SAFETY SIGNS AND SAFETY AWARENESS PROGRAMS
Carroll Printing regularly works with organizations in some of the most hazardous industries in the world. This includes clients in the construction, oil & gas, energy and automotive industries, where safety is an everyday concern.
We can deliver a range of print safety products to raise awareness and remind workers of essential safety measures in place on the site. For example, with a print safety campaign in place employers can:
- Enforce a safety-first mindset on the worksite
- Remind workers of any specific safety measures in place
- Point out the location of essential safety resources (eye showers, first aid kits, etc.)
- Indicate the location and nature of any hazards on the worksite
All these measures are essential for improving safety on the job, and they can all be better supported with effective print materials.
Our Safety Products
As a leading commercial printer, Carroll Printing can offer a comprehensive array of printing services. This means we can develop any type of safety message for any medium and any work setting. Specifically, we offer the following:
CEMEX safety signage – We are proud to offer a full library of CEMEX-certified safety signage for construction and other heavy-duty industries. CEMEX signage follows OSHA and ANSI requirements for safety signage design and is therefore compliant with all federal regulations. CEMEX signage can be used for every type of hazard and for purposes other than warning. CEMEX safety signage can also be used for traffic direction, wayfinding, entry notices and informational reasons.
If your business operates in or around hazardous settings, CEMEX safety signage is an essential tool to protect your workers.- Safety posters and banners – In addition to CEMEX-certified signage, we can also provide an expanded selection of safety signs and banners that make for excellent safety reminders and reinforcers. These are perfect for break rooms and around employee lockers.
- Floor and wall decals – Floor and wall decals are durable safety reminders, typically made from abrasion-resistant and tear-resistant vinyl. They can be adhered to most surfaces and therefore can be installed in out-of-the-way spots and in close proximity to any hazards.
- Hard hat decals – Hard hat decals are a popular option for construction and worksites, as everyone needs to wear head protection. We can develop hard hat decals that provide safety reminders or include your company’s branding to reinforce both.
- Safety apparel – Carroll Printing is skilled at printing on a variety of apparel items, including hats, shirts, outerwear, protective wear and other worn items. Apparel can be used for promotional purposes, but it’s also common for organizations to print safety messaging on it.
- Safety accessories – In addition to apparel, we can also print safety messaging on accessories like lanyards and TWIC cards. One example is heat safety TWIC cards, which are printed on PVC and come with an encapsulated liquid crystal thermometer to help employees keep track of the temperature and potential heat hazards.
Why Worksites Rely on Commercial Printing Services for Their Safety Resources
Worksite safety signage and apparel are vital resources in hazardous work settings, so it makes a difference where businesses source their safety signs, banners and decals from. For many organizations, the right partner is a commercial printer, who can offer the following:
- High volume production – A fully equipped commercial printer can scale its production to any degree that a client requires. As a client’s print needs increase and become more complex, a commercial printer can adjust in real time and ensure their clients have the materials they need.
- A full range of print capabilities – Commercial printers have access to additional print technologies beyond what you’d find in a typical print shop. This includes specialized print processes like dibond printing, which enables printers to create safety signage on aluminum and other metals. If you operate in rugged work environments, durability is a chief concern for anything installed on site. That includes safety signage, and a commercial printer can provide durable signs, banners and decals.
- Responsive customer service – If you need to make adjustments to your safety signage or if you need a custom solution for your worksites, a commercial printer can respond to requests quickly and professionally. The goal is to deliver a solution that is designed to fit the organization’s precise safety needs.
If your organization expects to improve or refresh its safety measures soon, or if you’re expecting to expand to new locations, a commercial printer partner will ensure you’re always well positioned from a safety standpoint.
Looking to Improve Safety on Your Worksite? Carroll Printing Can Provide the Perfect Print Solution
We have been fortunate over the years to work with a select group of companies with a strong safety culture. As a result, we have solidified our commitment to safety awareness by introducing innovative products, slogans and ideas to help companies keep their workers safe. We provide products and ideas for:
- Turnarounds
- Industrial construction projects
- Keeping people safe in hazardous work places
- Avoiding risk on the road
- And rewarding successful performance
The products shown below are a few examples of the many types of products we offer for safety awareness. Give us a call today at 713-228-9331 and allow us to assist your company in improving its safety awareness.
