Product Spotlight

How to Build a Lockout/Tagout Program: The Complete Equipment Checklist

Every facility that services powered equipment needs a lockout/tagout (LOTO) program; it’s a direct requirement from OSHA 1910.147. But a binder of written procedures only works if your team has the right hardware and training to carry them out. If you’re standing up a new program or truing up an outdated one, this checklist walks through every category of equipment you’ll need, what each device does, and…

CSS Editorial Staff | August 4, 2026 | Product Spotlight, Safety Products, Safety Solutions | Lockout Tagout, Regulations & Compliance, Safety, Workplace Safety

Printing Your Own Floor Labels? Here’s How to Make Them Last

Floor marking isn’t one size fits all. Floor tape marks lanes and boundaries. Floor signs call out hazards and zones. And a lot of facilities also print their own floor labels, especially when they need something tape and signs can’t do: barcodes, asset tags, variable data, or a label that has to match a specific rack, bin, or workstation, on-demand. That flexibility is exactly why label printers…

CSS Editorial Staff | July 20, 2026 | Floor Marking, Product Spotlight, Safety Products, Safety Solutions

New Products: UEI Test Instruments

Here at Creative Safety Supply, we pride ourselves on offering a comprehensive selection of guides and tools designed to increase safety and efficiency in any business, regardless of industry. Part of that quest is constantly adding new products to our inventory, and we’re very excited to reveal our latest addition: Scales, sensors, and probes from UEI Test Instruments! A leading name in industrial sensors for over 50…

CSS Editorial Staff | August 25, 2017 | Product Spotlight | UEI Test Instruments

Creative Safety Supply Now Offers Signs En Español

Throughout the past decade, Creative Safety Supply has worked tirelessly to promote safety and efficiency in the workplace, and the most important lesson we’ve learned in that time is that informed workers are safe workers. Ensuring that workers are aware of hazards they may face on the job is the first and most important step in reducing accidents and injuries, and the more workers kept in the…

CSS Editorial Staff | August 23, 2017 | Product Spotlight | Spanish Signs

Could You be Losing $500 in Tools Each Year?

For many businesses, it is not uncommon to spend thousands of dollars per year on the tools that are needed to get work done. Whether you run a mechanics garage, a construction company, a plumbing service, or any number of other things, the right tools are an absolutely essential part of doing business. Most people who own these types of businesses understand that it is sometimes necessary…

Tony Ferraro | April 24, 2017 | Product Spotlight | 5S, Facility Efficiency, Organized Workplace, Tool Organization

Product Spotlight: KleenGuard Protective Apparel

When people think about personal protection equipment, they typically think about hard hats, steel toed boots, and safety goggles. One of the most commonly used types of protective gear, however, is fairly normal looking protective apparel. Protective apparel from KleenGuard is used in many industries ranging from medical labs to manufacturing facilities and offers an excellent first line of defense from a wide range of different hazards…

Tony Ferraro | February 13, 2017 | Product Spotlight, Safety Products, Safety Solutions | Workplace Safety

Product Spotlight: SignCast™ Virtual Sign and Line Units

Floor markings such as lines marking the edges of traffic lanes or stop signs to help with traffic flow play an important role in the safety and efficiency of a workplace. Many workplaces struggle to use these markings, though, because their floors are uneven, are made of materials not conducive to the use of paint or adhesives, or experience unusually high traffic levels. For those workplaces, SignCast™…

CSS Editorial Staff | February 10, 2017 | Product Spotlight | Floor Marking

Product Spotlight: Gauge Warning Film Circles

Gauges are used in many workplaces to display things like speed, pressure, temperature, fill level, and more. These gauges make it easy for employees to keep an eye on a measurement that they can’t physically inspect. In most cases, gauges will have ideal levels, warning levels, and danger levels that need to be monitored for. A normal gauge isn’t always easy to read at a glance. If,…

Tony Ferraro | February 6, 2017 | Product Spotlight | Warning Film

Product Spotlight – Bepop Printers

When shopping for industrial label printers, it is important to find one that is reliable, produces high quality labels and signs, and can keep up with the demand of the facility. Bepop printers excel in all three of these categories, and many others. When evaluated in real working conditions, it is easy to see that these printers will meet or exceed the requirements of even the most…

Tony Ferraro | January 30, 2017 | Product Spotlight | Labeling

New at Creative Safety Supply – Collision Sentry Warning System

In workplaces where both pedestrians and indoor vehicles such as forklifts need to share the same space, accidents are a real possibility. Unfortunately, when accidents occur between people and vehicles, the results can be very serious. Most facilities try to put up safety signs to remind everyone to be careful, but that is not always effective. When looking for an automated system that will give advanced warning…

Tony Ferraro | January 23, 2017 | Product Spotlight | Warning System

Make Warehouse Labels with Your LabelTac Printer

When operating a warehouse, nothing is more important than organization. Warehouses often have thousands of shelves, and it is essential to be able to pinpoint where each piece of inventory is located at a given time. For many companies, this is where a LabelTac label printer can really help to get the job done. LabelTac printers allow companies to print off custom made labels to be used…

Tony Ferraro | January 10, 2017 | Product Spotlight | Barcoding, Industrial Label Printers, Label Makers, Labeling, Rack Labeling, Safety, Warehouse Labels

How to Clean Floor Tape

Using floor tape is a great way to keep a facility safe, organized, and efficient. Just like any type of flooring, floor tape can get quite dirty over time. When floor tape gets dirty, it can become harder to see, which defeats the purpose of using it at all. This is why so many people ask questions about how to clean floor marking tape properly so it…

Tony Ferraro | January 5, 2017 | Product Spotlight | Facility Marking, Floor Marking, Floor Tape, Safety

SafetyTac Floor Marking Tape in Real 5S Projects

We often read about how 5S strategies and projects can help improve the safety and efficiency of the workplace. For those who are just starting to consider using them in the work place, all of this can seem like a lot of theory without any concrete examples of what things like lean tape, hazard tape, and other items can actually be used for. Thanks to our friends…

Tony Ferraro | December 30, 2016 | Product Spotlight | Facility Marking, Floor Marking, Organized Workplace, Safety, Workplace Safety

Spill Kits 101

When running a facility of any type, you are going to have a variety of different chemicals and other potentially hazardous products on site. While these are necessary for getting jobs done, they can also be very dangerous if they are spilled. Even just water can cause a hazard if it is not cleaned up properly since it can make things slippery. This is why most facilities…

Tony Ferraro | June 3, 2016 | Product Spotlight | Safety, Spill Cleanup, Workplace Safety

Triton Products Review

Organize Your Facility with Triton Products When it comes to organizing a facility, products by Triton are among the best on the market today. They don’t just manufacture high quality items, but they help to innovate and improve the things they make to help your workplace become leaner and more organized. Whether you’re just starting a lean or 5S strategy in your facility, or you’re looking to…

Tony Ferraro | January 17, 2016 | Product Spotlight | 5S, Facility Efficiency, Safety, Tool Organization