Safe Workplace Basics the Help Ensure Employee Safety
In a warehouse or manufacturing facility, there are basic steps to take in safety planning and monitoring that help ensure employee safety.
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Common Bad Habits of Forklift Operators
Posted by Thelma Marshall, Product Director, on February 6, 2020 Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Equipment is designed for safety, but forklift operators still fall victim to the bad habits that cause warehouse injuries. Human error and poor driving habits are common challenges in warehousing. Unfortunately, the repetitive …
Injuries Impact Workers & Their Family – So Here’s How to Prevent Them
The long-term effects of a careless accident or injury in your facility can alter an employee’s life – and their family – forever. It is easy to forget the importance of everyday safety measures and how a split decision can completely change everything as we know it. Accidents happen and if they cause permanent injury, life is never the same again.
National Forklift Safety Day – Why it Matters
Safety reminders are an effective way to combat driver complacency, a common problem for those who do TTX_workflow_3_imgrepetitive, yet dangerous, tasks throughout their workday. National Forklift Safety Day, an annual event set for Tuesday June 11, 2019 was created to inspire warehouse managers across the country to take a closer look at operator safety and training deficits in their facility.
Video: Precautions for Forklift Safety & OSHA Compliance
Forklift operation is not as simple as driving a car. There are several precautions that OSHA expects your warehouse or distribution center to take to help ensure forklift safety. The question is, do safety practices in your facility meet expectations?
There are a few key things you can do to create a culture of safety in your warehouse. First, watch this video to see how your software platform can make safety compliance simple.
3 Ways to Reduce Warehouse Costs
Warehouse managers face constant demand to move inventory out faster, more efficiently, with increased accuracy, all while maintaining worker safety and meeting customer expectations. Added to this recipe for stress is the pressure for managers to reduce warehouse costs and increase profit margins. Sound familiar?
Rising Costs of OSHA Violations & How to Avoid Them
Does your facility consistently meet OSHA standards for safety, or is your bottom line at risk of a serious impact from the recently increased OSHA fines?
Predictive Analytics Reduce Impacts & Improves Warehouse Safety
Predictive analytic software allows a facility to recognize the potential for worker injuries based on historical data and certain common risk indicators. It is ranked as one of the most effective means to reduce safety-related risk. You gain preemptive risk management that keeps employees safe and reduces the costs associated with fatal and nonfatal injuries.
Potential Changes to Lockout/Tagout Regulations
OSHA may be taking a second look at how it oversees lockout/tagout regulations. The agency is considering potential alternatives to the current lockout/tagout standard, which has not kept up with the latest technology.
4 Costly Challenges Every Warehouse Operation Should Examine
Improvements and efficiency planning for next year begins by identifying where your facility is falling short of expectations right now. Take a look at what impacts your budget and your bottom line and make note of where things might be done differently and what is feeding your waste stream.
