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What Does OSHA Say About Depalletizing & Worker Safety? | Apex Safety Spotlight
Cost-Effective Depalletizing Tips Save You BIG in Worker Comp Claims $20 Billion… yes, that’s a “B,” and it represents the direct annual cost of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the American workplace. With over 400,000 injuries per year, MSDs are a leading cause of excess operating costs. Since depalletizing activities are practically a poster child for…
360 Degrees of Warehouse Safety | Apex Safety Spotlight
Download Warehouse Safety Checklist to Ensure Your Team is Covered Floor to Ceiling, Dock to Dock Welcome to the latest Apex Safety Spotlight and our 360-degree overview of warehouse safety products critical to operational effectiveness. In the fast-paced world of material handling and distribution, ensuring the well-being of your equipment, personnel, and visitors to your…
Tips to Ensure Safe Indoor & Outdoor Cantilever Racking | Apex Safety Spotlight
See Specific Risk, Design & Inspection Areas for Safe Cantilever Racking Use –Indoor or Outdoors Cantilever rack is your go-to for efficient vertical storage of large, awkward, and bulky inventor in both indoor and outside environments. Everything from lumber, building materials, and furniture to wiring and pipes find an orderly spot within cantilever racking. The…
Addressing Warehouse Safety Concerns for Temporary & Seasonal Workers | Apex Safety Spotlight
Warehouse Safety Is a Permanent Job Even for Temp & Seasonal Workers Hiring seasonal and temporary warehouse workers is common practice to manage the ebb and flow of normal operational and fulfillment activities. However, it’s important to consider that your temporary workers face different risks and challenges vs. your full-time team in their respective roles….
Pallet Rack Repair Kit vs. Full Replacement? | Apex Safety Spotlight
Addressing Pallet Rack Repair — Repair Kit or Full Upright Replacement The lower portion of your pallet rack uprights is particularly susceptible to damage caused by forklift impacts. Even minor bumps and thumps can compromise the safety and usability of your rack system. So, just as you wouldn’t drive an unfit car on the road,…
How Do Building Codes Affect Pallet Rack Design? | Apex Safety Spotlight
Breaking Down Building Codes to Build Up Safe Pallet-racking Drilling your last bolt or anchoring your last rack guard does not signal the end of your pallet rack installation. The approval from the state and or local building inspector does. It’s an important distinction that your team needs to understand before signing off on a…
7 Warehouse Conditions that Can Compromise Pallet Rack Integrity | Apex Safety Spotlight
Your Team is Counting on You to Deliver Safe Pallet Rack With so many moving parts in a warehouse or distribution center, it’s hard to identify every safety risk, especially when dealing with a strong, durable, heavy-duty pallet rack system. While, thankfully, rack collapses in the U.S. are extremely rare, rack-compromising damage can be a…
3 Steps to Address Pallet Rack Rust | Apex Safety Spotlight
Preventing & Mitigating Pallet Rack Rust As Kryptonite is to the Man of Steel, so is rust to your steel pallet racking system. While seemingly strong and nearly impervious… even able to withstand an occasional altercation with a forklift, your pallet racking has inherent vulnerabilities. Rust is the enemy that must be stopped in its…
Pallet Wrapping 101 – Pallet Packing, OSHA, Safety & More! | Apex Safety Spotlight
Stretch Your Warehouse Safety Dollar with Proper Pallet Wrap Guidelines & Enforcement While holiday music may be playing in the background, wrapping isn’t a seasonal activity for most warehouse facilities. In fact, pallet wrapping is an all-year-round activity and a critical component of warehouse safety. Pallet wrapping secures otherwise loose items onto a pallet to…
What Does OSHA Say About Pallet Rack Safety? | Apex Safety Spotlight
Pallet Rack Safety & OSHA Standards — What You Need to Know to Comply The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) is the government oversight body in charge of monitoring workplace safety. As a general rule, businesses should want to avoid unsafe working conditions for obvious reasons, but the threat of OSHA oversight and hefty…
