Health & Safety Labels

HEALTH & SAFETY LABELS AND STICKERS

Health and safety labels are an important requirement for UK businesses looking to minimise the risk of accidents or injuries that can happen in the workplace.

Our range of health and safety labels help you comply with the latest legislation while promoting your brand or highlighting the importance of your message. We offer a vast amount of sizes, shapes and materials to suit any budget.

All businesses in the UK understand how important health and safety is in a workplace. With our selection of materials, shapes and sizes, you can easily incorporate safety into your organisation with a highly cost-effective solution. Health and safety labels should be considered a key part of any business premises.

Unsure what you need? Get in touch with our team who will be happy to help! You can also request sample health and safety stickers using our online request form here.

ADHESIVES AND FINISHES

Available in permanent, extra permanent or removable adhesives, health and safety labels can be printed onto a white waterproof vinyl with either a matt or gloss finish. Add a protective over-laminate with a matt or gloss finish for durability and to extend the lifetime of your label. Digitally printed in high-quality CMYK.

USAGES

Our health and safety labels make great warning stickers, first aid stickers, fire safety stickers and chemical safety stickers. A minimum order quantity of just 25 labels will give you the flexibility to pick and mix various designs ensuring the welfare of staff and visitors are covered in the workplace.

Legislation on health and safety labelling is well established and all employers are required by law to display them where appropriate. Handy Labels can supply labels and stickers for all uses including for health and safety. Our products can come in sizes and shapes to suit your requirements and design, and incorporating any branding are all within our capabilities.

FAQ's

What are health and safety stickers?

Various warnings are mandatory in the workplace and elsewhere in the UK, EU and further afield. These can take different forms, plastic signs are a familiar one but a sticker is just as effective and can be customised to include branding and other information.

What do you need to put on health and safety stickers?

Health and safety signage in the UK has a well established set of guidelines and rules that are regulated by the Health and Safety Executive and a free guide can be downloaded from their website.

What are the 4 types of safety signs?

The four types of health and safety signs are 1. Prohibitive and Fire. 2. Warning. 3. Mandatory and 4. Safe Zones. Each has its own design features and colour codes.

What do the colours on safety signs mean?

In general, red signs mean that you shouldn't do something, a yellow sign is warning you of a hazard, blue signs are instructing you to do something and green signs indicate safety such as on an emergency exit.

How many safety colours are there?

There are 4 main colour schemes that are found on health and safety signs. 1. Red, Prohibitive and Fire. 2. Yellow, Warning. 3. Blue, Mandatory and 4. Green, Safe Zones.

What are health and safety stickers made of?

We supply more than 20 different materials on which stickers can be printed but for clarity and durability, white glossy vinyl or laminated white glossy vinyl are recommended.

What surfaces can Health and safety stickers be stuck to?

Our permanent or extra permanent adhesives will keep stickers stuck to most clean and dry surfaces. Rough, porous materials or those with a dusty surface, like brickwork may need painting first.

What's the advantage of stickers over normal signs?

Plastic signs need to be fixed by some method like screws or cable ties whereas with stickers, you simply peel and stick.