Vehicle Loading and Material Handling Issues
Safety at loading bays is a key issue for any material handling company. Accidents endanger employee health and cost businesses thousands of pounds each year in lost productivity, equipment damage, lawsuits, and training replacement personnel.
loadsafe.co.uk aims to help companies keep their loading bays safe, productive working environments. On this website, you will find a selection of feature articles that cover a range of loading bay safety topics, including conveyors, sea containers, and manual handling. Please use the links below for more information.
Leading Edge in Conveyor Safety
Boom conveyors
Telescopic boom conveyors are essential to the swift and efficient running of most modern warehouses, post depots and distribution centres. Primarily used to load and unload lorries with loose and unpalletised parcels, they extend and retract, facilitating swift, efficient loading and unloading. However, if misused, misapplied or neglected, telescopic boom conveyors can be dangerous.
Make Short Work of Manual Handling
Goods lifts
Manual handling includes any tasks that require an individual to lift, move or support a load. Incorrect or repetitive manual handling causes strain injuries, known as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). These are often severe or long-term and can have devastating health implications. MSDs account for over a third of reported injuries and affect over one million people in the UK each year. Associated costs, including lost productivity, lawsuits, rehabilitation and training replacement staff, are high.
Safe Shipping
Sea containers
Research shows that approximately 90% of the worldxs non-bulk cargo moves in containers stacked on transport ships. They improve port handling efficiency, help lower freight handling charges, and boost trade flows. Almost every manufactured product humans consume spends some time in a container.
Keep Your Doors Safe & Protect Workers
Warehouse doors
Used in most modern warehouses and distribution centres, internal and external industrial doors are barriers that separate areas of a facility, yet allow passage through when required. If misapplied, misused or neglected they can be extremely hazardous, resulting in serious injuries, lost productivity and costly lawsuits. Companies that pay proper attention to industrial door safety benefit from safer, more productive working environments.
How to Maintain Conveyors: A Complete Rundown!
Conveyors
Conveyors are a reliable, cost effective means of moving parcels. They help warehouses, distribution centres and post depots load and unload transit vehicles, move goods through automated sortation systems, and prove invaluable to businesses with speed and efficiency targets.
Hazards in the Warehouse
Loading bays
An estimated 25% of factory and warehouse accidents occur in the loading bay. High levels of human and mechanical traffic combined with a low appreciation of the risks involved, means that loading bays are potentially very hazardous places in which to work.