Having a secured environment at the warehouse for your employees and the goods is crucial. It plays an essential role in boosting the overall productivity of the work. Being aware of the potential threats and taking safety measures accordingly will avoid major mishaps on site.

Listed below are 4 common warehouse mishap and their prevention tips:

Collisions– This is among the most common and hazardous accidents in a warehouse. Warehouse collisions are of two major kinds, it could either be machine to goods or machine to human. They are capable of damaging goods or the equipment on site, and sometimes could be fatal too. Such collisions often occur due to insufficient lighting, lack of safety alarms and warnings, sudden movement of forklift or at intersections. To prevent them the warehouse manager must ensure that the warehouse is well lit, wherever required audio or visual safety alarm accident prevention solutions are installed, markings on the path of the vehicles are made.

Goods Damage– While moving goods and placing them in their respective stacks there are chances that the forklift operator could be unable to place the pallet at the right stack, this is when goods tend to damage. There are also damages that are caused due to clashes between a mobile equipment in the aisle and the goods that are not properly pushed inside the racks. Also, while loading goods on racks at a height the forklift operator does not have a crystal clear line of sight and can insert the fork wrongly which may lead to a huge material loss. By stacking the goods proportionally and by using camera solutions for forklifts that assist the operator while loading goods can help in the prevention of these losses.

Fire Accidents– Fire can destroy your entire warehouse. A little negligence can actually lead to huge loss. The warehouse must be well protected against it. Make sure that all the warehouse employees are trained about warehouse fire safety, check all the wirings and electric sockets, repair the worn out ones, check if there’s any leak of flammable gasses and have effective fire extinguishing systems. In case of any fire emergency contact the warehouse and safety manager.

Slips – Slips occur very frequently in warehouses. Mostly they take place due to fluid and grease on the floor. If the floors are not cleaned regularly these slips can be very dangerous for people on site, especially while manually handling some goods. Make sure that the floor is cleaned and any obstacles like boxes or crates are eliminated from the path to have a slip free workplace at your warehouse.

Even though these tips seem trivial, not abiding by them could actually risk valuable lives and affect the assets and resources of your company. They undoubtedly add a lot in the overall safety and accident prevention at your warehouse. Having ticked all the above boxes you are all set to have/maintain a happy and safe workplace!