Forklift Awareness: A Warehouse Near-Miss Case Study
It is a Thursday afternoon at a large regional distribution centre. The floor is busy: three forklifts are running regular stock-rotation routes, a fourth is staging outbound pallets near the loading dock, and foot traffic is high because the afte
Flammable Liquids Awareness: A Workplace Scenario
A maintenance technician at a distribution warehouse is decanting mineral spirits from a 55-gallon drum into a standard plastic fuel jug to use for parts cleaning. The work area has been used for this task regularly over the past two years without
Flammable and Combustible Liquids: Workplace Safety Guide
Flammable and combustible liquids are present in virtually every workplace that performs manufacturing, maintenance, cleaning, painting, or vehicle fueling. The two primary hazards associated with flammable liquids are explosion and fire. What mak