Every company that operates forklifts struggles with pedestrian safety problems. The issues are well-documented; forklifts are often the most problematic safety machinery in any operation that utilizes them.Â
5 Ways to Help Prevent Forklift-Pedestrian Accidents
December 12, 2023
by Scott Stone
Tags: plant safety, forklift safety, forklift
Posted in Forklift - Pedestrian Safety|
Improving Ergonomics in the Warehouse
November 28, 2017
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With the rising costs of workers’ compensation insurance and global pressures to increase productivity, warehouse and distribution center managers are taking a much closer look at improving ergonomics. With as many as 65% of worker’s compensation claims associated with manual materials handling, insurance companies are raising their rates—or mandating ergonomic improvements for continued coverage.
Equipment suppliers are responding to the need, engineering and designing features into their products to help workers minimize the strains associated with lifting, reaching, twisting, pulling and pushing. These new product features can also help address the demand for increased productivity as well.
Tags: Safety & Ergonomics, Material Handling, order fulfillment, warehouse safety, ergonomics, plant safety, Order Picking & Fulfillment
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
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: shelving, plant safety, Inventory protection, warehousing
Posted in Storage, Organization & Workstations|
You Must Control Access to Your Facility
July 2, 2014
by Scott Stone
Above: a driver security cage, which allows entry into a dock area door, but restricts access within the facility
It’s difficult enough to handle the people who are supposed to be in your plant every day, much less visitors. Even those you invite.
The problem has two components: safety and security. From a safety standpoint, you have no idea how an untrained guest might behave. That guest may not know which machines are dangerous. He may not know to use your specified pedestrian walkways, wear steel toe boots, or stay clear of running conveyors. He doesn’t have your safety training. From a security standpoint, guests can be problematic from a number of angles. A plant visitor who has access to storage areas has access to inventory. With even the cheapest of phones now having good cameras and video built in, a guest may photograph something you don’t want made public. That guest could also damage something, accidentally or otherwise. There are lots of wrinkles.
Tags: Industrial Security, plant safety, Safety & Ergonomics
Posted in Security|
Video: Slip & Trip Accidents
April 8, 2013
by Scott Stone
Check out this video from ESH Safety News America for some common ways people fall in a variety of situations. The video is informative, and sometimes funny (see the shovel part), but the consequences of a slip & fall accident certainly are no laughing matter.
Tags: plant safety, industrial accident prevention
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
Don’t Climb that Pallet Rack!
March 18, 2013
by Scott Stone
To save time, people sometimes climb pallet racks to pick orders or do other things. This should never happen. While it’s faster to climb than it is to bring a rolling stair ladder or a forklift in to do it right, it’s dangerous and counterproductive. Do it long enough and there will be injuries.
Tags: warehouse rack, plant safety, Safety & Ergonomics
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|