Stanair safety focus: Making docking bays safer for staff

The very nature of having a busy warehouse operation carries the risk of injury for the staff who do the work.

The constant movement of goods mixed with heavy vehicles, machinery and new inexperienced staff, is a dangerous combination and hard to manage properly.

Of course no company wants to see an employee injured in any way, which is why health and safety is a priority for so many companies.

One of the places in a warehouse with the greatest risk is the docking bay. Stanair has identified a number of questions that must be answered for each bay:

Are docking bays correctly designed for the vehicles that are using it? Are there heavy lifting implications if the vehicle is a different height to the bay? A dock leveller can remove height problems
Are there measures in place to stop staff falling off loading bays? Removable guard railing is a sensible precaution
Can the driver of the vehicle using the bay see properly? Automated traffic light systems will allow drivers to reverse in safely
Could bad weather affect loading or unloading and place staff at risk or slips on wet surfaces? A dock shelter can remove the risk of bad weather from your docking bay

To discuss Stanair’s dock loading systems and other ways to make your docking bay safer, please contact your local Stanair depot.

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