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Rutke Signs and Safety offering OSHA signs, fall protection, first aid kits, hand protection, hard hats, safety glasses, face protection, ear plugs and respiratory for complete workplace safety. The United States Federal Government has legislated an extensive system of guidelines designed to keep its citizens safe and healthy at work. These guidelines are the basis for the product selection of our web site. Our mission is to enable customers to comply with federal regulations most efficiently by offering a wide selection of the most popular safety products at competitive prices. The governing body is know as OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The following products on this web site pertain to OSHA regulations.
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Whether it's a sign to identify a specific hazard, a label to remind workers and visitors, or a lockout tag to identify a specific machine of the danger, OSHA compliance is what you need.

Our products warn people of danger and tell them what to do in an emergency. Our products identify everything from welcome areas to hazardous chemicals. People use our products in a wide range of industries and applications - from factories to freighters, from refineries to roads and highways, from offices to outside construction sites.

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PDF Catalog Pages 201 - 210	Labeling and Organizing 5S Solutions For The Visual Workplace Lean manufacturing has become the standard in order to compete in our global economy. Start your improvements right by sorting; mark items with red tags or labels to identify what needs to be cleared away from the work area. This will help you create efficiency and effectiveness by identifying and storing the items used, maintaining the area and items, and sustaining the new order. To keep your essential tools in order and easily-accessible try our custom shadow boards. All your tools will be organized and their storage place will be visually identified to help you sustain order. Use floor marking symbols, signs, tapes and stencils to define work areas, storage, traffic, and work flow. Bulletin boards and magnetic dry erase boards will support the concept of visual management; you can easily post updates and work status to keep employees informed of work in the facility. Remind your employees to stay healthy and safe with Personal Protective Equipment signs and charts. Build a clear understanding among employees of how work should be done and instill ownership of the process in each employee with 5S signs, banners and posters to reinforce the 5S principles.
PDF Catalog Pages 307 - 328	Bilingual Products According to the US Census, there are over 31 million people in the United States that speak Spanish at home. Spanish is the second largest spoken language in the United States, so it is important that your facility contains signs that all your employees are able to read. It is common to have a combination of English and Spanish speaking employees working together. Post Bilingual or Spanish Signs, Tags, and Labels to communicate safety throughout your facility
PDF Catalog Pages 329 - 336	Environmental - Go Green With energy costs on the rise and the health of our planet threatened, businesses are looking for innovative solutions to reduce the amount of energy they consume and new ways to encourage their employees to think green. Below are several green ideas that you may be able to apply to your own facility. By replacing 100 electrical Exit signs with our new Eco Exit signs, your business can save $3,500 per year in energy costs and reduce air pollution by over half a million pounds of CO² over the life of the product. Remind employees to turn off lights and machinery by placing a sign such as NGA23 (page 333) near the switch. Our Green@Work signs are made from 75% post consumer plastic. Place them over recycling and trash bins to stress the importance of wisely disposing waste.
PDF Catalog Pages 133 - 170 PDF Catalog Pages 332 - 346	Facility Supplies Does your facility comply with current safety regulations? Are safety concerns communicated in the correct places in and around your building? OSHA and ANSI Signs for Entrance and Exit for your facility. General housekeeping, emergency and first aid to help keep facility safe and when the unexpected happens. Wall projection signs to allow viewing from all different directions. ADA Braille signs to comply with marking of permanent rooms and spaces. Engraved signs to create a professional look to your facility. Floor signs for accident prevention to warn employees of potential hazards. Write-On Scoreboards updated by writing in the number with a dry erase marker. Digital Safety Scoreboards eliminate the manual process of erasing and writing in the number of safe days. Motivational and Safety Banners to convey your company's commitment to safety and quality throughout your facility. Safety awareness posters to provide your employees with a daily reminder to help reduce on-the-job accidents. Safety Awareness Handbooks to provide your employees with helpful information they need for optimum safety.
PDF Catalog Pages 110 - 130	Fall Protection and Ergonomics Three key components of the Personal Fall Arrest System (PFAS) must be in place and properly used to provide maximum worker protection. A. Anchorage Connector: Commonly referred to as a tie-off point. B. Body Wear: The personal protective equipment worn by the worker. C. Connecting Device: The critical link which joins the body wear to the anchorage/ anchorage connector Horizontal Lifeline Systems: For years safety engineers and site directors have put their trust in the highly engineered DBI-SALA horizontal lifeline systems for superior technology, safety and productivity. A horizontal lifeline is a complex system comprised of a flexible line with connectors at both ends for securing it horizontally between two anchorages or anchorage connectors. These systems are use to protect workers operating in the horizontal plane who may not have continuous access to suitable anchorage points.
