Safety Labels

American industries are required by the Federal Government to adhere to standard guidelines for safety labels. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the government entity responsible for enforcing workplace safety regulations. These labels play a large role in promoting a culture of safety within a company.

Many industries require some kind of safety label to warn employees, customers or visitors about a potential hazard. Those warning labels instruct individuals how to handle a certain situation. “Hazard;” “Warning;” “Caution;” and “Danger” are few typical words printed on a safety label. Further written instructions on how to properly use equipment.  Symbols and pictorials of human beings performing the do's and don’ts of using a piece of equipment can also be printed on safety labels to reinforce the urgency of the message.

There are warning and safety labels available for any situation ranging from the most common to the extremely obscure. Many graphics companies have catalogs featuring common labels used across different industries. The medical, telecommunications, military, manufacturing and aerospace industries are a few examples. A graphics company can also help a client develop a specific warning label unique to its business operations.

Everywhere you go, whether it’s the workplace, home or the grocery store, warning labels adorn heavy machinery, electronic components and consumer chemical products. In the workplace safety labels warn employees about a menagerie of hazards: burns, crush and impact, environmental, biohazard, heat and fire, cutting and puncture, corrosive materials, eye protection and electric shock. 

The International Organization for Standardization and The American National Standards Institute develop product safety compliance standards. These not-for-profit organizations test the durability and efficiency of all kinds of safety products. From steel-toed work boots to protective eye-ware to product safety labels these organizations set the product safety guidelines for the national and international community. With ever changing compliance guidelines, it’s essential for a graphics company to keep up with changing compliance issues in the industries they serve.

Safety labels are made from a vast array of materials. There are polyester labels, flexible vinyl labels and polycarbonate (plastic) labels, aluminum labels, magnetic labels and glow-in-the-dark labels. Labels can come in several formats from rolls, sheets, to individual pieces. You can order labels in virtually any shape and size. Any label can be custom made to fit any type of job. Labels that come on a roll can be square cut, rectangle cut, oval cut, circle cut or cut with a custom made die. Labels can be screen printed, flexo printed, or hot stamp printed.

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