New range of construction signs

With the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
coming into force in April this year, employers are reminded of the importance
of complying with legal requirements to ensure site safety. Construction
signs provide clear visual warnings reducing potential dangers for employees,
sub-contractors, and visitors.

The Health and Safety Executive has revealed that each year
around 10 people die in the construction industry due to being hit by a
vehicle on site. The law states that a construction site must be
organised so that vehicles and pedestrians using site routes can move around
safely. Lack of knowledge or misunderstanding of site rules, together
with a lack of enforcement of these rules, can lead to accidents involving
vehicles.

Construction safety signs are one of the key measures necessary
to reduce the risk of fatalities and other injuries. The Health and
Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 highlight the importance of
employers ensuring all drivers and pedestrians fully understand the meaning of
signage depicting the routes and traffic rules on site by providing induction
training to all drivers, workers and visitors. The regulations also
stress that all safety signs need to be properly maintained through routine
cleaning of signboards and regular checks of signals to keep them performing
their intended function. The consequences of not adhering to these
requirements can be extremely costly for premises managers.

In January 2015, Seton launched a new range of construction
safety signs, including construction traffic signs, to help employers comply
with the latest health and safety regulations. To find out more about
protecting your workforce with customisable construction safety signs, visit www.seton.co.uk