Warehouses are required to Implement a safety plan but it should be executed and checked regularly, which avoids injuries and disasters. 

Here are some safety aspects to be noted down during warehouse activities:

(i) Ensure Safe Equipment Usage: Forklifts and hydraulic equipment should only be used to transport bulk volume of goods. The handlers should be provided with adequate training for handling the equipment and periodic overhauling of equipment has to be done.

(ii) Eliminate Potential Safety Hazards: Keeping the floors free from slips, liquid spillage and cracks are also important  as other factors as this may end in serious injuries to workers as well as to machineries too. Good housekeeping is required to maintain the condition of the floor regularly to avoid any mishaps happening.

(iii) Providing Proper Training: Providing proper training on the activities carried out creates a safe environment for the worker and awareness of the consequences helps to follow the SOPStandard Operating Procedures.

(iv) Proper Clothing: Improper clothing may cause huge injuries and consequences such as getting caught in the machinery, racks and shelves, etc. are some of the common mistakes happening but the outcome is too dangerous. It may be caught with fire, electric shock which results in serious injuries to self and others. It is always advisable to wear safety helmets, shoes and reflector jackets inside warehouses.

(v) Shelf Safety: It is very essential in analysing the weight and capacity of the racks and shelves it can hold. When you place the product or goods more than its weight holding capacity, it may fall on the workers, machinery, or even to the ground causing damage to both the goods and area it falls. It is very mandatory to check it regularly.

(vi) Identification and Marking of Hazardous Zones: Signs and stickers are the easy and cost efficient way to keep your warehouse organised and keep you safe from disasters. Labelling of racks, materials and equipment helps to identify the nature of it and easy to carry out the operations by the workers, avoids them from causing injuries and loss to the company.

(vii) Workers: operating the vehicles should be trained well in order to avoid accidents and injuries during operations. Operating with minimal speed, avoiding unnecessary reversing whether it is trucks or forklifts, helps in avoiding injuries.

(viii) Vehicle Safety: Workers who are operating the vehicles should be trained well in order to avoid accidents and injuries during operations. Operating with minimal speed, avoiding unnecessary reversing whether it is trucks or forklifts, helps in avoiding injuries.

(ix) Carrying Out Fire Safety Drills: Testing fire and smoke alarms, installation of emergency lights during evacuation and carrying out safety drills helps the workers to maintain a safe Environment.

(x) Ventilation: Limited air supply results in affecting the health of employees and vehicle exhaust which is to be checked at regular intervals, helps you to find out if any hindrances in ventilation areas around the warehouse. Having enough ventilators around helps you to work even more efficiently.