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.
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Tags: Safety & Ergonomics, Material Handling, order fulfillment, warehouse safety, ergonomics, plant safety, Order Picking & Fulfillment
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
Working at height continues to rank high on the list every year when it comes to OSHA statistics, potential causes of major injuries and even fatalities.
Research shows that far too many people end up injured or worse because of their work on ladders, rooftops or other spots above the ground. As a result, it is extremely important for EHS leaders to be aware of the potential hazards their personnel face when working at heights, as well as the best ways to keep employees safe on the job.
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Tags: lean warehousing, warehouse safety, industrial accident prevention, Safety & Ergonomics, Warehouse Management, warehousing, Material Handling, lean manufacturing, industrial safety
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
Choosing guard rail can be confusing unless you understand clearly what kinds of conditions you are guarding against and what assets you are protecting.
Whether it be asset protection from industrial vehicle usage or fall protection for workers, there is a guard rail that can fit each need. Our new Guard Rail Guide offers you insights on the various options that we offer, as well as handy comparisons of rigid and flexible systems. We also help you understand how guard rail impact ratings are calculated and used, so you have the knowledge to make the right selection for your facility.
Tags: warehousing, Material Handling, Safety & Ergonomics
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
Adjustable workstations make operations like packing, picking, assembly and inspection safer, more comfortable and more productive because they easily let operators work in the ergonomic “golden zone” suitable for their own needs – the same station can be used by someone 6’4″ as someone 5/2″ on multiple shifts, or if the load or work varies in height, like multiple sized boxes or various motors that may be different sizes. These workbenches are adjustable, usually by crank or by powered switch or pushbutton. What might suit you best?
That said, having to utilize a crank to adjust the height is inherently counter to the fundamentals of ergonomics, and it’s slow. To combat this, consider electric adjustable workstations, which provide multiple advantages over their cranking counterparts.
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Tags: ergonomics, plant safety, forklift safety, Safety & Ergonomics, Warehouse Management, warehousing, warehouse, workstations
Posted in Storage, Organization & Workstations|
When working with palletized goods stored at floor level beneath a rack beam in a typical warehouse, there are significant issues for order pickers who execute these tasks daily, including strains and stresses that can lead to major injuries, down time, and worker compensation expenses.
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Tags: ergonomics, Safety & Ergonomics, rack bumper, rolling pallet, pallet truck, positioner
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
There are some inherent safety and security issues when it comes to pallet rack – goods failing to be appropriately stacked on the pallets, failing to shrink wrap goods on the pallet, over hanging pallets past the rack beams into the flue space, and failing to secure high dollar products being stored in rack bays. Each of these situations present hazards either in safety or security.
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Tags: security, rack safety, Safety & Ergonomics, enclosure, straps, guard, netting, cage
Posted in Security|
I recently attended a product training class on high volume low speed fans, and a statistic was thrown out to the audience that really got me thinking. A NASA study, Compendium of Human Responses to the Aerospace Environment*, showed that worker productivity falls significantly for every degree over an optimum temperature of about 72 degrees. If the temperature hits 85 degrees in the workplace, productivity drops by 18% and accuracy a walloping 40%.
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Tags: lighting quality, ergonomics, Safety & Ergonomics, worker environment, temperature comfort, fire safety, air quality, hearing loss, noise
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
In manufacturing & distribution, safety is an area of top concern, for both the protection of workers and financial ramifications for companies. We spent some time at ProMat with Kelly Kamlager from Ladder Industries to examine the importance of safety and compliance for industrial companies.
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Tags: warehousing, OSHA, Safety & Ergonomics, hiring
Posted in Safety & Ergonomics|
Heavy inventory stored high on racks have a chance for pallets or cartons to fall. How can you prevent this problem?
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Tags: Safety & Ergonomics, warehousing, Racks
Posted in Pallet & Warehouse Racks|
Above: the edge of this pick module, which leads to a fall of over 20 feet, is guarded by a series of pallet flow swing gates.
When companies install storage platforms, the hustle and bustle of a busy working day can soften safety processes–a kind of soft that might lead to a hard and very expensive landing. Here are some ways you can reduce issue with work platform falls.
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Tags: pedestrian safety, pedestrian gate, Space Optimization, Safety & Ergonomics, guard rail, handrail, mezzanine gate
Posted in Mezzanines & Industrial Platforms|
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