Since June is National Safety Month, it’s a good time for a roundup of some of the excellent safety resources available through our website and many others.
June Is National Safety Month
June 11, 2019
Tags: conveyor safety, ergonomics, forklift safety, machine safety, warehouse safety
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June is National Safety Month
June 11, 2018
by Scott Stone
Since June is National Safety Month, it’s a good time for a roundup of some of the excellent safety resources available through our website and many others.
Tags: conveyor safety, ergonomics, forklift safety, machine safety, warehouse safety
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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.
This article is part of a series of articles on Falling Item Prevention. Click on a link below to view one of the other articles.
- Conveyors and Falling Item Prevention
- Falling Item Prevention for Pallet Racks
- Industrial Shelving: How To Prevent Collapses and Falling Products
Tags: Belt Conveyors, conveyor safety, fall protection, guard rails
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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: conveyor safety, Inventory protection, product damage, warehouse control
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Another Reminder: The Importance of Lockout/Tagout
December 19, 2013
by Scott Stone
We talk safety a lot, mainly because the environment we work in, and the customers we work with use equipment like forklifts and conveyors in areas where interaction with people is unavoidable. We believe the first responsibility we have to our customers, and the first responsibility our customers have to themselves, is safety. Many of the wonderful benefits of material handling equipment comes with the risk of injury. It’s powerful machinery, and people must pick from it, walk near, it or otherwise interact with it.
Tags: Conveyor, conveyor safety
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The Critical Importance of Conveyor Emergency Stops
September 11, 2012
by Scott Stone
Take a look at your conveyor – do you think it’s safe? Are there sufficient guardrails? Are operators wearing loose clothing? Are visitors allowed near running lines? Because conveyor seems safe at a glance, it’s an often-overlooked hazard. Used correctly, of course, it is a safe way to increase productivity.
Tags: Conveyor, conveyor safety, industrial safety, OSHA, warehouse safety
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