Posters or notices provide particular information to all the workers in the workplace. In workplaces, these posters promote safety at work areas prone to accidents. Posters also play a major role in effective communications, safety precautions and alert the workers to prevent accidents. It is one kind of safety communication. In some workplaces where various hazards are present, these type of posters are most important.
Types of workplace safety posters:
Different kinds of posters are used to create safe environment in workplace. Those are manual handling posters, health and safety posters and fire safety posters. Manual handling posters detail, correct techniques, procedures, etc. Health and safety posters deal more specifically with individual safety. And Fire safety posters help to prevent fire accidents and control fires. All these posters are important in different workplaces.
Choose a right poster at right place:
The project manager should know the common hazards and place the posters wherever needed. First, the project manager should identify the places where and which type of poster will be placed and decide on the communication style. Humor is a popular choice but does not work well for everything. Sometimes alarm, surprise, or even shock is more effective.
People tend to notice only what is new. Using the same poster beyond a point can be useless as it merges into the background. And it is most important to change posters at certain period of time because new things will attract workers and it will remind the message. It also changes the communication style.
Many organizations are using safety posters where there are chances of accidents, like commercial kitchens, shop floors and other places. It may be worthwhile to combine the use of poster with actual workshops and trainings to ensure that people are internalizing the poster messaging. People can pass by a poster a 100 times without really changing the way they work.
Employers should follow the regulations on these posters to create safe environment in the workplaces. Safety posters are used to increase the safety whereas, other posters will increase the teamwork, promote satisfaction, reduce stress in the mind of workers, and add new things to the surroundings etc. When workers are satisfied with work, they will become more productive.
When employers follows the regulations on posters, there will not be any chances of injuries happening to workers. Legally, employer will be safe by placing these safety posters. If employers does not know about using these posters, they should take the help of vendors who are specialized in these posters.
So using posters and notices at workplace is helpful for both employers and workers. And also it will create safe environment at the workplaces.