| An industrial facility is rife with the potential for | | | | tumble down them if he is not careful. Some signs |
| injury and disaster from a great many number of | | | | are prohibitive, such as the No Smoking sign in |
| sources, ranging from heavy machinery to an | | | | sections that house material that can easily catch |
| unfortunate slip on the concrete from stepping on | | | | fire. |
| some spilled liquid. To minimize the chances of | | | | Another workplace safety sign staple is the sign |
| these incidents occurring, warehouses, factories | | | | that has something to do with directing facility |
| and other similar locations have taken to using | | | | traffic, and keeping people safe from being run |
| signs to warn people of possible dangers, so that | | | | over by oncoming forklifts. The most basic of |
| they may take appropriate action. The | | | | signs that relates to this function is the directional |
| conventional workplace safety sign for these | | | | arrow floor sign, which regulates the traffic flow |
| places, taking into consideration the need to | | | | and apprises people of where they should be |
| conserve space, typically comes in the form of a | | | | headed, or looking. The Watch Out For Forklift |
| sign that is laid out on the concrete with either | | | | sign acts as a warning so that employees are |
| adhesive backing or epoxy. There are many such | | | | more cautious in areas where there is a higher |
| signs available on the market today for the | | | | concentration of forklift activity. In some cases, |
| selection of the discerning floor manager, which | | | | pathways are segregated by the corresponding |
| can be grouped together into several categories. | | | | signs into forklift aisles, so that people stay off of |
| The first group of safety signs is comprised of | | | | them as much as possible, and pedestrian only |
| those that mark a certain location in such a | | | | signs, to indicate where they can traverse without |
| manner as to require an employee to engage in a | | | | fear of being hit by a forklift. The road signs Stop |
| certain behavior to avoid harm. Sometimes, as in | | | | and Yield have their place in an industrial facility as |
| the case of the Eye Protection Area and the Ear | | | | well, giving forklift drivers instructions that will |
| Protection Area signs, you are asked to wear the | | | | keep them from moving about haphazardly |
| appropriate protective gear, such as safety | | | | through intersecting aisles. |
| goggles in areas where dust or sparks are likely | | | | Lastly, there are workplace safety signs that |
| to fly into the air and into someone's eyes. In | | | | inform employees of where to find certain |
| other instances, as with a sign that says Slippery | | | | devices that are used to avoid injury. These |
| When Wet, one is advised to be on guard in | | | | include signs that indicate the presence of the fire |
| locations where water or some other liquid | | | | extinguisher, signs that tell people where they can |
| substance is splashed on the floor occasionally. | | | | get their safety goggles or wash their eyes, and |
| Stairways and steps are typically within the | | | | signs that point towards the direction of safety |
| vicinity of Watch Your Step signs, as there is | | | | showers. |
| always the chance that someone is going to | | | | |