Are you decorating your workspace to suit the season? Have fun – and keep our office safe by following these important guidelines:

• Make sure decorations do not obstruct exit signs, fire extinguishers, fire alarms or other office safety features.
• Do not decorate corridors, which need to remain open.
• Make certain all decorations are non-combustible (not all artificial trees are!) or marked as flame-retardant.
• Use only UL-listed lights in perfect condition and assign a staff member to turn them off at the end of the day. Do not use any open flames such as candles.
• Use only UL-listed extension cords in excellent condition. Do not create tripping or fire hazards by running them across walkways, tacking them to walls or plugging them into power strips.
• Select natural trees for freshness and flame retardant treatment and maintain them in a stand with water added daily.

Want to know more? Full office decoration guidelines can be found here.

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