While many companies already use hardhat stickers to show their company name or logo on employee’s hard hats, there are many more options that can be considered. All of these methods can either promote a company or group, or increase awareness of safety and other items.
Quickly Identify OSHA Trained Employees: This is ideal where OSHA requires that only certified and trained employees operate certain types of equipment such as forklifts or loaders or cranes. And you can also use hardhat stickers to identify the proper employees who have completed the necessary training to perform tasks such as working with lock out/tag out or hazardous materials.
ID the Different Trades on Your Construction Sites: With stickers to identify the different work groups and even sub-contractors on a job site you can easily see who belongs to which group. This can help speed up work flow since your people can quickly find somebody of another trade when they need to. It also helps maintain security keeping anyone away from areas where they are not authorized.
Show Your Commitment and That of Your Employees to Safety: Stickers encouraging safety practices or participation in your safety program are an excellent way to keep this important concern in front of your people at all times. Consider using hardhat decals that state the accident free time an employee has had such as ‘one year accident free’ or ‘five year accident free’ and so on.
The perfect time to award new hard hat stickers to employees is at one of your company’s major annual events. This lends credence to the company’s commitment to safety and gives your employees confidence that everyone from the top down is dedicated and involved in the safety program.
Save Time and Provide Information in Emergencies: Identify your First Aid qualified and emergency response people with stickers that will allow them to be instantly recognizable in the case of an accident or other emergency. And many companies use stickers that are applied inside the hard hat that has emergency phone numbers and contact information and also can be used to record any special medical concerns an individual employee might have.
Having this critical and important information available instantly in the case of an accident or medical emergency can be of vital help to the people responding. This method is truly inexpensive insurance that will give people on the scene immediate confirmation on how to proceed.
These are just a few of the ways that you can use hardhat stickers to the benefit of both your company and employees. The few cents that a decal costs is trivial compared to the visibility and usefulness you gain from their use.