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Document ID (ISN)100299
CIS number 02-1440
Year 2000
Convention or series no. INRS ED 94
Author(s) Duchet M., Jannin B., Charvolin M., Hughes J., Terrier C.
Title Designing or modifying supply-chain warehouses
Original title Créer ou réaménager une plate-forme logistique [in French]
Bibliographic information Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, 30 rue Olivier-Noyer, 75680 Paris Cedex 14, France, no date. 6p. Illus. 20 ref.
Abstract This practical safety data sheet brings together the main elements to be taken into consideration when designing supply-chain warehouses so as to minimize the risks of accidents from vehicles and traffic, power trucks and storage systems, and during manual handling. Recommendations are made for each module of the warehouse, namely: common areas and offices; co-manufacturing and packing area; packaging area; transit, grouping and splitting area; storage area; technical utilities building and out-door surrounding areas.
Descriptors (primary) manufacturing industries; safe layout; safety by design; warehouses; plant safety and health organization; France
Descriptors (secondary) trucks; in-plant transport; packing in crates and cases; palletization; storage; safety guides; loading and unloading; industrial trucks; transport industry; warehousing; data sheet; manual handling
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Materials handling and storage
Broad subject area(s) Mechanical hazards, transport
Browse category(ies) Storage and warehousing