When it comes to business survival, the safety and secure working operations of your warehouse are the height of consideration. Whilst many avenues come down to common sense and proper training around equipment, there are many effective warehouse safety considerations to further reduce risks to employees and create a safer work environment.

Proper safety procedures are always going to be paramount to your business, eliminating unforeseen risks, accidents and circumstances that can grind your company to an abrupt stop.

You factor in the scale of your workforce, machinery utilised, use of pallet racking systems and warehouse storage equipment for heavy items and they all can result in some form of the serious incident if overlooked. Accidents can be unavoidable, sure, but there are still steps that can be taken to avoid health and safety breaches and be in line with ethical codes to make sure you run a safe and secure work environment.

Clear Operations

Machinery, crates and industrial storage racks will always be present in a busy warehouse, and navigating those bulky items and structures can be difficult most of the time – especially when there is no clear line of sight.

This can be resolved with a clear plan for movement in and around the warehouse setting. Much like a road or car park set up. Creating a mobility structure which indicates which directions should be moved around in certain areas reduces the risk of collisions and ensures all workers are going in the same directions. Signs indicating this direction should also be implemented.

Racking Inspection

Pallet racking can take up every inch of available space in a warehouse environment for workers to adequately find the product they are looking for.

If pallet racking is unstable or damaged on occasion, it has the potential to cause serious injury or worse. It is strongly advised that your pallet racking system be regularly inspected and any incident – no matter how small – be reported as soon as it happens. On top of this, it should be inspected by a certified inspector at least once every year to make sure it is secure and worthy of use.

This helps to avoid preventable problems such as wear and tear and poor condition of connecting parts that can lead to full system collapse, falls and major health risks to your workforce.

With supported adequate training for the safety of your workforce and minimising the amount of clutter in and around your warehouse, you further distance yourself away from highly dangerous working conditions.

Contact the team at Monarch Shelving today for all pallet racking and commercial shelving requirements.