According to the British Safety Council, approximately 1,300 employees within the material handling industry are hospitalised annually as a result of a forklift accident within the workplace and that number is predicted to rise. Overall, that equates to five people a day suffering a forklift-related…
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4 Common Forklift Accidents & How to Prevent Them
Top Five Common Warehouse Safety Hazards & Ways to Prevent Them
Workplace safety standards continue to improve each year; however, today’s workforce, especially within a warehouse, still can be dangerous environments with many potential hazards and associated risks.
Warehouse safety goes hand in hand with productivity. Lost workforce hours, damaged stock a…
A guide to racking safety
Racking safety should never be overlooked. And yet, because racking is something which is used everyday, it is easy for businesses to get complacent. This is something that happens to SMEs and multinationals alike. So whether you’re a startup entering distribution for the first time, or a warehousin…
Eight tips for safely setting up and running a warehouse
When it comes to setting up a warehouse, your staff safety should be top priority, closely followed by arranging the space to fit the most in. This can take a lot of planning and often needs to be laid out to exact specifications. There are many things you need to consider but to help you out, here …
Health and safety in the warehouse
Just about any manufacturing business, and many other types of company, will require warehousing or other storage space of one sort or another. Large or small, managing that space comes with risks – and they may not be in places you’ve anticipated. As a business owner, you have a legal duty to prote…
Livingston construction supply company fined for workers forklift injuries
SIG Trading Limited has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he was run over twice by a forklift truck.
Livingston Sheriff Court heard a SIG Trading Ltd forklift driver was moving a large metal coil with a forklift truck inside the company's warehouse on Houston Industrial Estate…
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