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The ANSI Sign and ANSI Tag Alternative

Mon, 2011-02-28

Are you looking for a safety sign with a more progressive design? Stonehouse Signs provides safety signs and accident prevention tags designed to the current ANSI Z535 standards.

Virtually all of our safety signs and tags have an ANSI version!

To view the ANSI version of any standard safety sign or safety tag on our product pages, click the 'ANSI' button on the bottom of the page (see below):

ANSI Sign Option On Our Product Pages


You can also browse the ANSI versions of our signs and tags in our online catalog by following these links:

View our complete selection of ANSI Safety and Facility Signs

or

View our complete selection of ANSI Safety Tags

 

ANSI Z535 standards modernize the hazard alert system that uses different signal words and colors to distinguish between levels of hazards.

  • They encourage the use of to indicate potential personal injury hazards.
  • They recommend a combination of UPPER and lower case letters for the best readability.
  • Left aligned, ragged right text, which also improves readability. Centered text should be used only for short messages.

We recommend using these carefully researched standards to provide more uniform and consistent visual communications that promote recognition and avoidance of hazards.

Take this standard safety sign as an example:

OSHA VersionANSI Version
A Brief History of ANSI

Since the early 1900’s, several organizations have taken steps to ensure the safety and health of workers throughout the world, setting mandatory safety requirements and recommended guidelines to ensure that workers are safeguarded against common hazards and accidents that occur in every workplace.  

Founded in October 1918, The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is comprised of Government agencies, Organizations, Companies, Academic and International bodies, and individuals.  They develop standards based on membership consensus to expand the application of OSHA laws and the use of American products worldwide. 

ANSI standards are technical, detailed and specific.  They are voluntary, but offer additional protection to workers by offering more detailed instructions on how to properly guard against hazards.  For more information on ANSI, their standards and history, feel free to visit their website.