Sign Wise Blog

Warehouse Safety in 6 Steps With hundreds of thousands of warehouse workers across the nation, the fatal injury rate is surprisingly high. Higher than the national average in fact. By implementing several different solutions and to be on the lookout for potential hazards, accidents can hopefully become part of the past.   Potential hazards that are more common include: Unsafe operations of forklifts Repetitive motion injuries Lockout/tagout failure Inadequate fire safety procedures Use of broken or proper personal safety equipment Unsafe stacking of boxes or products   Along with those main hazards we can take a look at OSHA’s 10 most...

Parking Lot and Window Signs for Distracted Driving Awareness Having signs placed around buildings or in parking lots can be a perfect way to promote awareness for distracted driving. Along with helping employee's is a good reminder for visitors that will see the signs. With the previous post that discussed implementing a policy for employees, signs or noticed should be put in place shortly after the policy is implemented.  Some things to know when buying signs: Some areas required signs to have reflective sheeting on them. Usually if the area is connected to a public road, reflective sheeting will need...

Distracted Driving Awareness Part 2 While the month of April comes to a close we wanted to put out part 2 of the campaign to bring a higher level of safety and awareness to distracted driving. This section will focus more on how to prevent accidents with employees or within organizations and what we can do right away to help others stay safe.  Anyone want to guess how many accidents happen every year on the road? Almost 6 million each year happen. In 2013, there were 5,687,000. Thats more than some states population! There is serious room for improvement and...

Distracted Driving Awareness Month Part 1  How can we help and who is at risk? Teenagers Teenagers are some of the most common users of cell phones and especially when driving. While their numbers are falling with cell phone use, it still takes up a large portion of distracted driving accidents. Teenagers have the ability to help deliver messages with their peers to stop distracted driving. We should be teaching our teenage children that it is not ok to drive while texting or to let their friends do it. Its not worth the risk. Many areas have chapters and organizations...

Every Parking Lot Should Have These 9 Signs Whether youre building a new parking lot or managing an old one, its important to find these 9 signs within it. That way you have all your bases covered and have helped make it easy as possible for your customers or clients. Its important to take care of your property and the people who will be parking or walking on it. Here is a short check list to help you out.       1. No Parking Signs   Often many parking lots have several areas that are not meant for parking. Its important to clearly...