As part of our asset marking range, we supply a selection of security etching products, which are ideal for marking property, inventory, computers and more! These are available in the form of standard security marking stencils, and our supermark products, which are ideal for adding an additional level of security for tamper-proof results. This allows you to show clear ownership of a product and enabled quick identification. We allow you to customise your security etching stencils to ensure it fulfills your requirements. To see our full selection of asset marking labels and stencils, click here. 

Here's some more information about our security etching products:

Security Marking Stencils

Our stencil system is used for chemical etching or indelibly marking property and can be customised with user details, including names, postcodes, and number sequences. This allows items to be identified and efficiently traced when stolen or misplaced, which helps to deter crime and locate missing assets. Along with our selection of stencils, a variety of compounds are available to suit the texture and tone of the surface you intend to mark. Pack sizes start from as small as 25 pieces, so you can be sure that you are able to find a product that fits your individual requirements, however large or small they may be.

Supermark Labels & Stencils 

Supermark labels combine the qualities of tamper-proof, laminated and destructible security labels, with permanent marking stencils, in order to provide you with the highest level of security. Like our standard security etching systems, supermark security etching systems can also be customised according to your requirements and can be used on a variety of materials. They are available with one or two lines of text, and are supplied in packs of 50 with their compound.

If you want any more information regarding security etching systems, or about any of our other products, don't hesitate to get in touch, Our friendly team can be reached on 0800 3761 693.

If you've seen our range of hazard warning diamond labels for hazardous goods and substances, you may have wondered why these diamond-shaped stickers come in so many different colours and what each of those colours actually means. Today, we'd like to try and explain.

Below, we discuss hazard label meanings, how the colour code works and why you should be using them.

Chemical Hazard Label Colours, Explained

The colour of a hazard label depends on the type of hazard it identifies. For example:

Orange: Explosives (or Irritants)

Orange labels are used to identify explosive substances and articles. Some labels show the sensitivity of the explosive materials using a numerical scale ranging from 1.1 (mass explosion hazard) to 1.6 (extremely insensitive explosives). Orange labels are sometimes also used to identify irritants.

Green: Compressed Gases

Green labels identify compressed gases or items containing compressed gases.

Red: Flammable

Red means fire and so red hazard labels are used to identify flammable goods (including solids, liquids and gases).

Blue: Dangerous When Wet

If a certain article or substance is dangerous when wet, it may be marked with a blue hazard diamond label like this.

Yellow: Oxidising Agents

Yellow labels denote the presence of hazardous oxidising agents.

Black & White: Miscellaneous

Hazards that do not fit into any of the categories described above may be labelled using a black-and-white diamond like the one shown above.

For example, we sell black-and-white labels for corrosive chemicals, toxic/poisonous goods, radioactive materials, infectious substances, and marine pollutants.

Why Are Chemical Hazard Labels Important?

Chemical hazard labels are important for a few key reasons, namely:

• They categorise risks so staff can take appropriate steps to protect themselves
• They help labs, factories and companies to organise chemicals
• They help to outline steps set out in risk assessments

If you don’t use a hazard label, then it becomes difficult to categorise a risk it carries. To an untrained eye, most chemicals look the same – without labels, staff wouldn’t be to quickly protect and safeguard themselves.

What Are The Laws Surrounding Chemical Hazard Labels?

Under UK law, you need to use chemical hazard labels that comply with:

• CLP
• COSHH
• GHS
• REACH

These four acronyms essentially mean the same thing: to use labels that make sense across countries and cultures. They push forward a homogenised labelling system, where pictograms can be understood by anyone.

At Label Source, we stock labels that comply with all three of the above and will be compliant for the long term.

For more information on labelling regulations, consider reading our blog post on the subject: GHS: What Is A GHS Label and Why Is It Used?

Browse Our Range of Chemical Hazard Labels Today

At Label Source, we stock a range of chemical hazard labels for a multitude of uses. No matter what you need, you can trust us to supply high-quality, durable solutions.

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It is sometimes difficult to quantify the cost of poor quality. Customer complaints, returned goods, lower productivity through re-working or new manufacture, and waste materials are just some of the elements to be considered.

Thus, QC inspection forms a vital function in detecting and preventing defects, in both products and processes, to provide corrective actions and for preventing defective goods being shipped to customers.

Not only does this fortify bottom line financial performance, but has a critical impact on; reduction of waste, scrap or pollution;  lower maintenance costs; increase productivity and operator efficiency; and bolster staff motivation and morale.

Label Source supply a range of QC and QA labelling for marking products, and in identifying their quality status. These include our QC inspection ranges, Inspection labels and our Production status label ranges.

With both workplace deaths and health and safety prosecutions on the rise here in the UK, it appears that Britain's businesses need all the help they can get when it comes to protecting their workers and staying on the right side of the regulations. With that in mind, we should all welcome the announcement that global law firm Clyde & Co have launched a new app - named ClydeCovered - that aims to make workplace safety incidents a little easier to manage.

The ClydeCovered app is free to download, and in the firm's own words, it is "designed to take the guesswork out of whether a workplace incident is notifiable or not...and what steps an individual or business should take following an incident". More specifically, the app allows you to:

• Find out what jurisdiction you are in and who the local health and safety regulator is (e.g. the HSE in Scotland, England and Wales, and the HSENI in Northern Ireland)
  
  
• Identify whether or not an incident needs to be reported to the relevant regulator
  
  
• Create an incident report that can be saved and sent via email
  
  
• Take immediate action (e.g. first aid) in the event of a serious incident
  
  
•  Contact Clyde & Co's emergency response team

At time of writing, the app only covers incidents in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, but Clyde & Co have said that they will be rolling it out "globally" over the next few months. This hopefully means that UK businesses will soon be able to download the app and benefit from its capabilities in the event of a workplace incident.

Of course, while the ClydeCovered app sounds like the perfect tool to have at your disposal in a health and safety emergency, one thing it can't help you to do is stop incidents from occurring in the first place. As American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin once said, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure", and it's better for everyone if you work hard to prevent incidents rather than relying on an app to see you through when something happens.

Preventing workplace incidents:

• Carry out a full risk assessment of your working environment
   
• Take any necessary measures to minimise risk (e.g. using safety labels and signs to warn of hazards)
   
• Remain vigilant and carry out regular re-assessments to ensure that no new risks have arisen

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It's vitally important that you inspect your work equipment before use to ensure that your health and safety isn't at risk. Not all work equipment requires an inspection; however, an inspection is necessary for any equipment where significant risk to your health and safety may occur. You should inspect your work equipment if your risk assessment pinpoints any serious risk to the operator and others. Work equipment that requires inspection should not be used unless the operator has been made aware that an inspection has taken place. 

Here at Label Source we have an excellent range of Record Tags that informs the operator when an inspection was made, who by and if the equipment had passed or failed the inspection. These tags are manufactured in semi-rigid polyropylene plastic, and are waterproof, weatherproof, durable and tear resistant. Our record tags are supplied in packs of 10 and can be attached to work equipment using a cable tie, string or wire. These record tags provide safe operational guidelines in the work place and will ensure that the health and safety of your operators and others isn't at risk.

Our range of record labels include:  

Inspection Record Tag

Equipment Inspection Tag

Work Inspection Record Tag

To see our full range of Record Tags, click here.