ends or heads of bolts or other fastening devices must be located in such a way that they do not constitute a hazard.

In general, the wording on signs should be easily read and concise.
Sign wording should make a positive, rather than negative suggestion and it should be factually accurate.

Signs can be used anywhere in your facility where necessary and the high resolution of a DuraLabel printer will make the sign visible from quite a distance.

Safety signs improve safety, but a comprehensive sign program delivers even more benefits.

The benefits of a comprehensive sign program include:

• Proper use of safety signs reduces accidents, improves safety, and lowers work's comp. insurance and medical costs.


• Signs and labels communicate needed information and result in a reduction in errors, which in turn decreases the amount of scrapped material and damaged equipment.


• Improves operations and production efficiency.


• Increases training effectiveness, which reduces training time and costs.


• Reduces downtime which increases productivity.


• Improves maintenance efficiency which reduces maintenance costs.


• Improves housekeeping programs - a cleaner, neater, more efficient looking facility helps impress potential customers.


• Inexpensive for the company to implement.

Reduce your maintenance and production costs...

Proper labeling, tagging and signage puts information right at the point of need -- on equipment, pipes, aisles, doorways and wherever else identification is needed.

A well marked facility means contractors, maintenance personnel and new employees don't waste time searching for information. It reduces accidents, improves safety and lowers worker's comp. insurance and medical costs.