store safety signs and retail signage
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Store Safety Signs and Retail Signage
There are hazards everywhere we go and accidents waiting to happen
everywhere we turn. Often, removing the actual risk or hazardous object
is not always possible (it was clearly put there for a reason). Installing
proper safety signage is the best way to warn people of possible hazards
and reduce the risk of accident or injury. Not only will this put people in
a safer position, it will also protect the hazardous area from being
damaged or broken.
One common place for injury is the stockroom of a retail store. No
matter you are selling, there will always be something in your stockroom
that can pose a risk to you and your team of employees. High shelves are
a big one: many stores, to save space, have stock shelving that goes all
the way up to the ceiling. Reaching items on the lower shelves is
generally a risk-free venture, but those higher shelves require many
precautions in order to prevent injury. Most retailers have a method for
reach the items on the high shelves, typically step stools, ladders, or
reaching devices, but are your staff aware of that? Do they know the
proper procedure for reaching items off of the high shelves? Adequate
safety signage explaining the procedure for reaching will save you a lot
of trouble! Failing to install safety signage might result in staff climbing
the shelves, jumping and yanking and things down by the corner, or
other practices that might lead to them falling, or an avalanche of
merchandise falling and landing on them.
Of course the retail area of your store will require safety ceiling signage
in certain circumstances. If you mop the floor during business hours, or
melted snow and slush in the winter finds its way in, you’ll want to
install safety signage warning of a slippery floor. This will not only warn
people to be careful and prevent injuries on their part, but will also save
you some potential lawsuits! Failing to use proper safety signage to warn
customers of potential safety risks is a liability. Simply being forgetful
or negligent toward this matter can cause you a lot of legal trouble, so
make sure you’re always being proactive with your signage. Remember,
also, that wet floors aren’t the only retail store safety hazard. Shelves
full of delicate, breakable glass items are also a hazard. If they break,
they could easily cut someone. A small sign warning customers that the
items are breakable and need to be handled with care should be enough
to warn people of the risk and get them to behave a bit more cautiously.
Sometimes a safety risk might seem so obvious that you will think safety
signage is not necessary. Other times you might assume that the odds of
accident or injury taking place are slim, and that obtaining proper
signage is not worth worrying about. It is, however, always worth
worrying about. Accident and injury can happen to anyone at any time,
and though the risk might seem obvious to you, it can be easily
unnoticed by others. As the old saying goes: it’s always better to be safe
than sorry.
To keep your store, patrons and employees completely safe, invest in the
affordable Reel E-Z Display pulley system. Rather risk injury by
climbing an awkward ladder while holding a sign or having a sign fall
from overhead onto the shoppers below, use our safety retail signage
system. The person changing the retail signage stays on the floor at all
times. The retractable signs self level and are held securely in place.
When it comes to complete store safety, this is one system you cannot
afford to be without.
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http://www.reelezdisplay.com/store-safety-signs-retail-signage/
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