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The Importance of Safety Signs in the Workplace

The importance of safety signs in the workplace cannot be overstressed and must not be underestimated, both by employers and by any employees whose duties include maintaining work place safety and is a key point in preventing work place injuries. Work place safety has an impact on each corporation, company and small business in every field. Businesses and employers are legally obligated to exercise reasonable care to maintaining safety and to post several types of basic safety signs to protect their employees at all times for potential hazards that may exist.

These safety signs include everything from informational alerts to warning signs, security signs, fire science, disabled signs, general safety signs, road signs, hazardous material science and first aid signs. In every work place, employers are legally required to post appropriate signage for any and all dangers that may potentially cause harm to their employees. The safety signs posted must be easily recognizable, visually clear and require no explanation so that all who view them will be easily able to be compliant with their warnings. They must be placed prominently and proximal to the dangerous areas.

Every type of unique business has industry-specific safety signs. Construction sites have a multiple hazards and require many types of signs while hospitals and chemical manufacturers alike will require hazardous material signs of their own individual nature. Hospitality businesses such as restaurants, cafes, bars, and hotels as well as conference centers are legally obligated to exercise a strict a duty-of-care for all of their patrons and must have clearly marked emergency exit signs and wet floor warning signs as the basic starting point for employee and invitee safety.

In summation, employers and employees alike would do well to recognize the importance of basic safety signs and measures, to both protect others from injury and to protect themselves from liability in the event of injury. While employers may appear to be the individual entities responsible for any injury occurring in the work place, third-party liability claims can be filed against an injured party's fellow employees as well.

In order to ensure legal protection from personal injury claims filed against his or herself, each employee and each employer would be well advised to take the time to become familiar with all the legal requirements and liability laws involving health and safety in the work place. Failure to post appropriate safety signs in the work place may result in a devastating accident for which the negligent employer or employee may be held legally and financially accountable. Contact an injury attorney for more information on work place safety signs.