Commercial logistics and fulfilment operations need to take clear steps to meet Health & Safety rules and obligations. That includes knowing where to buy safety basics for warehouses. Here are five must-have products for H&S compliance.
Warehouses are increasingly automated and reliant on technology including robotics and autonomous vehicles.
Another important trend in this sector is a considerable upsurge in dropshipping. The COVID-19 pandemic created a boom in eCommerce and home delivery systems, putting new pressures on companies to manage their supply chains, logistics and fulfilment effectively.
None of this reduces the emphasis on keeping staff and visitors safe in your warehouse. In fact, it can mean additional issues such as creating agile warehouse layouts that change quickly as required. As well as orchestrating 24-hour working for equipment and labour!
To help with this, which five safety items are most important in warehouse operations?
1. Warehouses safety signs
Signs can never be ‘overlooked’, particularly the need to source new ones to match changing work patterns or priorities. For example, have you added sufficient numbers of social distancing and one-way pedestrian signs in your warehouse?
There are diverse other floor graphic stickers that keep people safe in warehouses, as well as keeping your structure, machinery and productivity undamaged.
Floor markers can be placed across many strategic locations, making them a quick and easy way to change safety warning and control measures.
Buying graphic floor stickers for warehouses from us provides you with a quality product that can withstand considerable wear and tear. As well as a carefully chosen adhesive that works well, without damaging the flooring beneath.
The choice of designs for warehouse floor markers is extensive, but among the best selling ones are warnings for places where machinery and people operate, steps, forklift trucks, fire exits, pedestrians, no smoking areas and the need for special equipment such as goggles and ear defenders.
2. Anti Slip Tape Rolls
Another basic need for warehouse safety is floor anti-slip tape, which reduces the risk of your warehouse floor causing falls and trips.
It’s important to buy anti-slip tape that’s strong and reliable, creating an immediate bond between the adhesive and the surface of your warehouse floor. You don’t want your hazard warning tape to be a hazard in itself!
Our rolls of anti-slip tape for warehouses are H&S compliant, water-resistant and manufactured from a thick carrier with diamond-hard aluminium oxide. This makes the tape suitable to mark out slip risks in both internal and external warehouse environments.
3. Pedestrian Barriers
Safety signage and tape serve a valuable function in warehouse operations, but sometimes a physical barrier is needed to meet your legislative obligations and keep people apart from machines, vehicles, electrical wiring or other dangerous areas.
The ideal solution is our polymer segregation system – PedestrianSAFE SEG+ – which includes barriers (standard or low level), sprung return gates and fixed steel boots or demountable shoe plates. This system of pedestrian guards puts safety first, and then also covers ease of installation and versatility to match any layout.
4. Waste racksack range
Any list of warehouse safety essentials must include a way of handling waste efficiently, to avoid trip hazards and other risks associated with unwanted materials.
Floor level bins can cause their problems, particularly as modern logistic and fulfilment centres need to maximise on every square metre!
This is why space-saving waste racksacks were invented. They slot easily on to warehouse racking and shelving and come in an assortment of designs to collect both recyclable and general business rubbish. Not only are they versatile – and easy to place and empty – these waste sacks for racking items are incredibly robust and hardwearing.
5. Weight Load Notices
The racking and shelving systems in warehouses are crucial to efficiency and space utilisation. However, they represent a safety risk in themselves if staff are not aware of crucial limits and your operating procedures.
This makes racking notices another basic safety must-have for warehouse. Particularly weight load indicators.
Our range includes clear and unmissable information that can be added to all types of racking, as well as mezzanine floors. Not only can you choose the correct weight load information for your business, but you can also add your company logo and contact details to create personalised safety signs for warehouse racking.
Getting safety products that are ‘best fit’
Off the shelf, safety solutions are not always the best option for busy warehousing operations. Each location and business has its layout, goals and systems.
That’s why, when buying safety essentials for logistics and fulfilment centres, the ‘safest’ option is to contact us for tailormade consignments of high visibility safety products.