PDF Catalog Pages 187 - 201	Fire Safety The location of flammable substances, fire alarms, hoses, extinguishers, blankets, and evacuation exits and routes must be clearly marked throughout your facility to not only prevent a fire, but to also help ensure your employees’ safety. We offer a wide variety of products that can clearly mark these items and areas of importance. Here are a few regulations you should know to keep your facility in accordance with current codes. Fire Extinguisher Marking OSHA 29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1)“When portable fire extinguishers are provided, they must be located, mounted and identified so that they are readily accessible.” Fire Hose OSHA 29 CFR 1910.158(c)(1) “When reels or cabinets are used to contain fire hose, the employer must be sure that they are conspicuously identified and used only for fire equipment.”
PDF Catalog Pages 279 - 321	First Aid and Emergency Products Employees must be provided with a safe and healthy workplace that is reasonably free of occupational hazards. It is unrealistic, however to expect accidents not to happen. Therefore, employers are required to provide personnel with medical and first aid supplies commensurable, with the hazards of the workplace.
PDF Catalog Pages 347-353	Flammable Storage Safety Cans, Safety Cabinets, and Cylinder Storage Lockers are a necessary part of OSHA compliance for safety in the workplace. Justrite believes that they are much more. Justrite Safety Cans are a useful, hardworking tool that adds convenience while facilitating safe transfer of flammable liquids ensuring the safety of personnel and protection of the facilities where Safety Cans are used. A wide variety of OSHA code compliant safety cabinets are available in sizes ranging from 4-gallons (15 liters) to 120-gallons (454 liters). Smaller Justrite safety cabinets allow flammable solvents to be stored at worksite locations saving costly trips to a central storage room. Under counter, wall mount and piggyback style safety cabinets add to safe storage, even when space is at a premium. For high capacity safe storage, including safe storage of 55-gallon drums, larger sized cabinets designed specifically to house 30-gallon (114 liter) or 55-gallon (208 liter) drums are available. It's important to note that OSHA Code 29 CFR 1910.106 states that not more than 60-gallons may be Class I and II liquids. Custom sized safety cabinets are also available for unique requirements.
PDF Catalog Pages 171 - 186	Glow In The Dark There are many laws and regulations regarding glow signs, labels, and markings, which dictate the placement of such signs, the length of time which they must stay illuminated, and their brightness. One such regulation is listed within the NFPA 101 Life Code: 7.10.7.2 Photoluminescent signs. 7520 Glow Signs are non-toxic, non-radioactive glows for more than 6+ hours in total darkness. 7550 Glow Signs are non-toxic, non-radioactive glows for more than 24+ hour in total darkness. Glo Brite Eco Exit Signs unlike other signs offer the only non-radioactive, zero electrical wiring and virtually no maintenance solution on the market. Glow exit and fire signs, IMO labels and signs, Tapes and Markings to guide you when the lights go out. Custom Stairwell ID Signs for identifying stairwells or ramps with this custom made floor identification signs.
PDF Catalog Pages 131 - 221	Hand Protection - Gloves OSHA 29 CFR 1910.138 (a) General requirements. Employers shall select and require employees to use appropriate hand protection when employees hands are exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasions; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes. 1910.138 (b) Selection, Emplyers shall base the selection of the appropriate hand protection on an evaluation of the performance characteristics of the hand protection relative to the task (s) to be performed, conditions present, duration of use and the hazards and potential hazards identified.
PDF Catalog Pages 211 - 236	Hazardous Materials It is imperative that all hazardous substances are clearly marked in your facility. Refer to the following regulation on the definition of a substance that is hazardous to one’s health. OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1200(c) “Health hazard” means “a chemical for which there is statistically significant evidence based on at least one study conducted in accordance with established scientific principles that acute or chronic health effects may occur in exposed employees.” The term “health hazard” includes chemicals which are “ carcinogens, toxic or highly toxic agents, reproductive toxins, irritants, corrosives, sensitizers, hepatotoxins, nephrotoxins, neurotoxins, agents which act on the hematopoietic system, and agents which damage the lungs, skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.”
