Whether you work on-site, or opperate from a fixed workshop, it is essential that your tools and equipment are properly identifiable, in order to provide the highest level of organisation and safety for your business. Here at Label Source, we provide a vast selection of customisable tool labels, which can be used to provide detailed information and warnings for both staff and external inspectors. 

Here a just some of the tool labels that we can provide:

Asset Marking Labels 

The tools used to conduct your operations are a valuable asset to your business, making the security of these objects an essential task. Our asset and serial numbering range provides a versatile selection of products for monitoring and identifying your tools, using a variety of visual markers to provide fast and efficient identification. These labels can be customised to include a variety of company detials, while also providing space for self-customisation, in the case of universal property labels. These are available in a range of finishes, to suit both your working environment, as well as your desired level of security.

Safety Labels

Handheld tools often come with a variety of handling hazards, which can range from risks caused by moving parts and sharp edges, to a risk of electrocution. In our selection of safety labels, we supply a fantastic range of self adhesive markers, which provide a number of universal and customisable safety warnings, covering a large number of safety risks. All of the products included in our range are produced to UK, EU and international standards, so you can be sure that you are complying to all the necessary regulations, while maintaining a high standard of workplace safety.

To see our full selection of safety signs and labels, head to our homepage!

Recently a new range of mandatory and prohibition safety symbol labels have been added to our safety label ranges.

These are available in three sizes (50mm diameter, 75mm diameter and 100mm diameter) and are supplied in pack sizes of 25 labels. These self adhesive labels are manufactured in self adhesive vinyl, with a clear protective laminated surface, providing protection from scratching or rubbing, mild chemicals and household cleaning solvents, as well as being waterproof.

The mandatory range include eye, ear, hand and foot protection, read manual or instructions, keep locked, lifting point, two person handling and wash your hands.

The prohibition range comprise no smoking, no naked flames, and restrictions on touching, reaching in, stepping on or sitting on, as well as pinch points.

These labels can be used on a variety of plant, equipment, fixtures and fittings to emphasise safe operating practices. All the products comply with ISO EN 1710 and the Safety Signs and Signals Regulations 1996.

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.

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.

Recently, and interesting story published by the Wall Street Journal came to our attention, which discussed the prospect of adding safety warnings to mobile phones. For the vast majority of us, these devices are an essential item that we use and carry with us every day, which makes it rather worrying to think that we may be unknowingly putting ourselves at risk without being provided with proper instructions.

Just recently, MP's voted for a law which states that all cigarettes in England should be sold in standardised packaging with health warnings; a proposal that easily won an overwhelming majority. This of course, seems like common sense to most of us, as we are well aware of the serious health risks posed by smoking. It would, however, be careless to forget that this was once a normal practice amongst former generations, who were not as well-educated on the risks of smoking as we are today. In past eras, it would have been as normal to see someone holding a cigarette in a public place, as it now is to see someone scrolling through their smart phone, which could be an unsettling thought if the possible risks attached to phones are proven.

With possible links to cancer and infertility, it's more than fair to say that these devices are not completely without risk, so why is action not being taken? The issue with subject of mobile phone safety, comes from the fact that there is simply not enough information available to properly evaluate the risks, and therefore provide accurate warnings. With so many health scares and warnings dominating the news, it's easy to see why health professionals would be hesitant to make bold statements about the health risks of mobile phones, but this doesn't distract from the fact that we should have a right to make an informed decision about our chosen lifestyle.

We know the health risk of consuming certain foods or being exposed to certain substances, so doesn't it also stand to reason that we should be properly advised on a device that many of use on a frequent basis? While the risks themselves may not be clear, it is clear that there are risks involved with exposure to radio-frequency; a possible side-effect that shouldn't be ignored by technology companies, or consumers. Whatever your opinion about the severity of these risks may be, it's clear that action must be taken by all involved  to ensure that an entire generation is not living in ignorance.

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