Safety & Assembly, 3 essential points for industry and logistics !

According to the ILO (International Labour Organization), around two million men and women lose their lives every year due to accidents or work-related illnesses. Worker safety is one of the major challenges faced by the industry, which requires effective and sustainable solutions to ensure well-being at work.

Industrial/logistics risk is defined as an accidental event occurring at an industrial site involving hazardous products and/or processes, leading to serious immediate consequences for personnel, goods, and the environment.

Employees work amidst heavy, bulky, powerful equipment, and sometimes in the presence of potentially hazardous substances. Therefore, companies must provide their teams with optimal safety conditions. Securing the workspace helps preserve workers' health, optimize production, and enhance the company’s image.

According to Article R4323-52 of the Labor Code: “Organizational measures must be taken to prevent workers on foot from being in the operating area of mobile work equipment. When the presence of workers on foot is required for the proper execution of tasks, measures must be taken to prevent them from being injured by this equipment.”

To ensure workplace safety, it is essential to focus on three key aspects:

1) Be aware of and anticipate risks,

2) Implement flawless safety measures,

3) Protect and involve your employees.

Be Aware of and Anticipate Risks

Even minor workplace accidents often result in employees being absent for several days. This poses a disadvantage for both the company and the employee. To find a win-win compromise, the company must secure its environment and adopt high-quality products and equipment to protect its employees.

Conducting an audit of your installations is an effective way to organize your company and communicate safety measures to all your employees.

Installation Audit:

In full compliance with the NF-EN 15635 standard

The user must take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of personnel during the operation and maintenance of storage systems.

Regular checks of the structure of racks and platforms must be carried out throughout their service life.

Visual Inspections:

You must ensure that weekly or other regular interval inspections are performed based on a risk assessment. A formalized record of these operations must be maintained.

Reporting:

Any defect or damage must be immediately reported to the person responsible for the safety of storage systems.

Expertise:

An annual inspection must be conducted by a technically trained and competent person. A written report, including observations and necessary action proposals, must be provided to the safety manager.

Repair:

You must ensure that any damage requiring immediate action is promptly addressed by replacing the damaged component with identical new parts from the same manufacturer.

Implement Flawless Safety Measures

After identifying and understanding how to address risks in the industrial/logistics sectors, companies can proceed to implement safety measures.

For this, it is essential to know the right equipment that can assist in this implementation.

Examples of essential products for securing professional spaces:

• Steel protections for ladders, angles, or sides (essential for compliance in storage areas),
• Polyethylene ladder protection (impact-resistant),
• Polyurethane protection bumper (covers sharp angles, prevents damages),
• Floor gratings (grated, wired, fir, and tubular),
• Industrial partitions (effectively delineates and organizes work zones),
• Safety nets (reduces the impact of falling products stored at height),

Furthermore, it is crucial to provide employees with the necessary PPE (Personal Protective Equipment): helmets, earplugs, high-visibility vests, gloves, masks, and protective glasses.

Find more products here: protection, handling, and safety.

Proper installation of all these products is essential to ensure the safety of employees, premises, and goods.

Protect and Involve Your Employees

It is essential for employees to understand and know how to use the products mentioned above. Training, explanation, and dissemination of work guidelines are necessary.

Industrial/logistics companies must identify present risks and take preventive actions. This analysis is part of the Single Document for the Evaluation of Professional Risks (DUERP), a mandatory deliverable that must be updated annually by the employer.

To establish optimal safety and ensure expert installation, Actiflip provides a team of skilled installers, integrated or selected for their professionalism and speed, ensuring a flawless project completed on time to your satisfaction.

Choosing Actiflip means having a partner who will guide you step by step in arranging your professional space. Choosing Actiflip means:

• Installation and dismantling of the facilities on your worksite by a qualified team.
• Access to the most suitable solutions for your activity, along with financing options through financial leasing.
• A wide range of products compliant with European standards. Because optimizing your professional space is as important as operator safety.
• Constant monitoring of your project’s progress.

Actiflip is a network of experts specializing in professional space planning. A local network covering the entire territory.