Protect Employees From Robotic And Automated Equipment Hazards
When installing robotic and automated systems in a warehouse, distribution center, or factory, it is important to secure the perimeter of the equipment and machinery. One way to keep personnel out of the way of robotic or automated equipment used ...
Safety Training Best Practices Reduce Risk Of Worker Injuries
Nearly every warehouse and distribution center touts “safety first” as an operational mandate; yet some operations have better safety records than others. With the Bureau of Labor Statistics noting that annual warehouse fatalities doubled between 2015 and 2017, and warehouse ...
Ergonomic, Safe Workplaces Enhance Productivity Of Workforce
Warehouse operations, manufacturing facilities and distribution centers that invest in ergonomically designed technologies and training to help workers safely perform physical tasks will improve both their wellbeing and overall productivity. That’s because anywhere from a third to half of all ...
Looking For Protective Guarding? New Search Tool Makes It Easier ...
To help warehousing, manufacturing, distribution, and other industrial facilities owners and managers more easily find the protective guarding solutions they need to keep their workers safe — as well as to protect the integrity of handled products and building structures ...
Key Considerations When Designing And Specifying Data Center Caging
With the increasing push toward e-commerce and digital operations, organizations of all sizes — from small to large — are increasingly investing in computing power. That, in turn, has amplified the need for data centers. Used for remote storage, processing ...
New Standard For Steel Mesh Containment Panels Used In Pallet ...
Steel mesh containment panels — also referred to as rack safety panels, rack guarding, or rack back — are attached to the uprights, backs and sides of individual industrial steel pallet racks and vertical storage systems. When properly secured, these ...
How To Identify Areas Where Guardrails May Be Needed
Installing fixed protective barriers such as guardrails creates a physical separation between workers and potential impact hazards — such as vehicles, forklifts carrying loads, and mobile material handling equipment. Likewise, they can be installed to protect inventory, structures, equipment and ...
The Importance Of Rack Guarding To Worker And Product Safety
Attached to the columns on the sides and back of individual rack bays, configured to prevent unauthorized access to a specific area of a rack structure, or deployed to prevent entry to an entire aisle, rack guarding offers protection of ...
Stop Personnel, Product Falls From Openings in Pick Modules With ...
Working in pick modules or shelving within rack-supported platforms, associates can be three to four levels above the floor — vastly higher than the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standard 1910.29 requirement for fall protection of any opening higher ...
How To Select The Right Guardrail For A Specific Application
Guardrails and other protective barriers are intended to improve safety in distribution centers, warehouses, or manufacturing facilities by creating a physical separation between personnel and hazards such as materials handling equipment or vehicles. They can also be used to protect ...