| Document ID (ISN) | 109264 |
| CIS number |
09-367 |
| ISBN(s) |
978-0-7176-6225-8 |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
HSG 76
|
| Author(s) |
Health and Safety Executive |
| Title |
Warehousing and storage - A guide to health and safety |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, 2nd ed., Nov. 2007. iii, 124p. Illus. 57 ref. Index. Price: GBP 14.50. |
| Abstract |
This guide has been prepared in collaboration with trade associations, trade unions and employer organisations. It is aimed at all persons who have management, supervisory or other safety and health interests in warehouses. It will also be of value to employees and their health and safety representatives. It is intended as an aid to safety and health management, to reduce the numbers of occupational accidents and diseases in the warehousing and storage sector in the United Kingdom. Contents: introduction; general health, safety and welfare; materials handling (manual handling, mechanical handling, vehicles, work at height); storage (storage systems, automated storage and retrieval systems, temperature-controlled storage, storage of packaged dangerous substances). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
United Kingdom; safe working methods; storage; warehouses |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
falls of persons; cold storage; dangerous substances; lighting; welfare facilities; safe layout; automation; legal aspects; electricity; asbestos; equipment layout; physical workload; elevating platforms; work at height; musculoskeletal diseases; in-plant transport; ladders; labelling; manual handling; fork-lift trucks; premises; ventilation; spills; striking against objects; safety training in industry; responsibilities; safety guides; materials handling |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Materials handling and storage
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Storage and warehousing
|
