Logistics Safety Awareness

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Occupational Safety and Heath
Administration (OSHA) Video
Objectives:
 Participants will:
 Examine facts associated with fall hazards
 Examine proper materials handing usage and safety
 Explain back Injury prevention
 Identify requirements for use of personal protective
equipment
 Logistics Safety Awareness

The fatal injury rate for the logistics industry is higher

than the national average for all industries
Several potential hazards for workers in the logistics
field:
Slips, Trips and Falls

Materials Handling

Back Injury

PPE
 Fall Hazards
 Slips trips and falls constitutes the majority of
General Industry accidents

 Moving materials on different levels

 Different type of floor surfaces

 Lose your balance or stumble

 Fall Hazards
occurs when persons foot
 Slip 
contacts an object or lower
level unexpectedly causing
them to be thrown off
balance

 Trip  occurs when you are too far

off balance

 occurs when too little

friction/traction between the
 Fall shoe and walking surface
 Fall Hazards
 Slips trips and falls 1910 subpart D -
Walking-working surfaces
 Walking/working surfaces are addressed in
specific standards for the general industry,
shipyard employment, marine terminals, long
shoring, and the construction industry.
 Good Housekeeping OSHA (29 CFR
1910.22(a))
Slips, Trips and Falls video/Fall Hazards
 Fall Hazards

Moving materials on different levels is not considered

an issue in Fall Hazards.

A. True
B. False
Fall Hazards
Fall Hazards
 Materials Handling

Material Handling equipment and precautions:

 Forklift
 Hand Truck, Dollies, By Hand
 Conveyors
 Cranes, Hoists or Derricks
 Materials Handling
1. Which does OSHA require you to be
certified in to be trained and authorized?
A. Hand Truck
B. Conveyors
C. Dollies
D. Cranes and Forklift
Stacking Loads Video/Material Handling
 Material Handling

 (29 CFR 1910.176(b)-(c)) that "Storage of

material shall not create a hazard.
• stack containers and materials so they're
stable and secure against sliding or collapse

 Safe Storage Practices/Stacking Loads

 Materials Handling/Back Safety

• Material handling is the lifting, lowering, moving,

pushing pulling carrying equipment, supplies
tools etc. from one place to another.
• Control stressors by:
• Minimizing the amount of weight handled
• Use material handling devices
• Break material into smaller packages
• Plan ahead
 Back Safety
• Factors to consider
• Object weight – Of course!
• Size, shape, contents
• Frequency
• Vertical distance of lift
• How much can you lift?
• NIOSH – 51 lbs.
• AGCIH – 70 lbs.
Back Injuries Video
 Back Safety
A back support belt may be used as long
as:
A. Approved by supervisor/physician
B. Its made out of material that wont chafe
C. Its been OSHA certified
D. You feel better with it on
 Personal Protective Equipment
One of the best ways to protect yourself from
injury is to wear proper clothing and equipment

OSHA requires employers to provide—and

employees to use—PPE wherever we identify
hazards that could cause "injury or impairment"
(29 CFR 1910.132(a))
Personal Protective Equipment

Hard Hats
Footwear

Gloves

Safety Glasses/Protective Clothing

Hearing Protection
 Summary
 Be aware of your surroundings- slips, trips and
falls
 Good Housekeeping- neat, clean organized, no
obstacles or hazards present
 Material Handling- handling, stacking, storage
 Back Safety- know limitations, weight, ask for help
 PPE- first line of defense proper personal
protective equipment
 Helpful OSHA Resources
 OSHA has many helpful programs, including
assistance about safety and health programs, state
plans, workplace consultations, voluntary
protection programs, strategic partnerships,
training and education, and more
OSHA Contact Numbers
To report Unsafe Working Conditions, Safety
and Health Violations Contact OSHA @:
1-800-321-OSHA (6742) / TTY1-877-889-5627
To File a Complaint Form:
To file an OSHA-7 report online, see how to file
a complaint with OSHA (www.osha.gov)
For more information regarding your rights, see
Worker Rights
 References
29 CFR 1910 subpart D - Walking-working surfaces
29 CFR 1910.22(b)(1) - Sufficient safe clearances shall be allowed for
aisles, at loading docks, through doorways and wherever turns or
passage must be made.
 29 CFR 1910.22(a) - keep the area "clean and orderly and in a sanitary
condition."
29 CFR 1910.141(a) neat and the aisles clear

29 CFR 1910.176(b)-(c)- Storage of material shall not create a hazard.

29 CFR 1910.132(a) - PPE wherever we identify hazards that could

cause "injury or impairment“
29 CFR 1910.135(a)- where there is a potential for injury to the head
from falling objects"
 References

 (Online) https://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/ppe-
factsheet

 (Online)
https://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_Hurricane_Facts/fall.pdf

 (Online) https://www.osha.gov/Publications/3220_Warehouse.pdf

 Keller & Associates, Inc., J.J. (2004). Loading Dock and Warehouse
Safety “The Ins and Outs).
Questions