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Safe from harm As more employees return to the workplace, especially warehouses, health and safety precautions are increasingly important. Dealers can help ensure employers do all they can to keep workers safe
A
ccidents in the
people are going back into warehouses at the
signs aim to stop people from doing a specific
workplace are still a
same time – people who may have forgotten
action in the warehouse, mandatory signs show
common occurrence
the health and safety practices they followed
what you need to do, or what action is required
– there were 582,000
before. These messages need to be reinforced to
in a specific area such as ‘High visibility
in 2018/19 according
minimise the chances of accidents, which can
clothing must be worn’.
to the Health and
be costly for both the injured worker and the
“Hazard warning signs are designed
Safety Executive – and, as more people return
business in terms of potential fines - and dealers
to protect, and warn everyone from the
to the workplace, health and safety precautions
can play an important role in this.
possible dangers of a specific area or
are high on employers’ agendas.
machinery - very beneficial signage if people
SEEING THE SIGNS
are unaware of any potential hazards in a
are often busy places and also potentially
One of the most basic, yet effective, pieces of
particular part of the warehouse.”
dangerous. There is a lot going on - the use of
safety equipment is signage. “Prohibitive signs
heavy equipment, forklift trucks being driven
are common in warehouses. These red signs
important role in warehouses. There is often
about, high warehouse racking – all of which
grab attention and inform what can and can’t be
limited wall space available anyway but, as
can be potentially hazardous.
done in those areas,” says Peter Clayton, head of
people tend to look down while they are
sales at Spectrum Industrial. “While prohibitive
walking around a warehouse, a floor graphic
This is especially so in warehouses, which
With the end of social distancing a lot of
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Peter adds that floor graphics play an
