WorkSafelyinaWarehousePublisher:TheCentreforOccupationalSafety,PrivateServiceSectorGroupText:MarkoVuorinen,PäiviRauramo,TuijaLaukkarinenWorkinggroup:ErikaKähärä,TuijaLaukkarinen,PäiviRauramo,JuhaTeivaala,JoonasTuomivaaraLayout:Pen&PenLtdPhotographs:PäiviLamberg,SariMattila,SamiKulju,3TRatkaisutLtd,HexaplanLtd:cover,pp8and18Printinghouse:NextPrintLtd1.edition2015ISBN978-951-810-576-6(paperback)ISBN978-951-810-577-3(pdf)WorkSafelyinaWarehouse2TheCentreforOccupationalSafetyContentsIntroduction..........................................3Workingenvironmentandworkhabits...4Rules,instructionsandrisktaking....4Goodhousekeeping..........................5Handlingloads.................................6Manualhandlingandlifting.............7Liftingaidsandequipment...............8Properliftingtechnique:...................9Mechanicallifting..........................10Liftingandmovingpersonnel.........11Suitabilityandconditionofforkliftsandothermachinery....11PersonalProtectiveEquipment(PPE)andworkwear......................12Firesafetyandemergencypreparedness..................................13Loading,healthandworkability.......14Physicalstrain................................14Temperature...................................14Repetitivework.............................16Breaksandenergyintake................16Workposturesandmovements......17Standingwork.................................19Sedentarywork...............................20Stressmanagement.........................21Well-functioningworkingcommunityandatmosphere...........22Workingalone.................................23Revision...............................................24TheCentreforOccupationalSafety3Thispublicationisintendedtosup-porttheinductionandworkguid-anceofanemployeeinaretailerwarehouse.Asafeandhealthyworkplacebenefitseveryone.Itmeansthestafffeelswellandworkflowssmoothly.OccupationalHealthandSafetyworkmeanscooperationaroundsafetyandhealthissuesandcon-cernseveryoneintheworkplace.Supervisorscarrythefinancialandoperationalresponsibilityforsafetyandhealthintheworkplace.Eachemployeeisobligedtotakereason-ablecareoftheirownandtheircolleagues’healthandsafetyandtoinformthesupervisorandtheOHSrepresentativeaboutthedefectsanddeficienciescausinghazardsintheworkplace.Inductionandworkguidanceplayanimportantpartinensuringsafetyatwork.Inductionmeansalltheactionstakentofamiliariseanewemployeewiththeworkplace,itscustomsandpeopleaswellasthejobitselfandtheexpectationsrelatingtoit.Workguidanceincludesevery-thingrelatingtoperformingthejobitself,suchasthetaskitself,thepartsandstagesofthetaskaswellastheknowledgeandcompetencerequiredbythejob.Task:Doyouknowthemainsafetyrisksatyourworkplaceandhowtheyarereduced?Haveyoubeeninductedonsafewaystowork?Introduction4TheCentreforOccupationalSafetyWorkingenvironmentandworkhabitsRules,instructionsandrisktakingBasedonaccidentstatisticsalone,warehouseworkisriskywork.Itistheemployer’sdutytodrawinstruc-tionsandrulesfor,forexample,in-ternaltrafficandtheuseofpersonalprotectiveequipment(PPE).Itisyourdutyasanemployeetofollowthoseinstructionscarefully–providedthatyouknowthem.Ifaruleorinstruc-tionfeelsimproperorill-suitedtothejob,discussitwithyoursupervisorandsuggestchanges.Notfollowingtheinstructionsisnottherightcourseofaction–besides,itisagainsttheOc-cupationalSafetyandHealthAct(18§).Theremaybeseveralrea...
