Loading Dock Safety Saves You Money

At your loading dock, there could be up to 100 chances a day for a serious accident. Loading dock safety not only saves lives, it saves companies millions of dollars in medical bills, equipment loss, and lawsuits. This being the case, it is easy to see why loading dock safety pays for itself many times over.

The most serious warehouse and loading dock accidents are caused by falls from high places, overturning forklifts, and unguarded machinery. By adhering to loading dock safety procedures, you can save your operation huge expenses in medical care, equipment damage, litigation, time, and poor public image. The most pressing areas of loading dock safety include:

• Trailer creep (trailers rolling away from a loading dock)
• Overhead obstructions
• Wet and slippery surfaces at the loading dock
• Poor lighting and restricted views
• Pedestrian and other vehicular traffic
• Areas congested by empty containers, pallets, and other debris

Day-to-day enforcement of loading dock safety, along with the proper amount of loading dock safety equipment, can save your company countless dollars and hours lost to accidents. While accidents may not occur every day at loading docks, when accidents do happen, they are very costly and sometimes fatal.

Ace Industrial Equipment carries a range of loading dock safety equipment such as dock levelers, wheel chocks, pallet rack for empty pallets, warning lights, and more. Please call us to receive advice about your loading dock safety and to learn more about how we can help you achieve your warehouse goals.