How the usage of floor
markings could help
Floor
your business. Markings
FLOOR
MARKINGS
When implementing 5S, one of the
aims is for a visitor to be able to enter a
workplace and identify the flow of work
in sixty seconds. It is usual to start at floor
level and work your way up and therefore
floor marking is at the foundation of many
organisations 5S projects.
FLOOR TAPE
Floor tape is the most obvious and widely
used floor marking there is. It is the modern
alternative to resin and painting, helping
forward thinking companies to achieve 5S
status. Unlike paints and resins, application of
Clarity floor tape is fume and solvent free. It
also requires no detailed preparation. WAREHOUSES
Walkways
Fork Truck Zones
Pallet Bays
Quarantine Goods Areas
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FLOOR SIGNS
Floor Signs are a very simple solution. Clarity custom floor
signs are extremely durable due to the thick and heavy-
duty parts it is made up of. These can then be attached to
the ground using the Clarity tape. These custom signs are
also suitable for walls or doors if required.
A wide range of eye-catching ready cut chapes and
symbols are available for immediate delivery.
The use of colours varies between individual
organisations and the chart below. This chart, although
not intending to be prescriptive is a guide to colours
which have established themselves successfully in many
lean organisations.
Please see the following for ways to utilise
our tape and floor signs.
Yellow floor markings are used for aisles, pedestrian routes and
Yellow Caution traffic lanes, where users must be on the alert for other users and
vehicles too.
This is also sometimes used to mark miscellaneous equipment that
Production
White does not have a standard colour code, but its primary use is to show
Area production areas.
Energised Orange is used both to show where vehicles are to be stored, or to
Orange Equipment signal vehicle routes. Orange is sometimes also used for materials
(vehicles) or products awaiting inspection.
Green indicates safety in any form. It is used to show first aid
Green Safety
locations, safe areas or walkways, etc.
In the UK, blue is used to show information, such as signage,
Blue Knowledge knowledge centres, information points, etc. It may also be used for
work that is in progress, or incomplete.
As well as physical danger, this also includes items that threaten a
Red Danger process, such as defective (red tag) items, scrap, etc. It is also the
standard colour to indicate fire or an instruction to stop.
Black Finished Black is used for finished goods and indicates the end of a process.
Black/ The combination of black and yellow shows areas where there is a
Extra caution
Yellow particular risk to the safety or health of personnel.
Red and white together indicates that the area is to be kept clear,
Red/
Keep Clear usually for safety reasons, eg around emergency access areas, fire-
White fighting equipment, etc.
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