Good signage leads the way to safety
Workplaces are bound by a legal requirement to include high visibility, easily comprehensible safety signs in areas of potential hazard. Whether the workplace is in a corporate, construction or manufacturing environment, state-of-the-art safety signs play a key role in OH&S compliance.
Without safety signs, employees would risk causing danger to themselves or others in hazardous areas, or would find themselves uncertain how to proceed in a critical situation such as a workplace fire or chemical spillage.
Beyond the workplace, safety signs are also a common feature in the public arena, whether at the local swimming pool or on a road that requires safety signs to warn drivers of specific dangers. Safety signs also play a role where the workplace and the public arena collide, including road excavations in busy areas or scaffolding as part of a building site in close proximity to passers-by.
State-of-the-art safety signs have a number of key features in common, including high visibility, readability, durability and a striking colour palette to attract attention and deliver their message succinctly and unambiguously.
It's a safe bet that visiting Safety in Action or The Safety Show is the quickest and easiest way to access the biggest array of safety signs in the Australian market. A wide range of suppliers specialising in safety signs will offer product in the latest materials and finishes, and that meets compliance requirements for safety signs.
Ensure your workplace is sufficiently well signed. Follow the signs to Safety In Action, from 20 - 22 April 2010 at Melbourne Exhibition Centre, or The Safety Show, from 26 - 28 October 2010 at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park.