An inspection tag is a compliance consumable affixed to equipment that records who serviced it, when, and under what licence.
8 products · substrates: 13pt card stock, Tyvek, UV cured plastic, aluminium
A hanging card, punched and wired or looped to the equipment rather than stuck to it. Because it hangs free it can carry writing on both faces and can be replaced without touching the equipment, which is why it is the default form wherever a technician writes on the record by hand month after month.
Choose a tag when the record is a running history rather than a single event. Twelve months of initials need a grid, a grid needs area, and area is the one thing an adhesive label on a curved extinguisher body does not have. Choose a label instead when the surface is flat, the entry is written once, and nothing should dangle.
The attachment point, not the card. A tag on a wire in a plant room will be caught by a sleeve eventually, and the failure is the hole tearing out rather than the stock giving way. That is why the punch reinforcement matters more than the substrate on anything that lives in a walkway.
TAG-FE-CARD
The standard annual service tag. Twelve month punch grid, imprint area for company name, licence line, and technician initials.
Substrate 13pt card stock, printed both sides Size 5.75in x 2.875in Fits Fire extinguishers Serialized Yes
In stock
$0.35/ unit
100 $0.35
250 $0.31
500 $0.28
1,000 $0.26
2,500 $0.24
TAG-FE-UV
For units mounted outdoors or in wash-down areas where card stock will not survive twelve months.
Substrate UV cured plastic Size 5.75in x 2.875in Fits Fire extinguishers Serialized Yes
In stock
$0.99/ unit
100 $0.99
250 $0.88
500 $0.79
1,000 $0.73
2,500 $0.68
TAG-BF-TYV
Survives outdoor vault and pit installations. Fields for tester certification number, assembly serial, and test results.
Substrate Tyvek, tear resistant Size 4in x 2in Fits Backflow prevention assemblies Serialized Yes
In stock
$0.49/ unit
100 $0.49
250 $0.43
500 $0.39
1,000 $0.36
TAG-SCAF-SET
Red, yellow, green status set for competent person inspection. Weatherproof and compatible with reusable holders.
Substrate Rigid PVC Size 6in x 3in Fits Scaffolds Serialized Yes
In stock
$1.66/ unit
100 $1.66
250 $1.48
500 $1.33
TAG-EYE-CARD
Fifty two week activation grid. Sized for the standard eyewash bracket and legible at arm length in poor light.
Substrate 13pt card stock Size 5.5in x 2.75in Fits Emergency eyewash stations Serialized Yes
In stock
$0.32/ unit
100 $0.32
250 $0.29
500 $0.26
1,000 $0.24
TAG-LOTO-VIN
Durable enough to survive a wash down and a shift. Write on field for name, date, and reason.
Substrate Heavy vinyl, reinforced eyelet Size 5.75in x 3in Fits Guarded machinery Serialized Yes
In stock
$0.70/ unit
100 $0.70
250 $0.62
500 $0.56
1,000 $0.52
TAG-FORK-RYG
Red, yellow, green status set for the pre shift examination. Holder compatible.
Substrate Rigid PVC Size 4in x 6in Fits Forklifts Serialized Yes
In stock
$1.74/ unit
100 $1.74
250 $1.54
500 $1.39
TAG-CRANE-ALU
Capacity, last inspection and inspector. Aluminium because a paper tag does not survive a rigging loft.
Substrate Anodised aluminium Size 2in x 3.5in Fits Cranes and hoists Serialized Yes
In stock
$2.10/ unit
100 $2.10
250 $1.87
500 $1.68
The first decision is not the substrate, it is whether you want a tag at all. A tag hangs from the equipment on a wire or a hook and is designed to be replaced at each service, which suits anything inspected on a repeating cycle where the previous entry stops mattering once the tag is renewed. If the artifact needs to stay attached for years, a collar or an engraved nameplate is the better answer. Once you are on tags, the substrate follows the environment rather than the budget: card stock takes a ballpoint signature better than plastic and costs roughly a third as much, and it is the right choice for anything indoors and dry. Anything outdoors, in a wash-down area, near cooking or in an unheated space wants the UV cured plastic, because a tag that has gone soft and illegible by month eight has failed at the only job it had.
A tag is the artifact where serialisation changes the most, because a tag is the artifact designed to be thrown away. Every annual replacement is a point where the history can reset to whatever the current card says, and on equipment with multi-year cycles underneath the annual one, that is how dates drift. Binding the serial to the equipment rather than to the card means the card can be replaced as often as the service demands while the history stays continuous. The tag stops being the record and becomes the index into it, which is also why the tag can be printed on cheap card without weakening the evidence.
The record mechanics are the same for every artifact and are set out on how inspection records work.
You approve artwork before anything is charged. The proof is rendered from your actual imprint at actual size, so what you approve is what prints, not a mockup. After payment the job routes to production and you get a tracking number when it ships. Each tag arrives already carrying its serial and QR, so there is no activation step and nothing to set up: the first scan in the field binds that tag to the piece of equipment it went on. Reorders pull the same imprint forward, so the tags you buy in three years match the ones already hanging in the building.
The full sequence, including what the proof shows and how approval works, is on how ordering works.
Card for anything indoors and dry, which is most extinguisher and equipment tags. Plastic for outdoors, wash-down areas, kitchens and unheated spaces. Card takes a signature better and costs about a third as much, so the plastic premium is worth paying exactly where exposure would make the tag illegible before the year is out, and nowhere else.
Yes, and you should. The proof is rendered from your imprint at actual size, including the serial block and the QR, so you are approving the real artwork rather than an approximation. Nothing is charged until you approve it. If the company name is too long for the tag size you picked, that is visible at proof rather than on delivery.
One hundred is the floor, and it is already far below the two to three thousand that is standard in this trade. Below a hundred the setup cost dominates the order to the point where the per-unit price stops being honest. If you need fifty, buy a hundred: the second fifty cost very little and tags do not expire.