OHS Knowledge Areas in Manufacturing

819: Transportation and warehousing safety

Warehouses, docks, and the shipping and receiving yards are high OHS risk areas at manufacturing facilities. Beyond the property, there are driving risks for operators in both fleet owned and personally owned vehicles that they drive for company purposes. In this way, the workplace extends beyond the physical premises of a job site and encompasses the act of driving itself, wherever that may occur for work-related reasons. It is important that the OHS professional understands the limits of their own knowledge and understands when it is necessary to bring in additional expertise.

In order to act as an effective resource in their workplace, the OHS professional should be familiar with:

– Legislation, regulations, and standards that pertain to transportation
– Policies, best practices, and guidelines relating to transportation activities including dock and warehousing safety
– Hazard identification and control as it relates to preparing and readying materials or products for storage and shipment
– Fleet and grey fleet management and how it pertains to risk and the OHS management system

Prerequisite

None

References in Other Frameworks

BCRSP: EPRF8; INSHPO: A5, B6, OHS BoK

Understand and Remember

– Legislation, regulations, and standards that pertain to transportation
– Policies, best practices, and guidelines relating to transportation activities including dock and warehousing safety
– Hazard and risk as it relates to shippers, receivers, transporters, and the general public
– How to identify transportation and warehousing safety hazards and risks in a workplace
– Effective controls for transportation and warehousing safety in the workplace

Apply and Analyze

– Identify specific transportation and warehousing safety hazards and risks in a workplace
– Identify opportunities for changes to workplace procedures or controls and make recommendations
– Communicate recommendations and their rationale to workers and managers
– Maintain up-to-date knowledge of new or changing transportation and warehousing safety hazards and risks
– Provide training in safe operating procedures for transportation and warehousing safety

Evaluate and Create

– Conduct a hazard and risk assessment
– Conduct a review of the transportation and warehousing safety management processes in a workplace
– Identify areas of excellence
– Identify areas of (non)compliance
– Identify opportunities for improvement
– Conduct a training needs analysis
– Develop workplace training for safe operating procedures for transportation and warehousing safety
– Develop safety resources for newly introduced transportation and warehousing safety or previously unidentified hazards or risks
– Develop and maintain a transportation and warehousing safety management program

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