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Just as machinery is required to be properly outfitted with safety products including warning signs and load capacity indicators, your workplace in general will need safety products that clearly indicate hazards.
Does your work area have a "hard hat area" sign or anything to indicate overhead hazards? If you aren't advertising the hazards in the workspace you set yourself up for legal action of many different kinds, including lawsuits and other civil action. Your employees deserve to be warned about falling hazards, slipping hazards and other workplace hazards that may not be immediately obvious.
The display of safety products including large warning signs visible at a distance will drastically increase awareness of the dangers of the worksite.
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