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Best Practices For Warehouse Safety
Best Practices For Warehouse Safety
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Agenda
SmartTurn Background
Best Practices Intro
Warehouse Safety
Product Demo
Q&A
Company Background
Domain Experience
SmartTurn Inc.
Software-as-a-Service
Technology Excellence
Sales Execution
Marketing
Warehouse Safety
What You Will Learn From This Series
General Housekeeping
Falls and Other Preventable Mishaps
Material Handling Safety
o The Human Body, Forklifts
Fire and Chemical Safety
Training, Education & Compliance
Safety in Your Workplace
Resources
General Housekeeping
Basics
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Make sure that flooring surfaces are non-slippery and free of pits and dents
Report loose or damaged flooring or other tripping hazards that need repair
Dont leave box cutters or other sharp tools lying around
Keep cords and wires off the floor
Clean all spills immediately
Dont leave items in aisles, on the floor, or stacked insecurely on flat surfaces
Dont block extinguishers, sprinklers, or fire exits
Create designated areas to store empty pallets and limit the stack height to
six feet
Tips
Buy enough Trash Bins to avoid debris accumulation and employee walk time
Make sure someone is in charge of emptying trash bins regularly
Battery charging areas - safety codes demand specific safety measures, including ventilation, eye wash first-aid stations, acid neutralization, and spill
control systems.
Tips
Teach employees that items can often be moved with
Tip
Make sure employees know where
the on/off and emergency stop
buttons are on equipment they
work on or around.
Maintain a dialogue
Invite them for coffee and an inspection
Keep them in the loop when you add hazardous material
Chemical Safety
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The aim is minimum level of safety (you cant cover every possible event)
Used to determine building access, aisle widths, fire walls, smoke and heat removal systems, flue
space and sprinkler density (in racks)
Also confirms absence of hazards, blocked exits, missing fire extinguishers, exit lights and
damaged sprinklers
Tips
If you dont already do it, or your state still allows smoking on-site, do your employees health a
favor and outlaw smoking. Prohibit smoking in your warehouse and post no smoking signs.
Pay attention to changes in packaging material as they can have a substantial impact on the
flammability of materials in your warehouse.
Hazardous materials include a range of industrially-produced materials such as solids, gases,
flammable liquids, explosives and oxidizers. Not surprisingly, they have their own codes.
Tips
http://www.forkliftacademy.com
Resources
For thorough, practical advice on preventing forklift injuries, see the 1999 NIOSH Alert
Preventing Injuries and Deaths of Workers Who Operate or Work Near Forklifts:
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2001-109/default.html (This is somewhat dated but still provides a sobering
reference for the lethality of the
modern workplace).
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Intuitive
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Reliable
No risk subscription model
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