Vital Dock Barricades to Ensuring Dock-Area Safety
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The loading dock is one of the most important areas of any business facility that regularly ships out and receives significant quantities of merchandise and other items. It is essential to any such business that the loading dock areas operate as efficiently as possible, and, even more importantly, as safely as possible. Businesses that operate large, busy loading docks must be even more vigilant about dock safety, because increased dock traffic clearly raises the chances of mishaps occurring. Because of this, it’s vital that these companies equip their dock areas with all equipment that’s been proven to make a safety difference. Please take a few moments to read the following succinct article to learn about
loading dock barricades and other vital pieces of dock safety equipment that can work to dramatically reduce your dock-area mishaps and significantly increase the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of your business.
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loading dock barricades are a vital piece of dock safety equipment and an essential part of any dock traffic control system.
Loading dock barricades are designed to prevent forklifts from accidentally driving or rolling off the edge of the dock. Dock barricades are vital
material handling equipment for protecting both workers and machinery, and, for maximum efficiency, should actively be operating in all dock-door areas unless a truck is backed up to the dock for loading or unloading.
Loading dock barricade models have overhead clearances of up to 12.5 feet and normally have widths of either 11 or 12.5 feet, enabling them to easily block forklift run-offs from standard 8-foot-wide dock doors.
The dock barricades are available in either electrical or mechanical models and are installed quickly by simply anchoring them to the floor. The electric
dock barricade unit is simple to operate, with the raising of the arm to the proper height done quickly via the push of a button. The model’s ergonomic lift design enables fast and effortless raising and lowering of the arm. The electric model is powered by a heavy-duty 1 Hp motor. The mechanical model, which also is easy to maneuver to the optimum height, is operated via a mechanical winch. The dock barricades also have a support brace for the arm when it is down and feature a high-visibility yellow and black safety strip. By blocking the dock edge from the inside, the barricade dramatically reduces the chance of dock equipment or workers falling from the dock’s edge.
Other essential pieces of dock safety equipment include traffic signal dock lights, trailer jack stands, and wheel chocks. Traffic signal dock lights, which control the movement of trucks into, out of, and within the loading dock area, are absolutely vital safety equipment, especially for large, busy loading docks. Trailer jack stands dramatically reduce the chance of semi-trailers up-ending in the dock area, and some jack stand models feature a 100,000-pound static load capacity. Wheel chocks, which can be made or rubber, urethane, steel, or aluminum, are positioned under the wheels of trucks parked in the loading dock area and significantly reduce the chances of the potentially very dangerous rollaway truck. It is the customer’s responsibility to verify correctness of fit for applications.
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