Safety Awareness Programs for Houston and Gulf Coast Worksites
Carroll Printing & Promotions has printed in Houston since 1921, and our safety work reaches plants, yards, construction sites and industrial operations across the Gulf Coast and around the country. A safety awareness program is more than a stack of signs. It is a consistent set of signs, decals, posters, banners, forms and apparel that tells every worker the same thing in the same way, from the gate to the break room.
We build those programs for single sites and for companies with many locations. One example is the full safety signage and materials library on our CEMEX safety page. The same approach works for any company that wants its safety message to look and read the same everywhere. See also our occupational safety page.
Safety Sign Categories
Every safety sign we print starts with the hazard it has to warn about and the work area where it will hang. Clear warnings prevent injuries, and every category below follows the same OSHA and ANSI standards our customers use across their workplaces. Browse our safety sign categories below, or send us the wording and we will build a custom safety sign to match the rest of your program. Many signs are available in English and Spanish.
Danger Signs
Red danger header safety signs for confined spaces, high voltage, fall zones and lockout areas, where a hazard will cause serious injuries. See danger signs.
Warning and Caution Signs
Orange warning and yellow caution safety signs for PPE, hearing protection, goggles, forklift areas and slippery floors. See warning and caution signs.
Notice and NFPA Signs
Blue notice signs, NFPA hazard explanation signs and smoke free workplace signs that tell personnel what to expect. See notice signs.
Facility Safety Signs
Emergency fuel shut off, shadow board, eyewash and emergency shower signs that mark equipment and safety stations around the facility. See facility safety signs.
Fire, Exit and Evacuation Signs
Fire extinguisher signs and decals, exit signs and emergency evacuation route signs that keep the way out clear. See fire extinguisher signs.
Pedestrian Safety Signs
Pedestrian crossing, walkway and door warning signs that separate people from trucks and mobile equipment. See pedestrian safety signs.
Traffic and Parking Signs
Traffic signs for plant roads, one way and keep left lanes, plus no parking and visitor parking signs for yards and lots. See traffic safety signs, or read why parking lot signs matter.
CEMEX Safety Signs
The full CEMEX safety sign library, including hauler expectations, site management and facility front signs. See CEMEX safety signs.
Safety Signs and Safety Printing Products
Every piece of a safety program, from one shop, matched in color, wording and branding:
Safety Signs
Every safety sign category, from danger and warning signs to site rules and directional signs, on aluminum or other durable materials. See safety signs.
CEMEX Safety Program
A complete library of CEMEX safety signs, decals, posters and forms, produced and reordered from one source. See CEMEX safety.
Hard Hat Decals
Safety reminders, training stickers and company branding sized for the front, sides and back of a hard hat. See hard hat decals.
Safety Decals
Floor, wall, equipment and vehicle decals in vinyl built to stay put near the hazard they warn about. See safety decals.
Safety Posters
PPE, rules and safety culture posters for break rooms, locker areas and control rooms. See safety posters.
Safety Banners
Large banners for gates, entrances and campaigns, sized to be read from a distance. See safety banners.
Forms, Tags and Checklists
Permit tags, inspection checklists, safety cards and handbooks, printed and numbered for daily use. See safety forms.
Safety Labels, Tags and Warning Decals
A safety sign on the wall is only part of the job. Workplace hazards also live on tanks, pipes, machines and doors, and health and safety warnings need to be on the hazard itself, in the area where injuries happen. We print:
- Chemical identification labels: tank and line labels for chemicals and materials such as caustic soda, aluminum sulfate, diesel fuel and compressed air.
- NFPA hazard labels: blank NFPA decals and NFPA explanation signs that show the health, fire, instability and specific hazard ratings.
