Every Warehouse Fort Myers, FL businesses run hire workers to perform a certain amount of manual order picking. There are some basic rules you should share with staff to ensure they are following the recommended best practices to avoid injury.
Meeting and Setting Quotas
When you have an expectation of how many orders employees are supposed to pick each day, there can be a tendency to rush. Rushing can lead to serious injury which in the long run costs your business money through insurance and workmen’s compensation claims. Pick rates should be set with realistic quotas so that staff are not rushing and becoming careless. It is also important to ensure that staff who have been working for long stretches take breaks, especially on the more dangerous night shifts where accidents are known to happen by tired employees.
Familiarize Staff with the Best Working Zone
Training is key to avoiding accidents and providing employees with a few simple rules will help them avoid injury as well as avoid dropping and damaging inventory. Reviewing safe working zones will help avoid accidents when manually picking orders:
* Shelves considered safe for items allotted for manual picking should be located between the shoulder and knee height of the average man.
* Manual picking items must be easily reached without reaching or bending.
* Items slotted for manual picking should weigh no more than 8-17kg.
* Any items over 25kg are not suitable for manual lifting without risk of injury.
* Make sure all new hires are shown the proper process for lifting close to the body, bending with their knees.
Higher Storage
The higher up employees are working the more chance there is of accidents. When planning your warehouse in Fort Myers, FL consider keeping shelves as low as possible. If this is not possible ensure you have provided staff with the proper equipment for reaching higher items. The recommended equipment are platform ladders with a load lifter. These are ideal to reach items stored above the best working zone. They can be placed out of the aisles when not in use and offer easy steps and a safe platform when needed. Platform ladders allow employees to carry items safely and the platform offers an area for standing and a raised area for resting items being loaded and unloaded from shelves.
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