Increase Your Workplace Safety and Efficiency By Using Access Equipment
Date Posted:27 April 2016
If you work in a busy warehouse environment, you’ll most likely be aware of the term ‘access equipment’.
For anyone else reading, or to give you a little refresher, access equipment covers anything that helps you safely and efficiently unload and load goods and containers. This includes items such as:
- ladders and step stools
- container ramps
- forklift platforms
Now you’re aware of the term, we’ll help you understand the importance of using access equipment in your workplace to increase safety, as well as efficiency. Making sure the right products and items are easily accessible to staff, and proper training is provided on their use, will help improve your workplace and your business overall.
Ladders and Step Stools – For Safe Access to High Places
Falls from ladders or scaffolding account for many workplace injuries. If you have a storage area that includes high shelving, ensure that you have a safe ladder or step-stool available so that you or your staff members are not forced to climb onto boxes or on other objects to retrieve items.
Make sure all ladders are in proper working order and that staff know how to use them correctly, including all locking mechanisms.
Container Ramps – For Safe, Easy Loading
To store merchandise, supplies and other goods, many businesses use large storage
containers.
Some of the goods inside of these containers can be exceedingly big and heavy, which is why moving these goods in and out of their containers needs to be made as easy as possible while maintaining your safety. Container ramps provide you with that solution, allowing you to walk or drive directly in and out of raised containers.
Forklift Platforms – For Easy Elevating
Forklift platforms are an easy way for your employees to reach high places without resorting to a dedicated man lift table or truck. Or even riskier, trying to reach items themselves, or by standing on other objects!
Forklift platforms simply slide onto a forklift’s forks and one person operates the lift while the other is raised in the platform. This gives you an effective and easy way to work with high placed goods in your warehouse. And even more importantly, their safety railings provide security for your staff when performing their day-to-day duties. They’ll reduce the risk of accidents, as well as injuries through incorrect manual handling practices, making them a very effective access equipment item for Australian businesses.
Interested to find out more about access equipment in the workplace?
Contact MHA Products, Australia’s largest supplier of workplace access equipment including container ramps, platforms, ladders and goods cages. The team at MHA Products will have you covered for all your access and safety equipment and needs.
