Simple Measures Can Improve Warehouse Safety, Productivity簡單的措施可以改善倉庫的安全，生產力
The bottom line advantage of improving worker safety was a recurrent theme this past week as businesses celebrated North American Occupational Safety and Health Week.底線的優勢，改善工人的安全是一項經常性的主題，這在過去一周，隨著企業慶祝北美職業安全及健康週。 The annual cost to American businesses of workplace injuries and illnesses is $171 billion.每年的費用，以美國企業工作場所的傷害和疾病是一千七百十萬點零零萬美元。 Safety improvement need not come at the expense of efficiency and productivity was the oft-promoted lesson.安全改善需要不能以犧牲效率和生產力是多次晉升的教訓。
“When it comes to improved productivity, safety is an overlooked area,” said Michael Davis of Sedlak Management Consultants. “當談到提高生產力，安全是一種被忽視的領域，說： ”邁克爾戴維斯的sedlak管理顧問。 “A lot of times, you don’t realize how much a workmen’s compensation claim costs or the hit you take to morale and productivity if someone gets hurt on the job.” Davis suggested four easy fixes for creating a safer, more productive work environment in warehouses and distribution centers: “很多時候，你不認識多少，工人的賠償索賠費用，或打你採取的士氣和生產力，如果有人受到傷害對就業” 。戴維斯建議，四個簡單的修復，為創造一個更加安全，更加富有成效工作環境，在倉庫和配送中心：
- Create designated walkways for pedestrians and equipment. 創建指定的行人通道 ，供行人和設備。 This is particularly important when forklifts or other equipment must share the same floor space with pedestrians.這是特別重要的，當叉車或其他設備必須共用相同的樓面空間與行人的安全。 A low-cost solution can be as simple as outlining walkways in yellow paint and installing guardrails to protect pedestrians from equipment traffic.一種低成本的解決方案可以很簡單概述的行人通道，在黃色油漆和安裝護欄，以保障行人安全，從設備的交通。
- Install an alert system to warn pickers of coming traffic. 安裝一個警報系統 ，以警告採摘來的交通。 Mirrors can also be installed to help workers track the activity of others, particularly when picking areas are crowded or are shared by both pedestrian and vehicle traffic.鏡子也可以安裝，幫助工人跟踪他人的活動，尤其是當落地區的擁擠，或由雙方共享的行人和車輛的交通。 Davis says an alert system can be installed for $1,500 to $4,500, a fraction of the cost of a workmen’s compensation claim.戴維斯說，一個預警系統，可以安裝為$ 1500元至4500 ，一小部分的成本，一工人的賠償要求。
- Safety gates that protect mezzanines are required by OSHA. 安全門保護mezzanines所要求的職業安全與衛生署。 Unfortunately, most safety gates are manually operated and may occasionally be left open.不幸的是，大多數的安全門是手動操作和偶爾可能會留待開放。 Installing a safety gate that closes automatically better protects high traffic areas.安裝一個安全門自動關閉認為，更好地保護高交通領域。
- Sensors around automated equipment can protect workers from inadvertent injury. 傳感器周圍的自動化設備 ，可保護工人免受損傷的無心之失。 Robotic pickers and palletizers are often used alongside human workers to improve productivity in picking and shipping operations.機器人採摘和堆垛機，往往一起使用人類的工人提高生產力，在採摘和航運業務。 Davis suggests, “the installation of a light curtain around automated equipment.戴維斯顧名思義， “安裝了一個光柵周圍的自動化設備。 That’s a system of photoelectric eyes that create a barrier around the equipment.這是一個系統的光電眼，創造一個無障礙的周圍設備。 If the beam from the photoelectric eye is broken because someone is in that area, the equipment automatically shuts off.”如果束從光電眼被打破，因為有人是在這方面，設備自動切斷“ 。
