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.
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