Your help needed on warehouse safety project
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Dear Retail and Distribution group
members
As you may be aware our group has a sub-group entitled the
‘Warehouse Safety Forum’ (WSF), whose objective is to monitor and
promote best practice in the warehousing sector and where
appropriate to focus on specific ‘hot topics’ via ‘Task and finish’
(TFG) work groups. The WSF committee recently agreed to a couple of
topics namely Dock levellers and pedestrian safety. Each TFG will
be working toward gaining an industry wide understanding of the
risks associated with each topic and wishes to ensure that our
membership is consulted.
Therefore, if any members can contribute to either of these groups
in the following ways we would be pleased to hear from you:
Dock levellers
- Provide example (e.g. case studies) of good practice with
regard to the use , specification or design of dock levellers
- Provide examples of risks that have been identified with the
use of dock levellers, providing methods utilised to resolve these
issues where possible
- Offers of direct assistance in this TFG would be welcome from
persons with extensive and relevant experience
Pedestrian safety
- Provide examples of practical pedestrian safety in a warehouse
(internal) environment
- Provide examples of engineering controls e.g. barriers etc that
have actually delivered safety improvements
- Provide examples of marking walkways, safety signage etc that
you feel could be adopted as an industry standard
- Offers of direct assistance in this TFG would be welcome from
persons with extensive and relevant experience
The WSF was originally formed from a wide and diverse group of
industry stakeholders and the HSE. It was instrumental in the
release of the latest edition of HSG76 and continues to work
towards reducing risk in the warehousing sector. Meeting on a six
monthly basis, the WSF is volunteer based with self funding members
drawn from the original stakeholder groups.
Please send your comments to Sarah-Louise
Cook IOSH Networks Officer.
Thank you
Steve Clark, Chair WSF / Retail and Distribution Vice
Chair