We sell a wide range of tags, labels and signs here at Label Source, all of which have certain applications around the workplace. But what if you want to create a notice of your own? What if you've printed out some important information on A4 paper, and now you need a way of displaying it prominently around your premises?
Actually, we can help with situations like this as well. Our clear plastic document pockets are perfect for notices and documents that need to be clearly exhibited in the workplace; the pockets come in a variety of different sizes (A3, A4, A5 and A7) and orientations (portrait/landscape), giving you an easy way to convey printed information to your colleagues.
Our best-selling document pockets come with self-adhesive backing that allows the user to simply attach the pocket (and the document therein) to the appropriate surface with zero hassle or fuss. However, if our self-adhesive document pockets aren't suitable for your needs, we offer a variety of other attachement methods, including:
To browse our document pocket range and place your order online, please click here.
One ever-popular health and safety issue on social media concerns the dangerous practices that people continue to engage in when working at height.
Incredulous bystanders, armed with their mobile phones, are able to photograph the latest misuse of ladders or steps as workers foolishly attempt to defy the laws of gravity.
Inadequately prepared, these 'cowboy builders' often improvise means of reaching areas well outside their reach. They have supreme confidence in their abilities, which - they seem to believe - include everything from the balance and the dexterity of a trained gymnast to the strength of a strongman and the analytical capabilties of a mathematician. The ladder structures often balance precariously, sometimes aided by assistants who have to support the structure with brute strength while the ladder user is fully extended from the topmost rung.
However, health and safety statistics reveal that falls from height continue to be the most common type of fatal accident, accounting for 29% of all UK workplace deaths in 2014-15. Also, it is a major contributor to loss of working days due to recovery from injuries sustained through falling. Regrettably, these figures remain stubbornly high, showing no indication of decreasing.
So, as the bystanders capture the action, they have every reason to fear the worst, as things are likely to have a sad ending - if not today, then in the future, as luck and extremely good fortune cannot go on forever.
All photos from @davidgcant on Twitter. Be sure to follow @LabelSourceUK if you're a Twitter user yourself!
If there are visible pipes on your premises and those pipes contain potentially hazardous substances, you are required by UK law to ensure that the pipes are clearly labelled to warn people of each pipe's contents. The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 state the following:
"Visible pipes in the workplace containing or transporting hazardous substances and mixtures should generally be labelled with the relevant pictograms in accordance with CLP Regulation."
If you have unlabelled pipes in your building, we recommend using our pipeline flow labels to mark your pipes and ensure that you are meeting your occupational health and safety obligations.
We sell flow labels for all kinds of different pipelines - our range covers everything from different types of water (e.g. Hot Water, Chlorinated Water) to hazardous chemicals such as Phosphoric Acid. Each self-adhesive label is printed with the name of the susbtance inside the pipe, and the range is also colour-coded to make identification even quicker. For example, the labels for water pipes are coloured green, air pipe labels are light blue, hazardous chemicals are purple, and so on.
These labels also make it easy to identify the direction of the pipe's flow. Each label has a detachable arrow on either end; when applying the label, you can simply tear off the arrow you don't need to show which way the pipe's contents are flowing. This quick visual indicator makes the nature of each pipe even clearer, and may come in handy for plumbers and/or service personnel.
Labels corresponding to hazardous substances/mixtures include hazard triangle pictograms, ensuring that your pipes meet the requirements set out in The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996.
Click here to browse our full range of flow labels.
If you need to stock up on ANSI labels, we at Label Source can help - we stock an extensive variety of ANSI safety labels, which can be used to identify the following hazards (among others):
- High voltages
- Crush hazards / pinch points
- Harmful chemicals
- Hot surfaces
- Environments that necessitate the use of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
All of our ANSI labels are made of self-adhesive vinyl with a clear polyester laminate. The labels are available in two different sizes (25mm x 50mm and 50mm x100mm), and we supply them in packs of 100 labels each.
What is ANSI?
ANSI stands for the American National Standards Institute. This organisation is responsible for a huge number of different standards in use throughout the United States; they also work to co-ordinate American standards with international standards to ensure that products manufactured in the USA can be used in other countries.
Our ANSI Safety Labels
The labels in our ANSI range are specifically made to comply with the American National Standards Institute's guidelines for health and safety labelling. Each one looks something like this:
The top-right part of the label will usually say WARNING, DANGER or CAUTION. Underneath this is a description of the hazard in question (e.g. 'Pinch point') and/or a set of safety instructions for those who might come into contact with this hazard (e.g. 'Keep hands clear'). The left-hand side of the label is occupied by a universally-recongisable hazard warning symbol; these symbols are identical to those used in the United Kingdom and the EU in accordance with ISO EN 1710 and the Safety Signs and Signals Regulations 1996.
Click here to browse our collection of ANSI labels, or visit our Safety Labelling department to view our full range of hazard warning labels.
There's been a lot of uncertainty here in the UK over the past week or so. Last week, a referendum was held to determine whether or not the country should remain a member of the European Union. The public voted to leave the EU, but exactly what happens next has not yet become clear - Prime Minister David Cameron announced in the wake of the vote that he would be stepping down, and a successor will not be chosen until later this year. The new PM will then decide the best course of action; in the meantime, nobody is entirely sure of where Britain stands. The pound is down, the country has no clear leadership right now, and there's a large question mark hanging over issues such as international trade and free movement.
However, we're not letting all this uncertainty cause problems for us here at Label Source. In fact, if you're one of our many customers in Europe, there are a lot of reasons to be happy about the current situation; in particular, the drop in value of the pound means that our products are among the most cost-effective on the international market right now!
Accordingly, we've recently seen an increase in orders from countries like Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Malta and Italy. Here are some of the benefits of ordering from us...
Why should EU companies buy from Label Source?
- Our customers can pay in Euros as well as GBP
- We accept payments by bank transfer
- We offer competitive international delivery rates
- Orders can be placed online or offline (click here to view our contact information)
- We offer a huge range of products, many of which can be customised to your specifications
Click here to browse Label Source's full range of products and place an order via our website.
