Picture This: Racking and Stacking
Warehouse racks and material stacks are nothing to take lightly. A damaged rack can lead to hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost and damaged inventory. Then there are the injuries and fatalities caused if the racks and materials fall. Your co-workers, delivery drivers, and even customers can be injured and killed if a rack or material falls. You certainly don’t want to be the one who causes any of these unfortunate outcomes or the supervisor in charge when an incident occurs. Share these guidelines with your warehouse teams, including managers, and ensure they know how to spot racking [...]
Sexual Harassment: Understanding Unwelcome and Unwanted Behavior
Download Instructor-Led Material Hand Out PowerPoint Quiz Safety Talk What’s at Stake? It is not uncommon to hear employees say things like this, “We can’t even give someone a compliment around here without being accused of sexual harassment.” Or, “I was just joking, she’s way too sensitive. There’s no way that was harassment.” No doubt you have several other phrases you could add to the list. But it’s not that hard to understand what is and what is not considered sexual harassment when you look at in terms of a behavior being unwelcome and unwanted. What You Should Know Supervisors [...]
A Messy Workplace is Never Safe
Download Instructor-Led Material Hand Out PowerPoint Quiz Safety Talk What’s at Stake? What does housekeeping have to do with safety? Lots! A clean and orderly workplace is essential to avoid falls, fires and many other kinds of accidents and injuries. What’s the Danger? Whether it's an office, warehouse, workshop or construction site, there are serious reasons for not trying to function in a messy work environment. Here are some examples: Injury or death resulting from a trip or fall. Injury or death after being struck by an out-of-place object. Injury or death in a fire caused by improper storage or [...]
What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Download Instructor-Led Material Meeting Kit PowerPoint Safety Talk WHAT'S AT STAKE? According to the WHO, coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that range from the common cold to much more serious diseases. These diseases can infect both humans and animals. The strain that began spreading in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, is related to two other coronaviruses that have caused major outbreaks in recent years: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). WHAT'S THE DANGER? Symptoms of a coronavirus infection range in severity from respiratory problems to cases of pneumonia, kidney failure and [...]
What is Social Distancing
Here's a quick PowerPoint on "What is Social Distancing" to help you deal with some of the issues related to COVID-19. PowerPoint Poster
