In warehouses where forklifts drive beneath doors, ducts, conveyors, electrical equipment or other overhead obstructions, costly and dangerous accidents can happen. What are some ways to make these pass-throughs safer?
How to Prevent Forklifts from Striking Doors & Overhead Obstructions
September 14, 2021
by Scott Stone
Tags: industrial safety, facility maintenance, forklift safety
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
How to Choose the Right Pallet Drop Gate
August 26, 2021
Pallet drop safety gates help ensure that employees and material will be protected from falls and injuries while materials are loaded and unloaded from mezzanines and other elevated platforms.
There are a wide variety of pallet drop gates in the market; however, many of the devices are better suited for specific applications and environments. It’s not always easy to pick the right design, so Aaron Conway of Mezzanine Safet-Gates has answered a few questions about the process for us.
Tags: Safety & Ergonomics, Space Optimization
Posted in Mezzanines & Industrial Platforms|
Prevent Defense – Pallet Rack Protection Options from All Angles
August 10, 2021
Traffic coming and going within your facility’s pallet rack storage areas is a daily occurrence (or at least it better be!) and the higher the traffic, the better off your operations are probably doing. With tight supply chains, inventory shortages, longer lead times and limited patience from customers, movement around your rack is a constant. You can’t afford an accident. With that constant activity comes the potential for rack and inventory damage from various angles and situations. With that in mind, what are some simple ways you can protect your pallet rack?
Tags: rack safety, Safety & Ergonomics, Pallet Rack
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|
The Process of Specifying Pallet Flow Rollers & Wheels
August 3, 2021
by Scott Stone
Above – left to right: reinforced resin wheels. split rollers, full-width rollers, steel skatewheels. Each roller type has advantages in terms of versatility and capacity, depending on your load and environment.
Pallet flow rack is one of the most space-efficient, first-in, first-out high-density pallet storage and picking systems available. Because the first pallet stored in a flow lane is always the first pallet picked at the front, you constantly rotate inventory. It’s a simple concept but the execution can be complex based on the load size, weight and other characteristics. One of the most important decisions is the type and style of roller needed.
Tags: Shoptalk
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|
Download Our Guide To Workstations
March 9, 2021
Ergonomics in the warehouse is a constant focus that each operation looks to improve. You want your workers to perform better each day while reducing factors that contribute to missed time and injuries. One way to achieve this is by adding workbenches to your facility. When built to the right specifications, workbenches help people work faster, more accurately and more ergonomically. That’s why we’ve added a new guide to workstations.
Tags: workstations, ergonomics
Posted in Storage, Organization & Workstations|
Download Our Guide To Warehouse Security
March 4, 2021
Every facility fights a constant battle to keep its equipment and product safe and secure from theft. You want to maintain access for high-value items while also limiting availability to only those that really need to handle them. Our new guide to industrial security is here to help you find the right security options to fit your operations.
Tags: Manufacturing, warehousing
Posted in Security|
Where to Add Warehouse Guardrails
February 9, 2021
by Scott Stone
Facility safety for many warehouses focuses on industrial traffic and vehicles like forklifts or stackers, and no wonder—the damage that a simple mistake can do, and the people that can be harmed—is considerable. There are many varieties of guardrail systems, and they all function a little differently but have the same role: solid protection for a critical area when all else fails.
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
How to Specify and Design Dock Door Security Cages
February 2, 2021
by Scott Stone
Dock door security cages are used to control access to warehouse facilities, docks and receiving areas where drivers, service workers and others enter a building. They are typically 2 or 3-sided and cover a dock’s personnel access door while allowing truck drivers and other visitors to enter the facility, but not the warehouse and general storage or production areas. This lets you admit visitors (or not) as your security and safety rules dictate.
Posted in Docks & Shipping|
Pallet Racks, Sprinkler Systems and Warehouse Fire Precautions
January 19, 2021
by Scott Stone
All warehouses have fire risks, ranging in severity. Facilities flammable loads like paper, aerosols, liquors or fiber are at higher risk than others, but any load on wood or plastic pallets can catch fire. For instance, manufacturing facilities with airborne debris are at more risk than those storing ceramics or steel components. While storage racks are not among leading causes of warehouse fires, (or even a cause, except for their loads) they can play an important part in reducing spread and damage.
Tags: Safety & Ergonomics
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|
Warehouse Bins & Containers Specification
January 5, 2021
by Scott Stone
Most warehouses use bins, cartons or containers as bulk product shipments are broken into “eaches” or smaller quantities for putaway, storage and eventual picking. This is also largely true of assembly and manufacturing lines where components are transported between workstations and work is progressively done. While they don’t exactly break the bank given their costs, specifying the wrong container can result in a less efficient, less ergonomic operation.
Posted in Storage, Organization & Workstations|