- Machine and equipment warning decals: pinch point, high voltage, ladder safety and forklift traffic floor decals placed right at the point of danger.
- Permit and maintenance tags: hot work permit tags, maintenance transfer tags and lockout tagout tryout materials for controlled work areas.
- Hard hat decals: safety trained, new hire and safety culture stickers that travel with each worker.
Labels, tags and safety signs work best together. When the safety sign at the entrance, the decal on the machine and the tag on the valve all use the same colors, symbols and wording, workers recognize the warning faster, safety training sticks and your workplaces stay consistent with the standards your safety team follows.
OSHA and ANSI Safety Sign Headers
Most workplace safety signs follow the ANSI Z535 system that OSHA references, so a worker can read the level of risk from the color and the header word before reading the message. Most signs also pair the header with a symbol or pictogram, such as a required PPE icon or a prohibition circle, so the warning reads at a glance even across a language barrier. Clear, consistent workplace signage supports your health and safety compliance and backs up what crews learn in safety training. These are the headers we print most:
- Danger: red header. Used where ignoring the hazard is certain to kill or seriously hurt someone.
- Warning: orange header. A hazard that could cause death or serious injury.
- Caution: yellow header. A hazard that could cause minor or moderate injury.
- Notice: blue header. Information about practices or property that is not a direct injury hazard.
- Safety instructions: green header. General safety practices, first aid and emergency equipment locations.
- Fire safety and exit signs: red fire equipment signs that mark extinguisher and alarm locations, and emergency exit signs that keep evacuation routes clear.
For the detail behind these rules, read is your safety signage OSHA and ANSI compliant, our rundown of OSHA signage requirements for job sites and our guide to essential job site safety signs.
How a Safety Awareness Program Comes Together
- List the hazards and the places: walk the site and note every hazard, entrance, PPE zone, eyewash station and emergency resource that needs a sign or a reminder.
- Pick the right format for each spot: a sign where it has to be seen from a distance, a decal on the equipment itself, a poster where people stop, a hard hat decal for the message that travels with the worker.
- Set one look: the same colors, wording and logo across every piece, in English and Spanish where your crews need both.
- Proof, print and reorder: approve the proofs once, then reorder by item as sites open, signs wear or rules change.
Our team can design the program from your safety manual or work from your existing artwork. Our artwork guidelines cover file formats.
Union Printed Safety Materials
Union contractors and signatory employers often want their safety materials produced by union labor, the same as their printed communications. Because Carroll Printing & Promotions is a union shop, qualifying safety printing can carry the Allied Printing Trades Council label. Our union printing page explains how it works.
Safety Printing FAQs
A safety awareness program is a coordinated set of safety signs, decals, posters, banners, forms and apparel that keeps the same safety message in front of workers everywhere on a site. Carroll Printing & Promotions designs and prints every piece so the program looks and reads the same at every location.
We print signs using the standard ANSI Z535 headers that OSHA references: Danger, Warning, Caution, Notice and safety instruction signs. Tell us the hazard and where the sign will hang, and we will help you choose the right header, wording and material.
Yes. Our safety sign catalog includes fire extinguisher signs and decals, exit and emergency evacuation route signs, NFPA hazard labels and NFPA explanation signs, along with chemical identification labels for tanks and lines.
Yes. We print durable safety signage on aluminum and other rugged materials for outdoor and heavy-duty worksites, as well as vinyl banners and decals.
Yes. Many of our safety signs and posters are produced in English and Spanish versions so every crew member can read them.
Yes. We print hard hat decals, signs, posters and apparel with your company branding alongside the safety message, so the program reinforces both.
Send a list of the items, sizes and quantities you need, or a description of your site, through our quote request form, or call 713-228-9331. We will come back with pricing and a schedule.
Get a quote on your safety awareness program
Safety signs, decals and awareness materials for industrial sites across Houston and the Gulf Coast. Send the sign list and the quantities and we will come back to you with pricing and a schedule.
Or call 713-228-9331. Have a question first? See our safety program FAQs.