Safety posters are a valuable tool in the workplace; they provide clear messages about safety, reaching an entire office quickly. The posters keep safety at the front of the mind for everyone in the office. However, to be successful, posters must be quickly and easily understood, highly visible, and relevant.

Tip 1: Identify Your Intended Message

In some cases, posters are hung to ensure that office staff and other employees understand specific safety procedures set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other official organizations. Of course, there are non-required safety posters that address situational or timely messages, such as a COVID-19 poster for the year 2020.

Tip 2: Avoid Text-Heavy Posters

When safety information is presented in paragraph form or other text-heavy formats, many of your intended readers won't take the time to understand the message. They may glance at the poster or try to skim for the message, but office staff and personnel may or may not take away the key points. Instead, choose Office Safety Posters that delivers your message with graphics, photographs, and symbols, so the message can be understood within seconds.

Tip 3: Hang the Poster in a Relevant Location

This step involves getting your message to the relevant people at the right time. For example, a poster about ergonomic positioning at the desk won't be as helpful in the bathroom as a hand washing poster would be. If your office staff handle sensitive information, a poster reminding them to keep their desk clean should be posted where staff members see it before they leave the room.

Tip 4: Choose a High Traffic Location

In addition to putting posters in relevant locations, it's also important that posters are situated where they can be seen by as many people as possible and where readers can stop to understand the poster. Some popular places to position posters include:

• Break rooms
• Elevators
• Drinking fountains
• Bulletin boards

Remember, your goal is to reach as many people as you can while delivering your message quickly and clearly. If the poster is clear and concise, a highly visible spot on the wall could be perfect.

Tip 5: Keep the Poster Away From Clutter

Bulletin boards are great places to post information that office supervisors, staff, and other personnel need to see. They are often ideal locations for Office Safety Posters, but if there is too much information on the board, your message may get overlooked. Remove other images and photographs from the area of the poster, so readers' eyes are naturally drawn to your first priority.

Tip 6: Refresh Your Content

Your poster will attract attention when it is newly insight, but it doesn't take long for that message to fade into the background. Even when people need reminders, they will ignore information they see daily. The key to keeping your message in mind is to replace old posters with new posters, even if you have several on rotation for a while. You could also try moving safety posters to different places in your office space.

Tip 7: Draw Attention to Your Message in Other Ways

The poster may contain potentially life-saving information, such as a poster about coworkers with nut allergies with information about decreasing nut exposure and how to apply first aid. Posters may contain facts about avoiding physical strain from sitting at your desk to long. However, these important messages must be shared in many ways, such as in meetings and emails.

At this point, you should return to tip one and take note of your intended message. Ask yourself how important that message is. Have you taken the necessary steps to be sure that all employees have the right information?