Heavy Duty Floor Marking Tape
A Review of SafetyTac ARMOR Heavy Duty Floor Marking Tape Floor marking tape is one of the best ways to convey information in most facilities. Whether it is used to mark off areas where vehicles will be driving, or to alert people to a potential danger, it is an easy and affordable way to improve…
Tony Ferraro | July 9, 2014 | Safety Products | Facility Marking, Floor Marking, Floor Tape, Safety
Factory Floor Marking Tape
If you’re looking for ways to improve the safety of your factory, you may want to consider adding, or updating, your floor markings. Factory floors are one area that many facility owners or safety managers’ neglect, and it can really cost them significantly in many ways. The only thing that most factory managers think about…
Tony Ferraro | July 1, 2014 | Floor Marking | Facility Efficiency, Facility Marking, Floor Marking, OSHA, Regulations & Compliance, Safety, Safety Signs, Workplace Safety
5 Floor Marking Rules for a Safe Workplace
It’s Time to Review the Rules of Floor Marking If you’re looking at updating your facilities floor markings to help improve the safety of the company, it is important that you take the time to ensure you’re doing it right. Spending time up front in planning and implementation can help you avoid a lot of…
Tony Ferraro | June 25, 2014 | Floor Marking | Facility Efficiency, Facility Marking, Fire Safety, Floor Marking, Floor Signs, Healthcare, OSHA, Regulations & Compliance, Safety, Safety Signs, Workplace Safety
Three Tips to Maximize the Life of Your Floor Tape
Tip #1: Proper Installation of Floor Tape To ensure floor tape lasts for years, proper installation is vital. Create a plan for where the tape will be installed and who will install it. It may be a good idea to have two or more people do the actual installation if you plan to apply long…
Tony Ferraro | June 17, 2014 | Floor Marking, Safety Products | Facility Efficiency, Facility Marking, Floor Marking, Forklift Safety, Safety, Workplace Safety
Hazard Communications – One Tool That Can Help
Floor Marking Tape Continues to Help with Hazard Communications Keeping a facility running safely and efficiently can be very difficult. While most companies try to improve safety whenever possible, they often miss some obvious problems. This is illustrated by the 2011 report from Workplace Safety Pro, which listed the top 25 general industry violations. When…
Tony Ferraro | June 9, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Facility Marking, Floor Marking, Hazcom, PPE, Safety, Workplace Safety
Office Safety – 6 Ways To Stay Safe In The Office
While injuries in an office environment might seem rare, or even a bit silly, they’re more common than you think. Office safety might not be responsible for stopping as many catastrophic accidents or deaths as those in work environments using large machinery (such as production, construction, etc.), but there is definitely more to it than…
Tony Ferraro | March 20, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Emergency Evacuation, Fire Safety, Floor Marking, Safety, Safety Signs, Workplace Safety
Planning Ahead for an Emergency Response
No matter how hard you work at improving the safety of a facility there is always the chance that there will be an emergency situation that comes up. Whether it is an employee that gets injured at work, a fire, a chemical spill or any number of other things, it is important to plan a…
Tony Ferraro | February 27, 2014 | Floor Marking, Safety Solutions, Visual Safety | Emergency Evacuation, Facility Marking, Fire Safety, Floor Marking, Floor Signs, OSHA, Safety, Safety Signs, Spill Cleanup
Four Ways To Improve Floor Safety
In the name of safety improvements, we have a lot of different methods for keeping our employees in good health and spirits. These usually start with effective training programs, the usage of PPE, and ensuring that machinery is properly guarded, vehicles are safe to drive, and that managers are on the lookout for improvements at…
Tony Ferraro | February 21, 2014 | Safety Solutions | Floor Marking, Floor Signs, Floor Tape, Forklift Safety, OSHA, Safety, Workplace Safety
Whats Inside Your Safety Toolbox?
I was recently brought into a manufacturing facility to help analyze their overall safety program, and attempt to improve it. The facility was part of a global company. The global company was encouraging all of the local facilities to focus on improving safety, but hadn’t given them much guidance on how this should be done.…
Tony Ferraro | February 7, 2014 | Safety Products | Facility Efficiency, Facility Marking, Floor Marking, Forklift Safety, PPE, Safety, Safety Signs, Workplace Safety
Safety Audit Turns to Floor Marking Tape for Help
One of the best parts about performing safety inspections in facilities is helping managers come up with solutions to their safety problems. In one recent case I was performing a full safety inspection with the manager of a mid-sized manufacturing facility. Overall, the inspection went quite well. There were some minor issues here and there,…
Tony Ferraro | January 31, 2014 | Floor Marking | Aisle Marking, Aisle Marking Tape, Facility Marking, Floor Marking, Floor Tape, Safety
7 Reasons to use Industrial Floor Signs
Industrial floor signs, or industrial floor stickers, used in factories and other work floors, have a variety of uses. These can range from simply helping employees find their way around to facilitating lean projects and other endeavors. Just to show you how versatile these floor signs are, here are seven unique uses for industrial floor…
Tony Ferraro | January 28, 2014 | Safety Products | Emergency Evacuation, Floor Marking, Floor Signs, Forklift Safety, Organized Workplace, Regulations & Compliance, Safety, Safety Signs
7 Benefits of having an Industrial Label Maker
Any facility that is looking to improve organization, become more 5S and Lean compliant, eliminate waste or generally improve the way things are done will want to have an industrial label maker. While some may think it is an insignificant tool for most facilities, they can actually be used for many things that can help…
Tony Ferraro | January 24, 2014 | Safety Products | Equipment Labeling, Facility Marking, Floor Marking, Forklift Safety, Industrial Label Printers, Label Makers, Labeling, Rack Labeling, Safety, Safety Signs, Tool Organization
6 Ways to Use Floor Tape
If you’ve ever visited a warehouse making use of floor tape, you may have noticed their clean, easily defined walkways and organization. You might also have noticed that, even as a new visitor to the premises, you could quickly find your way around and identify the areas you should and shouldn’t be standing in. It…
Tony Ferraro | January 22, 2014 | Floor Marking | Facility Marking, Floor Marking, Floor Tape, Regulations & Compliance, Safety
Floor Tape and Vinyl Labels Whips Maintenance Room Into Shape
“The squeaky wheel gets the oil,” goes the old adage, but what happens when you can’t find the oil to begin with? I was recently tasked with the re-organization of a machine shop’s maintenance room and, let me tell you, I had a hard time finding anything before we cleaned up. The more businesses I…
Tony Ferraro | January 13, 2014 | Safety Products | Floor Marking, Floor Tape, Labeling, Safety, Tool Organization
5S Tools and Blueprint Used In My Last 5S Project
When re-organizing or changing up your work floor or operations setup, you can have a potentially massive task on your hands. The problem with “potentially massive” projects is that they tend to easily become overwhelming, leading many to one of two undesirable outcomes: A) You take shortcuts and end up with a sort of half-result…
Tony Ferraro | December 30, 2013 | 5S | 5S, Facility Efficiency, Floor Marking, Labeling, Organized Workplace, Rack Labeling, Safety Signs, Tool Organization