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Material Handling Shows on the Card in Coming Time
Things are well set for new material handling shows to be organized at South East and South West regions of the UK. The ShD South East and ShD South West are the second and third brand new material handling shows of regional importance organized by IMHX organizer, Quartz.
As the both shows as ShD South East at Maidstone’s Kent Showground on 17th September and ShD South West on 12th definitely would be going to be of great help for local firms which deals into any type of good and product commodities. There, many programs are scheduled during the course of both of the exhibitions. The most important of the events are free seminars and lectures delivered by leading members of the UKWA (United Kingdom Warehousing Association).
The issues as covered under seminar could are handling in-house theft, implementing energy-saving initiatives, strategies for avoiding the rate liability of empty warehouses, top tips for designing a successful warehouse and how to recruit the best logistics professionals. Presentation on each of the topic is set with time frame of 30 minutes with a question and answer session.
Both exhibitions have live demonstration areas for displaying innovative ideas to reduce cost and maximize supply chain efficiency. There a wide range of companies will be showcasing their inventions at the show like fork-lift firms Aisle-Master, Briggs Equipment, GC Hurrell & Co Ltd, Linde, Narrow Aisle, Nissan, Still, Translift and TVH, as well as traction battery specialist, Norco. Visitors with an interest in packaging will be able to talk to packaging specialists FROMM, Schoeller Arca Systems, Easypack, Sealed Air Ltd and Ranpak. Also present will be shrink-wrap machinery suppliers Shrinkfast and AETNA.The distribution network PalletForce will be represented, along with emissions reduction solutions provider Envirosafe and explosion protection specialist Pyroban.
For more info and registration, log onto http://www.shdregionalshows.biz.
Subscribe to the comments for this postKeeping Safe from the Ground Up
There always remains an opportunity for an accident in ware housing and material management handling from the floors to the loading dock. And companies irrespective of industry and location are required to give an appropriate and safe environment for their employees, especially in active warehouse and distribution centers. In a recent data as released by Bureau of Labor Statistics from the all occurred occupational accidents, one forth happened at jobs related to transportation and material handling jobs.
Recently, two New England distribution centers charged with fine of $100,000 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) when a worker got injured and repeated violation were found. There are many places that are prone to accidents in warehouses like unguarded conveyor, large unstable storage racks, open sided work platforms which led to falls, crushing injuries and electrocution as told by OSHA.
Ted Fitzgerald, OSHA spokesman for New England and New York, said in materials handling, keeping safe can involve a number of issues, including ergonomics, lift truck precautions, machine guarding and wiring. “It’s a matter of being aware of the hazards associated with work processes, equipment and the nature of the workplace and determining what the required safeguards are,” Fitzgerald said.
However, this fatality for ware house safety can be sorted out by keeping up in the mind a number of measures in the mind. The American Society of Safety Engineers and American society for Testing and Materials prepared a 200 page document give escape routes to the accident by giving ideas on slip, trip and fall prevention, floor choices, spill cleanup and layout can make a warehouse or other facility safer. Sometimes due to lack of attention on part of workers these fatalities occurs at ware houses and material storage centers.