{"id":2898,"date":"2018-09-17T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T08:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advanced-handling.co.uk\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2018-09-17T09:00:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T08:00:52","slug":"the-five-most-common-warehouse-safety-hazards-how-to-prevent-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advanced-handling.co.uk\/2018\/09\/the-five-most-common-warehouse-safety-hazards-how-to-prevent-them\/","title":{"rendered":"The Five Most Common Warehouse Safety Hazards & How To Prevent Them"},"content":{"rendered":"
For all the work that goes into preventing them, the majority of warehouses are plagued with a large number of very similar safety hazards.<\/p>\n
Due to the way warehouses handle items and process shipments, many of their workers are subject to similar risks for injury and product damage. It isn\u2019t as hopeless as it sounds, though\u2014 there\u2019s plenty of ways to mitigate these more prominent risks and keep everyone and everything in your warehouse safe from harm.<\/p>\n
Below, we\u2019ve pulled together the five warehouse hazards you\u2019re most likely to encounter, and what you can do to prevent them:<\/p>\n
Much like a traffic jam, if you have a lot of pallets, packages, and unsold inventory all fighting for the same limited space in your warehouse, these products can create a walking hazard, tripping hazard, or even fall hazards if not properly contained.<\/p>\n
By providing enough warehouse storage for everything you have to stock, you can help prevent these pileups. Make sure your shipping & receiving areas have enough wire shelving to hang onto your items before they get officially sorted out, and make sure things like pallet racks are being used effectively to prevent item pile-ups.<\/p>\n