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    Blog > Archive by tag 'shipping & receiving'

    Shipping Docks & Safety: Dealing with Blind Spots

    August 17, 2010
    by Scott Stone

    loading docks

    Shipping & receiving docks are a particularly dangerous area of most operations because so much activity takes place in a relatively small space. In your average warehouse, the docks take up 20% of the square footage but host 80% of the activity. As you know, at times that activity can be fast-paced – even frenzied as full pallets are taken in, or loaded ones are being loaded into trailers. This is a time rife with possibilities for accidents. How can you prevent them?

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    “Your Source” Dock Equipment Catalog Released

    June 8, 2010
    by Scott Stone

    dock doors

    delivery truck conveyor

    We recently mailed thousands of dock equipment mini-catalogs, so you may already have a copy. If not, read on to download one.

    It focuses on ways to improve productivity, safety, and security at the shipping & receiving dock. The focus is on equipment such as our exclusive truck-to-dock delivery vehicle conveyor,  dock bumpers, dockplates, and dock door security cages, plastic strip doors. We also toss in some basic storage equipment like shelving and racks, along with all kinds of protective equipment, including edge-of-dock safety gates, bollard covers, man trap dock door cages, column protectors, and more.

    Prices are fluid and subject to change in this day and age of energy and steel volatility, so check the part number on our website for any changes.

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