PDF Catalog Pages 2 - 42	Head, Eye and Face Protection Each year, $300-500 million is spent in the U.S. as a result of eye injuries. OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) estimates that over three million workers are at risk for job related eye injuries, and more than result in temporary or permanent vision loss. The good new is that approximately 90% of these injuries are preventable with proper eye protection. OSHA requires employers to make sure that all employees use appropriate eye protection. It's an investment worth making. Three Non-Mandatory Tests For Head Protection Outlined in ANSI/ISEA Z89.1-2009: Reverse Donning, Lower Temperature, and High Visibility
PDF Catalog Pages 43 - 57	Hearing Protection NIOSH estimates that more than 8 million U.S. Workers have lost part of their hearing and 22 million more may be at risk. In the U.S. OSHA's Occupational Noise Exposure Standard and Hearing Conversation Amendment (29 CFR 1910.95) outlines a rigorous employee-oriented program to reduce risks of noise exposure in the workplace. OSHA's approved hearing conservation program for industry contains the following components.
PDF Catalog Pages 237 - 260	Highway and Parking January 2012 Businesses are to have an implementation plan established to replace existing non-compliant signs. Four years for implementation and continued use of an assessment or management method that is designed to maintain traffic sign retro-reflectivity at or above the established minimum levels. January 2015 All Regulatory, Warning, Ground-mounted signs (except street name) must meet minimum requirements. Seven years for replacement of regulatory, warning, and ground-mounted guide (except street name) signs that are identified using the assessment or management methods as failing to meet the established minimum levels; January 2018 All identified street-name and overhead-guide signs must meet minimum requirements. Ten years for replacement of street name signs and overhead guide signs that are identified using the assessment or management method as failing to meet the established minimum levels.
PDF Catalog Pages 95 - 109	Instrumentation and Confined Space Follow These 3 Steps in Gas Detection. 1. Bump Test: Before you use your instrument, it's important that you know that the senor and alarms will function properly. The only way that you can be sure of this is to expose your instrument to a known concentration of gas and verify that it responds correctly. 2. Calibrate: Conditions such as temperature, humidity, age and gas exposure will all affect the output of your sensor. Calibrating your instrument compensates for these factors and guarantees that your reading are accurate. 3. Review Data: Almost all gas detectors in use today provide some form of datalogging. Information stored in your gas detector can provide keen insight into potential problems that may be hiding in your work environment.
PDF Catalog Pages 43 - 57	Lockout Tagout The strength of lockout tagout devices is clearly stated in several OSHA regulations, listed below for your convenience. OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147 (c)(5)(ii)(C)(1) “Lockout devices. Lockout devices shall be substantial enough to prevent removal without the use of excessive force or unusual techniques, such as with the use of bolt cutters or other metal cutting tools. ”OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147 (c)(5)(ii)(C)(2) “Tagout devices. Tagout devices, including their means of attachment, shall be substantial enough to prevent inadvertent or accidental removal. Tagout device attachment means shall be of a non-reusable type, attachable by hand, self locking, and non-releasable with a minimum unlocking strength of no less than 50 pounds and having the general design and basic characteristics of being at least equivalent to a one-piece, all environment-tolerant nylon cable tie.
PDF Catalog Pages 283 - 306	Operational Hazards Warn your employees of risks within your facility with our operational hazards products. Our products stress the importance of using the appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE), as well as promotes safe operation procedures to reduce accidents. Graphical representations of these hazards can communicate more quickly than plain text and also break the language barrier.
PDF Catalog Pages 347 - 355	Pipe Markers Precoiled and Strap-On Pipe Markers conform to ANSI A13.2007 standard for pipe identification. Use on wet, oily, cold and dusty pipes where pressure sensitive vinyl markers won't hold. Pressure Sensitive Vinyl Pipe Markers are an economical choice and meet ANSI standard A13.1-2007.
