| Document ID (ISN) | 107286 |
| CIS number |
07-1468 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0022-4375 - Journal of Safety Research |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Gauthier F., Giraud L., Bournival S., Bourbonnière R., Richard J.G., Daigle R., Massé S. |
| Title |
Development of a loading dock safety evaluation tool |
| Bibliographic information |
2007, Vol.38, No.1, p.35-51. Illus. 21 ref. |
| Abstract |
The objective of this literature-based study was to evaluate the technical and the organizational aspects of the restraint measures that could have an impact on safety of forklifts used to load and unload trucks at loading docks. Certain elements were examined very closely, especially the failure of mechanical devices and their relation to the environment in which they are used, as well as the interaction between workers and the various restraint measures in use in a given context. This work enabled the development of a safety evaluation tool regarding restraint measures or systems for trucks docked at loading platforms. The tool is designed to help companies choose the optimal safety measures to implement in any given situation, while remaining realistic in terms of the technical and economic aspects. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
safety devices; loading platforms; plant safety organization; hazard evaluation; fork-lift trucks |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; trucks; description of technique; overturning; economic aspects; loading and unloading |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
Transport and communications
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Mechanical hazards, transport
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Risk evaluation
Safety devices
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