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.

Electric shocks cause thousands of serious injuries each year in the UK alone - even those who are lucky enough to escape electrocution (death by electric shock) can still end up suffering from burns, persistent pain, heart/respiratory problems, and numerous other consequences.

For this reason, it's extremely important that everyone does their bit to minimise the risk posed by electrical hazards. If you are responsible for managing premises that contain such hazards, it is your duty to inform those around you of the danger. This is best achieved through the use of electric shock notices: signs and labels that warn of potentially lethal electrical installations.

Here are some examples of how electric shock notices can be deployed to protect people's safety:

• Generic electrical warning signs should be placed near any electrical hazards
   
• If the specific voltage is known, it's a good idea to identify this with an appropriate label or sign

• An electric shock treatment guide may help to save a life if an incident does arise
  
  
• Electric shocks can often be prevented using the correct PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) - put up PPE signs to remind people of this

Click here to browse Label Source's complete range of electrical notices, signs and labels.

It's the final day of Health and Safety Week today, and with the focus being  "Inspiring excellence in the profession" we thought we'd provide you with a last minute suggestion on how you can boost health and safety engagement in your workplace.

There are a number of ways to improve health and safety engagement, from rewarding workers for their initiative, organising a health and safety presentation to be delivered by your employees or including your staff when you're carrying out health and safety measures, but one of our favourite methods is a good, old, classic quiz. There are bound to be plenty of safety signs and hazard notices placed all over your workplace, but do the workers using these premises actually take note of them and understand what they mean? To find out, you can organise a quiz which includes all the signs and notices in the building - for each correct symbol, the employee gains a point. To encourage your employees to scrub up on their health and safety knowledge even more, you could provide the top-scoring employee with a prize!

To give you a rough idea of what your quizzes should look like, we've taken it upon ourselves to get the ball rolling and provide you with an example below. Set your employees weekly tests to do and in no time they'll be health and safety experts!

What do these symbols mean?

1) We'll start you off easy! Click here to find out if you're correct. 

2) This symbol is everywhere! Answer here. 

3) Come on, you've got to get this one! Answer here. 

4) We're stepping it up a notch! Click here to see if you're right.

5) Not sure on this one? Click here for the answer!

6) We'll give you a clue, it has nothing to do with snowmen! Answer here.

7) What do these wavy lines mean? Find out here. 

8) What does this skull tell you? Click here to find out! 

9) Everyone should recognise this! Click here to find out the answer.

10) This one certainly stands out! To find out the answer click here.