Three Strategies to Make Your Loading Docks Safer
By Michael Brittingham
The road to better safety management – with a destination of a strong safety culture – is paved with well-trained employees who understand and know how to safely and efficiently use machines and technology.
When you mix speed, forklifts and foot traffic with trailers and other heavy equipment, what do you get? A loading dock, of course. Unfortunately, you also get the setting for one in four industrial accidents each year.
Considering the high cost of accidents and injuries, it’s no surprise that manufacturing leaders are reexamining and rethinking the way they approach safety management in their operations – and the loading dock is no exception.
