Stacking and storage
Employees who stack and store products face numerous risks which could result in injury, death, or damage to property.
Storage and Stacking Hazards:
Collapsed Storage Racks:
To maximise space in a storage warehouse, many companies use industrial storage racks to hold their products. Storage racks can become hazardous if they collapse. Storage racks can collapse due to these reasons.
Deficient storage rack design.
- Incorrect construction of the storage rack.
- Lack of storage rack maintenance.
- Stacked products are too heavy for the storage rack.
If a storage rack collapses, there are numerous safety hazards. Employees can get trapped, injured, or crushed. Rack collapses can also knock into other racks and cause a domino effect of injury and damage. Collapsing storage racks ultimately damage or destroy the stored products, creating an expense for the company and interrupt business operations.
Toppling Storage:
When storing products on storage structures, it is critical to follow safe stacking methods. Incorrect stacking can result in products toppling and falling off the shelves. These are a few ways you can incorrectly store products.
- The products are stacked too high.
- The products have been stacked in an unstable arrangement.
- Heavier items have been placed on the top.
- Different shaped and sized products are stored together.
Storage can also topple if you de-stack the products incorrectly. An example of incorrect de-stacking is unpacking the products from the bottom.
Toppling storage places employees at risk of various injuries. Depending on the height and weight of the falling products, they may cause bruising, scratches, broken limbs, or even death.
Forklift Accidents:
Forklifts are widely used by companies to assist in lifting and moving products in storage warehouses. Forklifts are also a major hazard as there are numerous accidents that can occur with a forklift.
- Poorly Trained Drivers: Allowing employees to drive a forklift who do not have adequate forklift driving training can result in an accident. Poorly trained drivers can cause accidents if they speed, operate the forklift with an elevated load, load the forklift too high and impair their vision, or give other employees a ride on the forklift.
- Tipping: With or without a load, forklifts can tip. If the driver is speeding around a corner, the forklift wheels can swing outwards and cause the forklift to fall over. Having to repair or replace a forklift due to tipping damages will be an unnecessary expense.
- Insecure Loads: Loading the forklift with products that are irregular or unbalanced can also cause the forklift to tip.
- Mechanical Failure: Numerous forklift accidents are a result of mechanical failures.
- Workplace Design: Companies often purchase forklifts for their storage warehouses without considering the workplace design. If there is not adequate moving space for the forklift to turn, the forklift may crash into a storage structure and cause it to collapse.
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