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>Warehouse Workers Safety Guide

Table of Contents

 

Section I

Basic Rules of Safety

  1. The Law Says
  2. Elements of On-the-Job Safety
  3. Safety Tips for New Employees
  4. Safety Tips for Supervisors

 

Section II

Maintaining High Standards of Safety

  1. Accident Investigation and Reporting
    • Purpose
    • Investigation Team
    • Roles and Responsibilities
    • Report
  2. Safety Inspections
    • Purpose
    • Inspection Team
    • Role and Responsibility
    • Inspection Reports
  3. Sample Inspection Checklist
  4. First Aid

 

Section III

Common Hazards and Safety Tips

  1. Ergonomics
    • Job Demands
    • Workplace Components
    • Symptoms
    • Suggested Work Practices to Prevent RMI
    • Computer Workstations
    • Using the Telephone while Operating a VDT
    • Feet
    • Sitting
  2. Housekeeping
  3. Indoor Air Quality
    • Symptoms of Poor Indoor Air Quality
    • Recognizing and Controlling Indoor Air Problems
  4. Confined Space
    • Definition
    • Health Hazards
    • Entering a Confined Space
    • Safe Work Procedures
  5. Lockout Procedures
    • Purpose
    • Established Procedures

 

Section IV

Emergency Preparedness

  1. Emergency Guidelines
  2. Hazardous Material Spills
    • Initial Response Information
  3. Spill Procedures
  4. Fire Control
    • Fire Extinguishers
  5. Eyewash Stations and Emergency Showers

 

Section V

Warehouse and Terminals

  1. Warehouse
    • Floors
    • Ramps
    • Aisles
    • Storage Platforms
    • Ladders
  2. Terminals
    • Loading Docks
    • Vehicles
    • Trailers
    • Dockplates

 

Section VI

Manual Materials Handling

  1. General Safety Tips on Lifting and Moving
    • Manual Lifting
    • Transferring Weight
    • Carrying
    • Pushing and Pulling
  2. Specific Methods for Specific Container Type
    • Bags
    • Bales
    • Barrels
    • Boxes and Cartons
    • Crates
    • Cylinders (gases)
    • Drums
    • Carboys
    • Storage
    • Pallets
    • Plate Glass
    • Sheet Metal
    • Long Objects
    • Rolls
    • Flat Circular Items

 

Section VII

Materials Handling

  1. Shipping and Packing
    • Sealers and Glue
    • Strapping
    • Shrink Wrap, Bag Sealers and Plastic
    • Strapping Welders
    • Picking
  2. Materials Handling Equipment
    • Carts
    • Conveyors
    • Hoists
    • Jacks
    • Rollers and Dollies
    • Tools

 

Section VIII

Powered Vehicles for Moving and Lifting

  1. Personal and General Safety
    • Loads
    • Trailer Loading
    • Batteries
    • Fuel
    • Propane
    • Gasoline and Diesel
  2. Motorized Vehicles
    • General Safety Tips
    • Electric Hand Trucks (Walkies)
    • Forklifts
    • Stock Picking Lifts
    • Side Loading and Straddle Trucks
    • Tow Motors and Tractors
    • Automated Guided or Electronically
    • Controlled Vehicles
    • Cranes
    • Crane Trucks and Boom Trucks
    • Rigging

 

Section IX

Material Storage

  1. General Safety Tips
  2. Storage Units
    • Bins, Silos and Hoppers
    • Pallets and Skids
    • Shelves and Bays
    • Racks
    • Rigid Containers
    • Tanks
    • Transfer Pipes and Ducts
  3. Hazardous Materials
    • Flammable and Combustible Solids and Powders
    • Flammable and Combustible Liquids
    • Compressed Gas Cylinders
    • Chemicals

 

Section X

The Work Environment

  1. Vibration
  2. Noise
  3. Dust
  4. Lighting
  5. Working in Hot Environments
    • Health and Safety Legislation and ACGIH Guidelines
    • Humidex
    • Potential Health Problems
    • Preventing Heat Related Illness
  6. Working in Cold Environments
    • Effect of Wind
    • Equipment Design
    • Exposure Control
    • Protective Clothing
  7. Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
    • UV Index

 

Section XI

Occupational Health and Safety Legislation

  1. What Does the OH&S Legislation Say?
    • Governmentâs Responsibilities
    • Workerâs Rights and Responsibilities
    • Employerâs Responsibilities
    • Joint Health and Safety Committee
    • Role of Joint Health and Safety Committee
    • Work Refusals
  2. Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
    • WHMIS Symbols and Classes
  3. Fire Code
  4. Building Code
  5. Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act
  6. Emergency Spill Reporting and Assistance

 

Section XII

Information Sources

  1. Canadian
  2. US