OSHA estimates that nearly 856,000 forklifts are in operation in the United States today, and of those, more than 11% or 96,785 will be involved in an accident each year. With all …

Making sure that your warehouse is safe for workers is essential to the continued success of your business. In addition to being the fiscally responsible decision, protecting warehouse workers from …

Every year forklift accidents cause tens of thousands of injuries and a forklift is involved in one out of six workplace deaths. Waiting until an accident occurs is far too …

As a manager, one of your top priorities is the safety of your workers. OSHA estimates that each year, approximately 85 workers are killed in forklift-related accidents. In addition, 34,900 accidents …

Wire and cable distributors use a wide variety of reel-handling carts to move product around the warehouse, but for high-volume, high-capacity operations, only a forklift fleet will do. Standard lift …

The floor isn’t just for walking on anymore! In warehouses, the floor offers great opportunities for improving visual communications through the use of floor markings. While floor markings have been …

Trip hazards are all around us. Heck, just this morning I tripped over three of our five dogs while getting ready for work. While dogs are bigger than your typical, …

Many manufacturing and material handling facilities – especially chemical companies and food processing plants – use overhead hoists to load and unload materials to pallet drop areas or production platforms. …

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that 25% of all warehouse injuries occur on the loading dock. Given the demand for shorter order fulfilment times and the development …

Driving a forklift on rough terrain is not an easy task. In fact, if the operator doesn’t know what he’s doing, it can result in a serious accident. Before the …

There are the three common enemies of drive and load wheels on warehouse products such as reach trucks, order pickers, and pallet jacks: heat, debris, and poor floor conditions. Here’s …

Warehouse receiving areas are some of the busiest places in a supply chain. Because of the variables involved with receiving such as unknown personnel (truck drivers) in your warehouse, the …

By Jeremy Wishart. For employees throughout the material handling industry, safety is paramount. Working with and around heavy machinery on the job, employees in the industry are face-to-face with potential …

The cost of a fire in a warehouse goes far beyond the loss of the building and goods.  The consequential loss caused by downtime, operation interruption, business reputation and goodwill …

Occupational safety and health specialists study past work-related illnesses and injuries to understand how to prevent future ones. More than 80 years ago, the occupational safety and health pioneer Herbert …

OSHA rules and regulations can be confusing, so ensuring that your enterprise is OSHA compliant can be challenging without the right tools to guide you. For example, OSHA requires fleet safety …

Wisconsin Lift Truck & Illinois Material Handing, one of the Midwest’s leaders in certified forklift training, expands its safety training portfolio to include virtual reality simulators for purchase or rent, …

Engage in ladder safety like never before. Graphic Products commemorates March, the month for Ladder Safety, to unveil a shareable, informative full-color Workplace Ladder Safety Infographic to easily implement as …

Want to stay OSHA compliant and create a safer work environment? Better communication by way of warehouse safety signs is a best practice when it comes to managing risk in …