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When it comes to a safe working environment, the more participation you have at all levels of the organization, the better. Safety is a team sport. It is preferable to have each and every employee actively engaged in the safety program versus supervisors playing “gotcha” with employees when safety violations are observed. When the supervisor makes a correction and leaves, it is likely that corrected employees will revert to bad behaviors. So how do we build a team of safety leaders who are engaged? Employees need to take personal responsibility for their safety as well as the safety of their…
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SAFE WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS
Last month’s article talked about cleaning up old materials and classifying them for disposal. Now that some free space has been opened at your facility up let’s talk about warehouse operations. Most points of distribution have some sort of warehouse affiliated with the operation. There are several key areas that need to be evaluated in order to operate a warehouse safely. First and foremost, materials movement is a key activity in a warehouse. Moving materials, unloading trucks, loading trucks, and placing materials into storage occur constantly in a warehouse. Forklift operators are typically completing all these touches in the warehouse.…
SAFETY ON THE DOCK
Your warehouse is adequately protected and in good order. The next area that we will look at in regard to safety is the dock. The loading dock is an essential part of your business with a lot of activity occurring there. Materials may be delivered or loaded for transport. Numerous forklift operators and pedestrians may be present at any given time to get these tasks completed. With all this activity, it’s not a surprise that twenty-five percent of industrial accidents occur on loading docks. This equates to hundreds of thousands of incidents and numerous fatalities. So, let’s look at ways…