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.
In a warehouse or manufacturing facility, there are basic steps to take in safety planning and monitoring that help ensure employee safety.
OSHA requires daily forklift inspections and regular maintenance, and thankfully, there are simple solutions to ensure compliance in your facility.
Safety is one of the biggest, most costly concerns in the supply chain industry and OSHA violations can be extremely costly. But what if your facility is fined erroneously? While it is very common for day-to-day operations to become lax when it comes to safety protocol, it is also possible for OSHA to make mistakes in its evaluation.
What it the best way to improve safety in your facility? Leading indicators play a big role in preventing worker fatalities, injuries, and illnesses as well as strengthening operational outcomes in the workplace. Your cohesive safety program should leverage leading indicators as a guide for operational changes in processes, programs, and altering employee behavior to cultivate a safer work environment.
There are probably a few things happening in your warehouse right now that are putting safety in jeopardy and increasing the risk of forklift impacts.
This is why OSHA has created Safe + Sound Week, a nationwide event held each August that recognizes the successes of workplace health and safety programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep workers safe. The year’s event is August 12th – August 16th.