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Understanding Your Fleet Costs
Understanding your fleet cost may not be as simple as knowing how much you purchased your vehicles and equipment. Effective cost management entails a comprehensive fleet cost analysis that would help you establish and control your fleet's total cost, budget, prices...
Questions To Ask Your Warehouse Service Provider
Choosing a warehouse service provider is an essential step for any business that needs to outsource their order fulfillment. However, selecting a reliable and appropriate provider is easier said than done. Whether you are merely looking for a company to handle your...
How To Do A Covid 19 Risk Assessment For Warehouses?
In line with creating a COVID-19 workplace Health and Safety Plan, you should also develop a risk assessment and control initiative for your warehouse. This keeps your employees and operations the assurance that your business complies with CDC’s health standards when...
The Ins And Outs Of Warehouse Safety
A loading dock can be a busy place with all the activity and equipment in use. At loading docks and in warehouses, mishaps can and do occur. One out of every four warehouse injuries happens at the loading dock. When they happen, those injuries tend to be serious....
8 Tips For Preventing Warehouse Injuries
Warehouse safety managers should be committed to the health and safety of their employees. It's essential to recognize that every workplace has hazards of some sort. All employees working in warehouses should follow some simple rules that will help ensure safety in...
How To Identify Loading Dock Hazards
Today, we're going to look at various potential hazards of the loading dock. We'd look for an inspection, uh, dealing with, uh, loading docks. Some typical activities at a loading dock are vehicle traffic coming in and out of the loading dock, parking, stabilizing,...
Loading Dock Safety Procedures
Today's article is on loading dock procedures. With all the activity going on around loading docks, there are plenty of hazards to be aware of. These hazards include slipping on a wet, oily, or broken floor surfaces, falling off dock edges, injuries from falls due to...
How To Prevent Loading Dock Accidents
The dock area is one of the busiest and most dangerous areas of a facility. Did you know that a forklift accident could cost a company in the range of $10,000 to $135,000 per accident? Protecting your building and employees saves you money and prevents unsafe...