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According to the National Safety Council, unintentional injuries are the fifth leading cause of death following
heart disease, cancer, stroke, and respiratory diseases. It’s very important to label the hard-working electrical
and utility areas in your home, shop or small business for safety. If you need to cut the power or turn off the gas
or water in a hurry, labeling can prevent a potential disaster.
Portable label printers like K-Sun’s LABELShop® Green Machine Thermal Transfer Label Printer and the handy LABELShop® BEE3™ make the task easy, and professional labels are
more durable, permanent and legible than the masking-tape-and-marker method.
- Label each circuit/fuse on electrical and circuit breaker panels with the appropriate area or appliance it
serves.
- The master shut-off switch should be labeled in a distinctive color for immediate
access. The Electrical Safety Foundation International recommends that every
adult in a home, office or shop learn to safely access the electrical panel in order
to turn off or restore power in an emergency.
- Label utility valves, such as water or natural gas, with instructions for
shut-off or for directional/operational purposes.
- Pool equipment and other special utility areas in the home, shop or garage can be labeled and
color-coded for operational/safety functions.
- Label areas for storing hazardous materials in the home, shop or garage with a brightly colored
warning label reminder to “LOCK CABINET.”
- Add date labels when opening chemical containers
to determine expiration or shelf life.
- Label the date when changing batteries in smoke alarms and other battery-operated appliances
such as radios.
- Add a date label when filters in the heating or air conditioning systems are changed.
- Add a date label and service vendor information when servicing fire extinguishers or other
appliances such as furnaces, washing machines, water heaters or water softeners.
- Label phone handsets and base stations with voice-mail access codes, address and
emergency numbers including the poison hotline (1-800-222-1222), so a visitor or employee who
needs to make an emergency call can see this information immediately.
For more information: www.electrical-safety.org, www.nfpa.org, www.nsc.org, www.cpsc.gov,
www.homesafetycouncil.org, www.redcross.org
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