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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Prevent Slips, Trips, and Falls with Proper Labeling and Signage

According to the National Safety Council, approximately 12,000 accidental deaths occur each year due to injuries sustained because of a fall. While the most important issue here is lives lost, another issue is the associated economic loss for not only families of fall victims but for organizations.

But there is hope. With the right preparedness, most of these cases can be avoided.

An article entitled "Prevention of Slips, Trips, and Falls" in the April 2008 issue of Facility Safety Management magazine references the Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health, which suggests three general ways to avoid slips, trips, and falls from happening:

Understand how fall accidents happen
Identify trouble areas
Eliminate or minimize hazards of falling

The article goes on to give specific examples and provide more detail, but by simply applying proper safety signs and labels to areas and surfaces where these types of accidents occur, many of these types of accidents can be prevented.

DuraLabel offers many supply options to assist you in safeguarding your employees from slips, trips, and falls. And secondly, DuraLabel wants to prevent your organization from suffering economically as a result of this type of tragedy.

Effective label and sign-making supplies for preventing slips, trips, and falls include: