What are the Dangers of a Shipping Services Warehouse ?
Shipping Services Warehouses are dangerous for many reasons. The nature of the environment enables many risks. Being large in size and surrounded by so much merchandise, an accident can easily happen. From everyday injuries to natural disasters, one cannot be too cautious. Shipping Services, especially today, are known for providing overly quick deliveries. In such a rush against the clock, safety is often not a priority. Giants like Amazon, have seen their employees get more hurt by 80% compared to others in the industry. When one combines a dangerous environment, with fast operations, it is no wonder risks become greater. These as well as external threats, both human-made and natural, truly make awareness a priority.
How to take appropriate precautions?
Communication is essential in environments like a warehouse. Being able to quickly and easily alert and signal others, can mitigate and even avoid injuries. Appropriate training is also beneficial. Considering the size of a warehouse, it can take a longer time for professionals to help. Therefore, workers around should have the training to provide first aid. This is also important for evacuation and lockdown situations. One cannot avoid natural disasters or other incidents that would cause having to leave the premises. Here, adequate training would ensure maximised awareness and therefore safety. Using an appropriate alarm system, any worker could use the nearest trigger to activate an alarm. The proper system would keep alerting, even during power loss or other incidents.
Why Hazavoid?
Hazavoid offers fully wireless solutions for every area. Both the Hazavoid Wireless Alarm System (pictured above) and the Hazavoid Wireless Alert Beacon System come with a backup battery and solar panels. This allows them to protect and alert, regardless of the nature of the danger. The Systems are fully operational on poles and walls for versatility and ease. Users can choose how many devices they will need for their zone and size up or down. Training is not necessary to use the systems as one can just press a button. One can choose between existing tones such as “Evacuate” or customise their own. This is also the case for beacons on the WiLERT solution. Choosing the colours for different situations helps with accuracy. Doing this allows for safer procedures and to adapt to different needs.