Lightweight Durable Sign Can Quickly be Deployed Around Jobsite
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. – September 8, 2010 – When a Midwest electric company wanted to improve public safety at storm-damage sites having downed power lines, it consulted William Frick & Company—a leading producer of custom identification products such as safety signs, utility markers, labels and RFID tags.

“The utility needed to alert the public not to enter worksites that had live power lines on the ground” said Evie Bennett, vice president of William Frick & Company.  “They asked us to develop a warning sign that was easily portable, bilingual and employed pictures for children who could not yet read.”

Some utility workers had tried to create their own warning sign by cutting apart pole and substation signs, and bolting words and symbols together.  Building on the linemen’s good intentions, William Frick was brought in to develop a highly visible, portable yet sturdy warning sign that could be set up quickly...