Guide: Top 5 Common Compliance Issues in Product Safety Label Development
Effective product safety labels are critical for protecting people who use machinery and equipment. They also play a key role in reducing liability risks for manufacturers. We are happy to announce the release of a new quick guide designed to help manufacturers explore the considerations involved in developing effective product warnings and instructions.
This guide is intended for OEMs, product designers, and safety professionals who want a clear overview of current labeling practices and challenges, informed by decades of ANSI and ISO standards experience.
Why This Guide Matters for Product Safety and Liability Reduction
Clear, well-designed product warnings and instructions are a core component of safety communication. In practice, applying standards like ANSI Z535.4 and ISO 3864-2 can be complex. Manufacturers face a range of challenges, from durability and translation issues to adapting warnings for digital media.
This guide highlights these challenges and offers perspectives on how to navigate them. By reviewing these considerations, manufacturers can gain insight into potential gaps and explore ways to strengthen their product safety labeling programs.
What We Will Cover
Learn why selecting the right materials and adhesives matters for durability.
Explore how symbols can simplify communication and overcome language barriers.
Consider when translations or wordless labels may be appropriate for your audience.
Understand how digital media and e-manuals are changing safety communication.
How Clarion Safety Contributes to the Field
Clarion Safety has over three decades of experience leading safety communication standards. Our team actively participates in ANSI Z535 committees and the U.S. TAGs for ISO/TC 145 and ISO/TC 283, helping shape both domestic and international approaches to product safety labeling.
This guide reflects that expertise, providing perspectives informed by our work in developing and applying national and international standards.
Download the Guide and Strengthen Your Approach to Product Safety Labels
This guide provides an overview of the considerations and challenges involved in developing effective product warnings and instructions. It offers a structured way to explore durability, symbol use, translations, formats, and digital communication while benefiting from Clarion Safety’s standards expertise.
FAQs: Top 5 Safety Labeling Challenges Whitepaper
OEMs, design engineers, product managers, risk professionals, and safety teams involved in product labeling and compliance.
No. The guide is intended to provide practical considerations and context to complement ANSI and ISO standards.
The guide discusses text-only, symbol-only, combination formats, multilingual labels, and digital warnings.
