Warehouses and manufacturing facilities are busy places. People, products and vehicles are constantly coming and going.
So how can you make sure than everybody who visits your facility — whether they are employees, contractors, customers or visitors — understand the potential dangers that exist at your business, especially in such potentially hazardous places as the battery room?
The most effective way to make sure that everybody always has access to the most comprehensive information about potential hazards in your work place is to have accurate and proper signage in place at all times.
You Can’t Always Be There
Signs warning of workplace hazards and other potential dangers can keep people safe and out of harm’s way even when there isn’t anybody from the management or supervisory team around to keep an eye on things. When signs that clear state potential dangers are posted in high-visibility areas, you can get your message to “Watch Out!” across even if you can’t always be there yourself.
Now Battery Handling Systems — the battery parts and equipment supplier based in St. Louis, Missouri — has developed a new signage and posting package that you can use in your battery room or other parts of your facility to warn about potential hazards.
Overcomes Language Barriers
The package features nine separate warning signs that feature large symbols that can be easily understood regardless of the language spoken by the observer. They feature laminated surfaces that are easy to clean and are available on intermediate vinyl mounted on 020 Thin PVC.
The signs include:
- Battery Spill Response Kit
- Personal Protective Kit
- Watch For Lift Trucks
- Battery Changing Area
- Broken – Do Not Use Needs Repair
- No Smoking
- Electrical Hazard
- Room Contains Energized Batteries and Corrosive Liquids
- Emergency Eye Wash
The signs come complete with double-sided tape that can be affixed to the back of the signs so they can be posted on practically any area, including walls, windows or even on machinery or vehicles.
For more permanent installations, the signs can be attached to walls and other surface using screws.
Each of the nine signs can be purchased individually, or as a package.
Compliance with Laws and Regulations
Keeping employees and other personnel in your facility informed of potential dangers is not just a good idea, it’s also the law.
The signage and posting package provided by Battery Handling Systems can help you be in compliance with IFC 608.7, NFPA 1 Article 52.3.8, and NFPA 70E, which regulate the communication of hazards in the workplace.
The signs also can help improve safety, notify workers of hidden dangers, and prevent accidents in the workplace, all of which can save you time, money and liability.
These durable, full-color signs can provide essential information 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year. They are ready-to-use and can last up to several years before needing to be replaced.