Thanks for checking in with us again this week, Marty here with you at Warehouse and Operations as a Career and I\u2019m a bit excited about today\u2019s Episode. We have our go to WAOC Safety man in the house, we\u2019ll on the line actually, Joe how have you been my friend?
\nI know what you mean, for all our listeners out there last Thursday was Thanksgiving here in the States, I\u2019m still eating on all the desserts left sitting around the house.
\nI know you just came off the road, you traveled quite a bit in Nov!
\nJoe, your from Texas, I don\u2019t think you could sustain a trip to Alaska right now bub, it\u2019s a bit colder there than our 73 degrees here today!
\nI hate talking about things like this but I recently heard about another accident that resulted in a fatality in our industry, one that happened at the loading dock. I checked out a few different articles on line and found a really interesting one at upsideinnovations.com on \u201c10 most recent loading dock injuries\u201d, check it out, they have a hyperlink in the article with a Loading Dock Safety Checklist I found it to be really good too.
\nThe article begins by naming Top five warehouse injury areas:
\n1.\tLoading Docks \u2013 I think some of us wouldn\u2019t have picked this as number 1?
\n2.\tForklifts \u2013 I guess this is where your P.I.T or Powered Industrial Truck training comes into play Joe. Maybe I can sneak in my Never get on or operate any machine or piece of equipment you have not been trained to do so statement!
\n3.\tConveyors \u2013 I\u2019ve seen loose clothing and fingers, especially when we wear the wrong size or tattered gloves get caught here.
\n4.\tMaterials Storage \u2013 Again the importance of securely stacking or building our pallets and the proper placement or racking of them.
\n5.\tManual lifting and handling \u2013 I think this is where good ergonomics training comes into importance
\nI have to agree with their number 1. You know we can never be too Safe around a dock area. I find myself letting my guard down when I\u2019m standing in a dock areas, maybe it\u2019s because we can see the daylight or outside environments, I don\u2019t know what it is but I do have to make myself pay attention up there.
\nQuickly here\u2019s their listed 10 incidents: Be sure to check out the article, I\u2019ll put the link in our show notes today https://upsideinnovations.com/10-most-recent-loading-dock-injuries/
\nEach one of these is an individual article:
\n Employee crushed and killed between a truck and loading dock
\nWorker crushed by dock level is killed
\nWorker is killed in fall from loading dock
\nEmployee is crushed when fork lift drops off a loading platform
\nEmployee is struck and killed by falling truck wall panel
\nEmployee is crushed when forklift falls from loading dock
\nEmployee sustains heart attack and dies
\nEmployee is caught in between a tractor trailer and the loading dock
\nEmployee crushed by forklift
\nEmployee is crushed between truck and dock and is killed
\nWe all know, and I hope we\u2019re taught and trained, on the dangers of our front docks. There\u2019s a lot of precautions taken up front to keep us Safe, from Security, Procedures with the tractors and trailers to locking systems etc, Joe what are you teaching & preaching out in the field, I guess what are you seeing out there?
\nI agree with you Joe and I guess its safe to say that Safety period begins with YOU. What\u2019d you think of that Loading Dock Safety Checklist I sent over to you, and I\u2019ve added it to our show notes at warehouseandoperationsasacareer.com for our listeners as well. http://upsideinnovations.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Dock-Safety-Checklist.pdf
\nLet\u2019s kind of walk through the inbound cycle as we know it, kind of discuss the A to Z process. I guess first off there\u2019s Security, I know of several DC\u2019s utilizing a Guard shack, a secure gate approach. Why and how\u2019s that being used?