Warehousing and Storage Safety

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A fleet of trucks of various sizes is often required for delivery to and from the warehouse. Materials for storage are unloaded at the docks and placed in designated areas. Length of storage time ranges from a day to years. Items stored may include farm products such as beans, cotton, grains, potatoes, tobacco and wool. Special types of warehousing may also be used for automobile storage, fur storage, lumber terminals, oil and gasoline storage, petroleum and chemical bulk stations and terminals as well as for textiles and liquor. Refrigerated warehouses may store any type of perishable goods and some furs. Also included are food lockers, which may or may not provide services for processing, preparing, or packaging such food for storage. Materials are moved by either hand or mechanical handling equipment (forklifts, etc.) to storage bays or racks or refrigerated rooms.

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, for every 100 employees in the warehousing and storage industry 4.8 employees were injured in 2019. 3.7 out of every 100 employees were injured severly enough to cause them to miss work or require a job transfer or restricted job duties. There is a clear need for employees working at warehouses to know the potential hazards they may be exposed to and how to protect themselves.

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