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Creating a culture of safety awareness
Tracking and posting your safety record in high-traffic areas will increase awareness.
Post your drug-free workplace policies too. Investigate near misses, find out what lessons were
learned and feed this information back to supervisors and employees to prevent injuries.
Applying ergonomics
Here are two examples from recent assessments. In one, rather than using power material
handling exchange (MHE) equipment, workers used movable ladders to pick full cartons with
both hands up to 12 feet off the floor. In another, workers used non-motorized flatbed carts to
pick oversized products and pull orders to the shipping stations. Both companies fortunately
invested in proper equipment to reduce injury. How can you change tasks in your warehouse and
reduce fatigue and risk?
Improving your workplace safety lowers health insurance and workmen‘s compensation
claims, reduces absenteeism and cuts down on fatigue which can make workers susceptible to
injury to themselves and others. Safety in the DC is everyone‘s responsibility, but it starts at the
top.
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