Safety Meeting Topics for Warehouse Workers

Warehouse efficiency is at the core of business being successful. After all, this is where deliveries, storage, and processing often take place. That said, accidents to personnel and damage to products and/or equipment are a costly aspect of warehouse work, but it doesn’t have to be. While you can never prevent all incidents, there are ways to help mitigate them with proper training or conversations about the topic that is relevant no matter your field – safety.

Next time you sit down with employees for a meeting, here are some safety topics for warehouse workers. Discussing these topics together will help keep your employees safe and reduce overall risk.

• Loading Dock Safety

  Securing the trailer to the dock with a locking device is just the beginning of loading dock safety, and this is an area that can be the most prone to accidents if your company’s safety and regulations are not talked about and followed by all warehouse personnel.

• Pedestrian / Forklift Safety

  With nearly 100,000 forklift-related injuries reported each year to the tune of $135 million in immediate costs incurred, making sure your employees understand and abide by forklift safety guidelines is crucial to your warehouse running smoothly and limiting its risk to people and products. These Hazard Recognition and Communication solutions help make that possible. Additionally, our Safe-T-Signal, a four-way warehouse traffic sensor, provides a great solution for helping to ensure both pedestrians and vehicle operators avoid bumping into each other in the warehouse.

• Area Protection and Pedestrian Safety

  Protecting employees while increasing efficiency and traffic flow can be accomplished through proper warehouse solutions like safety barriers and machine guarding.

• Conveyor Safety

  Proper inspection, guarding and training can reduce the risk of workers being injured by falling products, being caught in pinch points, or improper worker lifting or overexertion.

We are best equipped to provide solutions for the topics above, but there are plenty of other areas that deserve consideration when addressing safety in your warehouse. For additional information or guidance on the those topics, please refer to the list below and visit the OSHA Pocket Guide for Warehouse Worker Safety.

Other Topics to Consider:

• Hazardous Material Safety
• Material Handling and Storage Protection
• Charging Stations
• Emergency Procedures
• Employee Concerns or Comments

As we mentioned before, there’s no cure-all to end employee accidents or damage to products or equipment. However, keeping an open dialogue with your employees and following a stringent set of safety rules that conform to set regulations will ultimately leave your warehouse and all personnel is the best position to reduce risk and increase efficiency.