Tag: Loading Dock

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5 Protective Guarding Trends Improving Warehouse Safety

While warehouses and distribution centers (DCs) have always prioritized employee safety, they’re increasingly looking for new ways to protect their people. Further, operations managers are simultaneously taking a closer look at ways to enhance the safety of their other assets, ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS AT THE LOADING DOCK

Environmental controls can seal the deal when designing a safe and productive facility. For any architect looking to build out a strong industrial facility, controlling the environment at the loading dock is a critical aspect of maintaining safety, quality, and ...
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How Rear Impact Guard Regulation and Design Changes Affect Loading ...

A Rear Impact Guard (RIG), also known as an ICC bumper, helps prevent closely following passenger cars from riding under the rear of a semi-trailer if it must stop quickly from a high speed. The position and durability of a ...
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Prevent Trailer Damage To Loading Docks With Dock Bumpers

With the shortage of truck drivers hitting a historic high in the past 12 months, chances are that any driver making a delivery or arriving to pick up a shipment at a facility’s dock is going to be stressed, in ...
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Safeguard Employees And Facility Structures In The Dock Area With ...

With everything that goes on in (and through) a facility’s shipping and receiving docks, it’s no wonder that space is frequently the most heavily trafficked in a building. From a variety of over-the-road vehicles backing in and pulling away and ...
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7 Tips For Protecting Loading Dock Employees

The loading dock can be one of the busiest spaces within a building. Vehicles of all sizes (vans, box trucks, tractor-trailers) are coming and going. Dock doors are opening and closing. Pallets and cartons are being loaded and unloaded, either ...