Why Does Safety Painting Need to be Part of Your Property Maintenance Strategy?

When we talk about our com­mer­cial and indus­tri­al paint­ing ser­vices, it’s often in the con­text of work­ing close­ly with prop­er­ty own­ers and man­agers, meet­ing tight dead­lines, paint­ing new and exist­ing spaces, and more. Our work offers val­ue, sur­face pro­tec­tion, and is direct­ly tied to our client’s over­ar­ch­ing prop­er­ty main­te­nance goals.

There’s anoth­er tan­gi­ble ben­e­fit to paint­ing, how­ev­er, that can be over­looked but is per­haps most valu­able of all.

Paint­ing for the sake of safety.

What to Know About Work­place Safe­ty for Painting

Pro­tect­ing Your Team and Assets with Safe­ty Painting

We know that keep­ing your team as safe as pos­si­ble is one of your top priorities. 

Paint­ing poten­tial haz­ards with bright, bold col­ors is an easy way to make sure they can be quick­ly iden­ti­fied and avoid­ed. These dan­gers can include:

• Run­ning equipment
• Pinch points
• Trip­ping hazards
• Over­head obstructions
• …and more

Besides stay­ing true to your com­mit­ment to pro­tect­ing those you employ, clear­ly mark­ing haz­ards can help you avoid expens­es relat­ed to pre­ventable work­place injuries.

How Can Safe­ty Paint­ing Cre­ate a More Effi­cient Work Environment?

Safe­ty and orga­ni­za­tion often go hand-in-hand. If your work envi­ron­ment is busy and com­bines the move­ment of foot traf­fic and machin­ery, keep­ing the flow orga­nized and clear­ly marked is crucial.

Here are a few safe­ty-relat­ed paint­ing tips you might want (and need!) to consider:

• Pedes­tri­an Walk­ways — Just like traf­fic in an inter­sec­tion needs to be guid­ed, lines that des­ig­nate where to walk in your busy facil­i­ty are a must-have.
• Bin Mark­ing — Whether it’s a bed­room clos­et or a mas­sive ware­house, it’s uni­ver­sal­ly true that stay­ing orga­nized is the best way to uti­lize a space to its full poten­tial. Bin mark­ing is a won­der­ful tool for keep­ing your equip­ment, con­tain­ers, and stor­age acces­si­ble and maximized.
• Col­or-Cod­ing Your Pip­ing — To main­tain OSHA-com­pli­ance, col­or-cod­ing the pipes in your facil­i­ty for quick iden­ti­fi­ca­tion is important.

Machin­ery paint­ing and indus­tri­al clean­ing are two more exam­ples of how to keep your invest­ments look­ing their best and oper­at­ing in a safe, effi­cient way. Remov­ing built up oil, grease, and oth­er residue allows you to more eas­i­ly main­tain and repair as need­ed. And, as an added ben­e­fit, it looks fantastic!

Talk to An Expe­ri­enced Indus­tri­al and Com­mer­cial Painter

At the end of the day, safe­ty paint­ing is all about iden­ti­fy­ing and elim­i­nat­ing road­blocks and haz­ards. Because of that, it’s impor­tant to work with an expe­ri­enced paint­ing com­pa­ny that under­stands your indus­try and its require­ments, and that can serve you in a flex­i­ble way that min­i­mal­ly impacts your schedule.

Paint­ing doesn’t have to be an incon­ve­nience; it should actu­al­ly help you be even bet­ter at what you do.

If your facil­i­ty is locat­ed in Mass­a­chu­setts, New Hamp­shire, or Rhode Island, why not con­tact us at Kaloutas? It would be a plea­sure to serve you.

Kaloutas is New Eng­land’s pre­mier con­trac­tor for com­mer­cial & indus­tri­al paint­ing, floor­ing, and relat­ed ser­vices. Estab­lished in 1987, Kaloutas has become a trust­ed resource for gen­er­al con­trac­tors, facil­i­ties man­agers, and build­ing own­ers from Con­necti­cut to Maine. Our team prides itself on high qual­i­ty work­man­ship, jobs done on time & bud­get, and tack­ling com­plex projects that oth­er con­trac­tors don’t have the expe­ri­ence or resources to han­dle. Con­tact us today for a paint­ing or floor­ing esti­mate, or give us a call at 978−532−1414 to learn more.