Warehouse Safety

Latest Warehouse Safety Articles

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  EHS Programs

  Top 10 Tips for Increasing Warehouse Safety

  In the Washington Post, Jay Greene and Chris Alcantara reported that Amazon warehouse workers suffer serious injuries at higher rates than other firms. Since Amazon is...

  By: Jack Rubinger

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  Safety Signs

  5 Ways to Use Floor Marking Tape on the Job Site

  Floor marking tape (or safety floor tape) is a simple but effective communication tool and should be an integral part of your company’s signage and safety program...

  By: Brad Hestbak

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  Safety Culture

  YouTube Videos That Will Give Safety Professionals Nightmares

  YouTube has a great selection of useful, informative, and educational content. But, when you search for safety-related videos, you'll also find a near-infinite...

  By: Daniel Clark | Safety and Quality Management System Specialist

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  Hand and Arm Protection

  INFOGRAPHIC: Why Hand Protection Should Be Your Team's First Priority

  Keeping our hands safe should be a no-brainer, but we often put our digits at risk when it’s as simple as wearing the proper hand protection to ensure we’re...

  By: Safeopedia Staff

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  EHS Programs

  6 Key Tips for Keeping Warehouse Personnel Safe

  Although it might not seem as deadly as working on an oil rig or on a fishing boat, warehouse work regularly appears on lists of the most dangerous jobs.Warehouse work...

  By: Steve Prentice

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  Best Practices

  A Primer on Forklift Hand Signals

  Forklifts are very useful but also dangerous machines. The most common causes of forklift fatalities are:Crushed by tipped vehicle (42%)Crushed between the vehicle and a...

  By: Karoly Ban Matei | HR and Safety Manager

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  Transportation Safety

  6 Steps to Securing Transport Loads

  Modern transportation has made life a lot easier but not necessarily less hazardous. One of the hazards that remains a serious concern are unsecured transport loads,...

  By: Jessica Barrett

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  Safety Equipment

  On Guard: Simple Warehouse Barriers for Protecting People and Products

  Each year, more than 110,000 workers in the United States are involved in forklift-related accidents, and every three days a worker is killed in one. OSHA estimates that...

  By: Jessica Barrett

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  Best Practices

  4 Common Forklift Accidents - And How to Prevent Them

  As fun as they look to operate, forklifts are a serious workplace hazard. OSHA estimates that there are 110,000 forklift accidents each year and that an American worker...

  By: Jessica Barrett

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  Best Practices

  How to Design Safe Loading Docks and Warehouses for Lift Truck Drivers

  If your workplace's loading dock area is poorly designed, it will force your lift truck drivers to engage in a lot of risky behavior, such as:Navigating their...

  By: Franco Karas | Director of Sales

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  Best Practices

  5 Loading Dock Catastrophes (and How to Prevent Them)

  Every loading dock is different, but they all have one thing in common: the potential for utter tragedy.About a quarter of all industrial accidents occur on the loading...

  By: Rick DeJong | Director of Engineered Solutions

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  Hazards

  Why Housekeeping Is an Important Part of Loading Dock Safety

  Keeping things tidy makes your workplace look efficient and organized. But it also helps keep workers safe.Loading docks can be dangerous areas to work in. In fact,...

  By: Dirk Seis | Director of Marketing