Amendments to the Safety at Street Works Act became effective on the 1st October 2014, and introduced some changes to the traffic sign and barrier layouts on works or excavations on roadways, pavements and verges.
For carriageways with speed limits of 50mph or more, it is a requirement to provide extra warning signs with distance indicators counting down on the approach to the works.
Extra warning signs should be used if advanced visibility of the works is obscured, such as beyond a bend, over the brow of a hill, in a dip in the road, or where there may be overhanging trees or other natural obstructions to vision.
Site information signs are becoming compulsory on most sites, but recommended for all sites. These signs are 600mm high by 450mm wide and can be attached by bungee straps to barriers (between top and bottom panels), without covering the reflective panels of the barrier. These reflective panels can include company name and logo, contact details, information on the works, and white panels for adding permit numbers.
Large format priority signs can be used to emphasise give way or priority when 2-way traffic is not possible, especially where works is greater than 80 metres in length, or where the traffic flow is greater than 42 vehicle over a three minute span.
All these measures form part of an effort to prevent accidents and injuries to the workforce or vehicle users, where road or mobile works are taking place.
All of our road safety signs comply with the new amendments of the Safety at Street Works Act. Ensure that your order the correct signs with the correct sizing from our wide range today!
If within your workplace there are slippery or uneven surfaces, to comply with health and safety regulations you will need to get your hands on some professional and high-quality anti-slip tape. Anti-slip tape comes in a variety of colours and styles, and is a thick sticky tape which comes with a coarse & textured surface. The rough and textured surface provides added grip for any of these slippery or uneven surfaces within the workplace.
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Slip-resistant tape can help minimise the risk of slips, trips or falls and is an extremely important health and safety measure to highlight any potential hazards for yourself, your work force and of course the general public too.
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Our professional and high-quality anti-slip tape is made from durable, waterproof film which is resin-bonded with mineral grains for an even tougher grip - no matter which colour or style anti-slip tape you opt for, they're all designed using the same technology. All of our anti-slip tapes are suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, and the durable film material makes the tape extremely durable; able to cope with pedestrian and even light vehicle traffic. Our tapes perform consistently well in any wet conditions - even with any oil or grease spillages.
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Anti-slip tape is primarily used in the following areas:
- Steps/staircases
- Ramps
- Split/uneven floors
- Slippery surfaces
Our range of anti-slip tapes can provide fantastic health and safety benefits to your business, dramatically reducing the risk of slips, trips and falls. If you have any questions about our range of anti-slip tapes, please don't hesitate to give us a call on 0800 3761 693.
Last week, BBC News reported on a proposal from the Sentencing Council that could see businesses in England and Wales hit with £20 million fines in cases of corporate manslaughter. If approved, this proposal will allow for signficantly harsher penalties on corporations whose negligence leads to a person's death.
In a nutshell, this means that companies could soon be paying a far higher price for fatal health and safety violations. This would make basic H&S measures more crucial than ever - many injuries and, yes, even deaths could have been prevented by such mundane things as safety labels and hazard warning signs. If the maximum fine is raised to £20,000,000 then corporations will be keener than ever to comply with regulations and provide a truly safe environment for their employees and the general public.
Really, though, the money shouldn't enter into it. If it takes a multi-million pound fine to make companies care about protecting human lives, we need to start asking some serious questions about those companies. The potential for fatal injury should be more than enough to spur business owners into action, and so while the BBC News report does indeed give companies an additional incentive to take health and safety seriously, we at Label Source would like to think that it will make no difference to responsible companies, who will always see the loss of life as a far graver penalty than any financial punishment.
Gas Cylinder Tags are used to protect workers, and help identify the content of cylinders. These inform the workforce whether the cylinders are full, empty or status tag (full, in use,empty). These tags assist the safe transport, handling and storage and maintenance of the gases, which are stored under pressure in the cylinders. These can be used on a range of different gases including, oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide and many more.
The high quality, sturdy tags can be used in a diverse number of industries including dispensing beverages, chemical processing, industrial applications, medical and much more. These are used to ensure a safe working environment. We provide a range of associated products from our hazard warning diamond range which includes compressed gas and non-flammable compressed gas, and GHS gases under pressure hazard label.
Our ranges of tags are diverse and can be used for a number of different things such as labelling cylinders, canisters, or pressure receptacles containing LPG.
Here at Label Source we have a range of underground warning tapes and pipeline tapes available in a variety of colours and for a variety of scenarios. Many, however, are unaware of what exactly underground warning tape actually is, so we've decided to write a quick blog post to let you know exactly what our pipeline tapes are, what they're used for and how they can benefit you.
1. What is underground warning tape?
Underground warning tape is a pipeline tape that will mark buried or sub-surface cables, mains, ducts, sewers and of course pipelines. The underground warning tape is usually fluorescent in colour with large, bold text for easy readability and should be installed near the surface to provide early warning of any utility location, including those for gas, electricity, telecommunications and water services. Our pipeline take is manufactured from 50 micron virgin grade low-density polyethlene and contains no PVC. All our underground warning tapes comply with a number of standards, including:
2. What is it used for?
Underground warning tapes are designed to highlight any cables with are buried or sub-surface to raise awareness and help reduce any risk of hazards. They will prevent damage and injury during work and excavation and will warn passers by of exact utility location. Our underground warning tapes can be used to label and identify any of the following:
- Buried electrical mains
- Fire mains
- Gas pipelines
- Street lighting cables
- CCTV lines
- Underground TV/telephone wires
- Fibre optic cables
- Road ducts
- Traffic signal wires
3. How can it help me?
Pipeline cables will not only help you identify the exact location of your work from previous days, it will provide awareness of the electrical cables submerged beneath the ground to any passers by, minimising the risk of tripping. Underground warning tapes also comply with health and safety standards, which will protect yourself, your workers and any general public who come across your products.
Make sure you identify any of your underground cables with our underground warning tape. For any help call Label Source on 0800 3761 693 today.
