Accuform signs win innovative safety product award in Chicago

BROOKSVILLE, FL — Workplace HR & Safety Magazine presented the 9th Annual Commitment to Worker Safety Awards at the National Safety Congress on Oct. 15 in Chicago. The award recognizes achievements and innovation in safety equipment product development.

Dean DeLuca, Publisher of Workplace HR & Safety, says, “Innovation in safety products sends workers home to their families safely everyday. The Commitment to Worker Safety Award is designed to recognize the hard work and creativity that manufacturers and developers of safety products and services put into their work and their impact on the lives of millions of people.”

The 2007 winner for Best in Signs/Warning Equipment is:
Accuform Signs for PPE-ID Chart Kit

Betty Hintch, Editor, Workplace HR & Safety, says, “As new hazards emerge and as end users identify ways that product manufacturers and training companies can improve their offerings, it is important to recognize the accomplishments of innovators in the safety industry. Workplace HR & Safety is honored to be the only magazine that sponsors an awards program that illuminates the important work of developing equipment and services to keep workers safe around the world.”

About Accuform’s NEW PPE-ID Kit:
Create and display a visual chart identifying Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required for use by employees, contractors, and visitors. Ideal for posting at entrances, doorways, time-clock, lockers, and more – capture their attention and remind them about your company’s PPE policy of what is to be worn and used, in and around your facility.

The PPE products on the full-color PPE-ID Chart are determined by you, on-site. This 24″ x 18″ chart is designed so that you can add specific identifiable PPE as required. Chart is a template with blank spaces provided that is filled in by placing specific PPE product pictorials from the included Label Booklet. The labels within the booklet represent today’s most popular PPE products. Also create and post additional charts featuring PPE requirements specific to different hazard areas.

PPE-ID Chart is printed on sturdy 1/8″ over-laminated Plastic Lite. Label Booklet contains 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ self-adhesive vinyl images of commonly recognized standardized PPE, broken down into popular categories; body, eye, foot, hand, head, hearing, and respiratory. Easily peel and place the appropriate label onto the available spaces on the chart.

About Accuform Signs:
Accuform Signs, headquartered in Brooksville, FL, is the leading manufacturer of facility safety identification products. Accuform Signs, founded in 1976, sells its products to a network of distributors throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia. From signs, tags, banners and labels, to software and lockout/tagout products, Accuform Signs provides the products and sales support for the distributors that define the safety industry.

For more information, contact: Accuform Signs, 16228 Flight Path Drive, Brooksville, FL 34604. Phone: 1-800-237-1001; Fax: 1-800-394-4001;
email customerserivce@accuform.com;
or via web: www.accuform.com.

CONTACT: Brad Montgomery
PHONE: 352-848-2507
EMAIL: brad.montgomery@accuform.com