Heavy inventory stored high on racks have a chance for pallets or cartons to fall. How can you prevent this problem?
Falling Item Prevention for Pallet Racks
August 27, 2015
by Scott Stone
Tags: warehousing, Racks, Safety & Ergonomics
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|
Mobile Shelving Puts Supplies Where You Need Them
August 25, 2015
by Scott Stone
In today’s fast moving storage operations, mobility, flexibility, and convenience are critical for keeping up with the rapidly changing demands of operations like assembly and order picking. Industrial shelving has evolved from simple bolt-up static types to a variety of mobile configurations that serve specific applications. Here are some ways to improve your operation by adding mobile shelves.
Tags: replenish, short term storage, mobile aisle, steel, assembly, mobile shelving, wire, shelf truck, security cage, aluminum, order pick
Posted in Storage, Organization & Workstations|
Conveyors and Falling Item Prevention
August 20, 2015
by Scott Stone
Conveyors are often installed overhead or suspended from the ceiling to help conserve floor space or to interface with mezzanines or platforms. This may create potential fall hazards. Loads can fall from inclined conveyors as they are conveyed up or down, or be subject to other factors that can cause a fall from an elevated line. Even on a floor-mounted conveyor, a spill can split a case, land on an order pickers’ toes, or damage inventory.
Tags: conveyor safety, fall protection, Belt Conveyors, guard rails
Posted in Conveyor Optimization|
Storage & Handling: How to Prevent Falling Items
August 17, 2015
by Scott Stone
What goes up…
In warehousing and storage operations where inventory is stored high on racks, stacked on floors, slotted into on multi-level shelving, mezzanine deck-overs or on suspended/overhead conveyor as it moves, there is one constant: things will fall. They fall because they’re stacked wrong. They fall because an order picker or a forklift bumps them. Things fall due to seismic activity, machine stops, or silly mistakes. Sometimes it seems like they fall for no reason at all.
What can you do to “stop the drop”?
Tags: product damage, conveyor safety, warehouse control, Inventory protection
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
Seismic Zones and Pallet Rack: An Evolving Situation
August 12, 2015
by Scott Stone
Is your facility in a seismic zone? Are you sure?
An increasing number of areas across the United States are demonstrating geological stresses and increased fault pressures that lead to earthquakes and smaller seismic events. So much more that our national seismic map was recently updated to include areas of the northeast and southern tier states not previously known for earthquakes, as well as enhanced zone classification in the inter-mountain west and known fault areas. Are you sure your pallet rack is correctly configured to withstand seismic ground forces?
Tags: wire decking, seismic, earthquake, fall protection, safety net, wire mesh panel, pallet support, stretch wrap, Pallet Rack, training
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|
Industrial Shelving: How To Prevent Collapses and Falling Products
August 4, 2015
by Scott Stone
It’s common to store large amounts of inventory on industrial shelving. The diversity of that inventory—bins full of parts, boxes of varying weights and other odd loads—can contribute to the dangers of falling product. Shelves are accessed frequently and by a variety of people, meaning that every time they are loaded, unloaded, picked or bumped, a spill could happen. A falling shelf load could cause worker injuries and of course ruin your inventory. What can you do about it?
Tags: plant safety, Inventory protection, warehousing, shelving
Posted in Storage, Organization & Workstations|