Archive for March 2021
The Safety Pitfalls You Don’t Expect
By Erica Cole, Contributor Typically, workers who use fall protection are focused on safety because it allows them to perform their duties without harm. Besides adhering to mandatory Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) protocols, workers often opt to use fall protection equipment with more stringent safety standards like American National Standards Institute (ANSI). However,…
Read MoreThe How and Why of OSHA’s eTool for Eye and Face Protection
By Maureen Paraventi, Editor As workplace eye protection has improved and evolved, the task of selecting the right safety glasses or goggles has become much more complicated. Trying to choose the eye protection that is right for both the application and the user means taking into account hazards, materials and regulations that are relevant to…
Read MoreProduct Damage: Carrier Issue or Packaging Issue?
By Dustin Smith, Contributor We recently had a customer that requested our expert opinion on why a product they shipped became damaged. Was the damage because of carrier handling or that the packaging was not designed to survive the carrier’s supply chain? It was an interesting question that we have seen previously with other customers.…
Read MoreNarrow Aisles and High-Density Storage: The Warehouse Gold Standard
By Jim Hess, Contributor From the name alone, it’s obvious that high-density warehousing requires the efficient use of space. Industry research backs up this assumption, as average warehouse capacity used was identified as the single most popular benchmarking metric in the 2020 Warehousing Education and Research Council DC Measures Report (https://werc.org/news/508610/WERCs-2020-Annual-DC-Measures-Operational-Benchmarking-Report.htm). Best-in-class operations use an…
Read MoreFour Supply Chain Benefits of Collaborative Mobile Robotics
By: Fergal Glynn, Contributor The COVID-19 pandemic changed the supply chain overnight. Buying behaviors that were predicted to become the norm by 2026 are suddenly a reality. Based on the U.S. Census Bureau, there was more ecommerce growth in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic than the previous five years combined. Even prior…
Read MorePrevent LOTO Mistakes with Visual Communication
Brian McFadden, Contributor Effective Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) systems protect workers from unexpected movement or energy release during equipment service. OSHA estimates that these procedures save 120 lives, and prevent 50,000 injuries, every year. Naturally, any workplace that takes worker safety seriously will work hard to maintain an effective LOTO program. But we’re all only human; mistakes…
Read MoreProMatDX 2021: POWER UP
What: ProMatDX 2021 When: April 12-16, 2021 Where: Online The “DX” in ProMatDX refers to the fact that that the 2021 version of this event will be a digital experience, one that is designed to “power up” manufacturing and supply chain professionals with critical access to the latest solutions they need to improve the resiliency…
Read MoreThought Leadership Interview with Nzingah Ramos and Gareth Black of CHEMTREC
Maureen Paraventi, editor of Workplace Material Handling & Safety, sits down with CHEMTREC’s Training Program Manager, Nzingah Ramos, and Senior Crisis Consultant, Gareth Black, to discuss the company’s hazmat-related services, which include eLearning courses for safe hazardous materials handling and crisis solutions that help companies prepare for, respond to, and recover from a crisis. For…
Read MoreTingley Introduces Flite Safety Toe Work Shoes
Tingley is excited to announce the Flite® Safety Toe Work Shoe, an extension to the highly successful Flite Knee Boot product line. “We spent a lot of time in the field working with end users and listening to their needs. Several users remarked that the Flite Work Shoe was the most comfortable shoe they’ve ever…
Read MorePallet Truck Attachment Adjusts Load Height for Improved Order Picking
The PalletPal Walkie from Southworth Products is an automatic pallet load leveler that mounts on to any standard electric walkie or walkie/rider pallet truck to make order picking faster, safer and easier. Built on the proven design of PalletPal Level Loaders, the PalletPal Walkie uses a calibrated spring mechanism to automatically adjust the height of…
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