Protective Guarding Helps Warehouses Be OSHA Compliant And Eliminate Hazards
Last October, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began unscheduled inspections warehouses and distribution centers as part of its new National Emphasis Program. The agency’s goal is to reduce and eliminate hazards in these operations, which employ more than ...
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 ...
Three Ways To Stay On OSHA’s Good Side
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) routinely investigates incidents ranging from on-the-job injuries to work-related fatalities, enforcing a variety of safety regulations and issuing fines for violations. Many of these violations are associated with a lack of fall protection ...
Guard These Areas Above The Warehouse Floor To Protect Personnel
To increase the amount of usable space in an existing facility, operations often elect to look up — adding a variety of equipment, structures, and systems overhead. Yet, as we know from Sir Isaac Newton, what goes up, must come ...
Two Options For Securing The Ledges Of Multi-Deep Pallet Flow ...
High volume picking operations often deploy pick modules to maximize their productive square footage. By feeding two to four pallets of product on rails equipped with rollers that rest upon the rack structure’s decking, these multi-deep pallet flow lanes allow ...
Alternative Solution For Fall Prevention In Empty Pick Module Pallet ...
Associates working within pick modules or on shelving within rack-supported platforms typically pick product from pallets delivered to them via forklifts on the aisle side ledge. For the purposes of forklift access, removable guarding (also called handrails) or chains should ...