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  • Coaching – The Glue That Binds it All

    This was originally published on August 9th.2013 as A Complete Guide To Warehouse Safety-Volume VI-Coaching, the glue that binds it all. In light of the Golden State Warriors winning the NBA Championship with basically the same personnel on the floor they had when they were eliminated in the first round… Listen ⇢

  • Just Putting It Out There – Safety Complacency

    This is my new favorite spot in town. It’s a newly opened coffee shop with a drive thru in the strip-mall very close to me.  Have you noticed the beautiful crosswalk? Nicely painted, bright yellow, white stripes, unobstructed vision and a thank you sign.  I come here just about daily now… Listen ⇢

  • Companies Behaving Badly – Sword of Damocles

    Take a good look at it.  That’s the sword of Damocles hanging over your head.  Every time you take one of those unauthorized shortcuts at work or ignore the proper way to adjust your machine that sword could just suddenly plunge right through your skull!  Like working directly under large very… Listen ⇢

  • Just Putting It Out There – How to Survive a Workplace Disaster

    Seriously. Does everyone in your facility know what to do in the event of a disaster? You know those events that come out of the blue when you least expect them, like an earthquake, burst pipe or Giant Behemoth. Are you sure? Have you recently had employee turnover, hired additional… Listen ⇢

  • Your Summer Punch List – It’s a Sign

    If this is your slow season, now is the time to make sure your facility is in order and prepared!  Signs can be an omen of things good or bad about to come or a form of communication delivering information quickly whether by hand for the hearing impaired or a catcher… Listen ⇢

  • Companies Behaving Badly – Summer Time Blues Are a Killer

    Unless you had the fortune to be born into the Wallenda family and have trained for years as well as the DNA to walk a tight rope or have been bitten by a radioactive spider, it is highly probable you are just like the rest of us, nothing more than… Listen ⇢

  • Companies Behaving Badly – Rushing To Die

      Seems to be we are always rushing these days. Rushing to work, rushing home, rushing to the weekend, rushing to die. When it comes to accidents, sometimes it is your fault. You know what I mean. The boss is not watching, you’re feeling lazy, it’s so close to shifts… Listen ⇢

  • Burns My Butt – Double Standards

    This week Americold Logistics, was issued 2 repeat and 2 serious citations from OSHA at their Manchester facility based on complaints from 3 employees.   The employees were forced to use forklifts in need of repair and were not taken out of service as they were trained to do.  This… Listen ⇢

  • A Guide for Your Own Intelligent Warehouse

    In the not too distant past, before computers, before the internet was even a twinkle in anyone’s eye, warehouses used to be nothing more than a dumping ground for bodies, into a labor-intensive environment as brawn was more important than a brain. That’s right folks, a company would take their misfits, malcontents and ne’er-do-wells and… Listen ⇢

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