PDF Catalog Pages 222 - 278	Protective Workwear Our clothing line includes chemical resistant suits and separates, work wear, rainwear, high-heat protective pieces, disposable protective clothing, leather welding and abrasion resistant garments, and a complete selection of bandanas, sweatbands, winter liners and accessories. Classes of Garments under ANSI/ISEA 107-2004: The industry recognized yet voluntary consensus on high visibility safety apparel recommendations, no longer only uses work zone vehicle speeds as a gauge for classification. Instead, the three classes are determined based on the performance of the garments themselves. This is defined by the amount of background material and retro reflective material on the vest. In addition to other considerations that make the person more easily seen in low visibility situations.
PDF Catalog Pages 127 - 132	Printers Print what you want……when you want! Create your own signs, labels, and tags with our Label Printers. Save Time, Save Money, Improve Processes NMC offers two cutting edge thermal printers; The UDO400 and CPM100 printers. Both printers enable you to create your own custom signs, tags, and labels in a flash! These professional desktop printers create long lasting durable custom messages for both indoor and outdoor applications. Our printers come complete and ready-to-use with multi-user software and a starter kit. NMC printers are covered by a generous 1 year warranty.
PDF Catalog Pages 58 - 94	Respiratory Guidance for Establishing a Respiratory Protection Program. Six Simple Steps: Exposure Assessment, Written Respiratory Program, Respirator Selection, Medical Evaluation, Fit Testing, and Respirator Training. Employers who decide to use respiratory protection to help lower worker exposures to hazardous airborne contaminations must follow all requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Respiratory Protection Standard 29 CFR 1910.134
PDF Catalog Pages 35 - 96	Signs Choose from ANSI and OSHA Safety Signs. These Safety Signs are industry standards. ANSI and OSHA Header Signs include Danger, Caution, Warning, Notice, Safety First, and Think. We also carry Restricted Area, Security Notice, and Security Stop Signs for visitor and employee safety. Stock Signs available in Pressure Sensitive Vinyl, Rigid Plastic, Aluminum, and Fiberglass. We carry Plant Marking Stencils and Parking Lot Stencils. Need a unique message? We offer a wide range of custom capabilities. We can help you design your Custom Sign or Stencil to your specific instructions.
PDF Catalog Pages 322 - 331	Spill Control and Containment SPC absorbents & spill control products help you keep your employees and work environment safe from unexpected spills, leaks, drips or other accidents. SPC absorbents are available for cleaning up oil, water and chemical based spills. Select from traditional polypropylene or eco-friendly Re-Form™ absorbents and spill kits to help comply with the latest OSHA and EPA safety regulations. Matching the right sorbent to the application will help lower cost, improve safety and support compliance with OSHA (29 CFR 1910.22) regulations requiring clean, dry workplace floors and EPA (40 CFR 122.26) controlling storm water run-off discharges (spills).
PDF Catalog Pages 97 - 126	Tags and Labels Use OSHA Lockout Tags to prevent accidental or unexpected start up or release of stored energy when working on equipment and machinery. Lockout tags come in unrippable vinyl. Choose from a number of unique tag holders to organize your lockout tags. OSHA Danger, Caution, Warning, and Notice Accident Prevention Tags warn to prevent potential hazards and provide general information on the job site. Accident Prevention Tags also come in Bilingual wording. Parking Permits for rear mirror, bumper and windshield decals. Hard Hat Emblems remind your employees of important safety messages with eye catching, hard hat emblems. Simply peel off vinyl backing and adhere emblem on to hard hat. Engraved and Stamped Valve Tags. OSHA and ANSI 3"x5" Machine Labels available in 5 per pack. Arc Flash labels to warn of potential Arc Flash hazards. Shipping labels for all your packaging needs. ISO Labels are communicated with symbols and recognizable pictorials making them easily understandable in any language. Self-Adhesive Letters and Numbers ideal for identifying bins, equipment and shelves. Custom Tyvek, unrippable vinyl, and cardstock tags.
PDF Catalog Pages 337 - 346	Utility Tapes There are various regulations regarding the colors of stripe and checkerboard safety tapes, as well as solid color tapes. 3 mil printed barricade tapes help build a fortress around temporary hazards. Safety track Grit Anti-Slip tapes create a high traction surface to prevent slips and falls. Place anti-slip floor tape on walkways, ramps, loading docks, steps and stairways. Safety Tapes are perfect for color coding, aisle marking, duct sealing, abrasion protection, joint sealing, pipe wrapping, decorating, light bundling, packing and safety marking. Underground Detectable and Non-Detectable warning tapes.