Health and Safety in Logistics: Assessing and Avoiding Risk in Warehousing and Transportation
Logistics is a complex industry that exposes employees to a whole variety of risks.

These include not only accidents on the road and deaths and injuries resulting from unsafe use of forklifts, but also the consequences of poor fire safety, long-term health risks due to poor manual handling technique and problems relating to mental health. Many thousands of incidents are recorded every year. This book examines each aspect of health and safety in turn, with a focus on warehousing and transportation.

Health and Safety in Logistics informs managers about potential hazards found in the industry and explains in detail how they can make the workplace as safe as possible.

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Health and Safety in Logistics: Assessing and Avoiding Risk in Warehousing and Transportation
Logistics is a complex industry that exposes employees to a whole variety of risks.

These include not only accidents on the road and deaths and injuries resulting from unsafe use of forklifts, but also the consequences of poor fire safety, long-term health risks due to poor manual handling technique and problems relating to mental health. Many thousands of incidents are recorded every year. This book examines each aspect of health and safety in turn, with a focus on warehousing and transportation.

Health and Safety in Logistics informs managers about potential hazards found in the industry and explains in detail how they can make the workplace as safe as possible.

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Health and Safety in Logistics: Assessing and Avoiding Risk in Warehousing and Transportation

Health and Safety in Logistics: Assessing and Avoiding Risk in Warehousing and Transportation

by Jerry Rudd
Health and Safety in Logistics: Assessing and Avoiding Risk in Warehousing and Transportation

Health and Safety in Logistics: Assessing and Avoiding Risk in Warehousing and Transportation

by Jerry Rudd

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Overview

Logistics is a complex industry that exposes employees to a whole variety of risks.

These include not only accidents on the road and deaths and injuries resulting from unsafe use of forklifts, but also the consequences of poor fire safety, long-term health risks due to poor manual handling technique and problems relating to mental health. Many thousands of incidents are recorded every year. This book examines each aspect of health and safety in turn, with a focus on warehousing and transportation.

Health and Safety in Logistics informs managers about potential hazards found in the industry and explains in detail how they can make the workplace as safe as possible.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781789663273
Publisher: Kogan Page, Ltd.
Publication date: 09/29/2020
Pages: 464
Product dimensions: 6.46(w) x 9.53(h) x 1.61(d)

About the Author

Jerry Rudd is a logistics consultant. He was formerly Logistics Manager at Gefco and Business Unit Director at Wincanton, working with Waitrose, Sainsbury's and British Airways.

Table of Contents

** Chapter - 01: Introduction – The importance of health and safety; ** Chapter - 02: Basic principles of health and safety; ** Chapter - 03: Physical health issues; ** Chapter - 04: Mental health; ** Chapter - 05: Drug and alcohol issues; ** Chapter - 06: Personal protection equipment; ** Chapter - 07: Safe storage and warehouse layout; ** Chapter - 08: Manual handling; ** Chapter - 09: Materials handling equipment; ** Chapter - 10: Fire safety; ** Chapter - 11: Yard safety; ** Chapter - 12: Vehicle loading; ** Chapter - 13: Road vehicle specifications, maintenance and compliance; ** Chapter - 14: Accident prevention during vehicle operations; ** Chapter - 15: Transport of dangerous goods by road; ** Chapter - 16: Vehicle mounted loading equipment; ** Chapter - 17: Seafreight, rolling motorway and airfreight; ** Chapter - 18: Miscellaneous issues; ** Chapter - 19: Health and safety monitoring and audit
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