Mike Wilson
When you embark on marking your warehouse floors, you will have many options available. From the type of materials and markings to the colors and messaging, you can pick and choose what you want with no regulatory restrictions. However, this can be a double-edged sword. When markings are made without certain considerations in mind, they may be useless at best, or in worse cases, they can confuse…
OSHA doesn’t offer a strict definition of what constitutes a warehouse floor marking. This makes compliance a relatively low bar to clear. To protect workers, anything used as a floor marking should be highly effective at consistently communicating to anyone in the vicinity. Painted floor markings have been the standard in many industries but industrial floor marking tape has improved in quality and is becoming more popular…
In busy warehouse environments, workers are always in the presence of one or more hazards. Having a system that alerts or reminds them that these hazards are present is key to limiting accidents and close calls. Adding floor markings is one of the measures that have been adopted to inform workers of nearby risks, but their versatility can result in multiple benefits to your company. In this…
Warehouse floor markings play a critical role in maintaining a safe and efficient work environment. These markings can be used to indicate safe and efficient routes and point out hazards to warehouse employees and others. For warehouse floor markings to function as intended, certain best practices should be followed when they are applied. If best practices and available official guidelines are ignored, the markings could create confusion…
Modern warehouses can be high-risk environments with hundreds of people working alongside heavy equipment, harsh chemicals, and other hazards. Workers rushing to meet daily goals can fail to realize when they’ve moved from a safe zone to an unsafe one. Communicating the presence of a hazard just before or at the point of danger can lower the likelihood of an accident. This is where warehouse floor markings…