Guides & Toolkits

6 © 2011, Safe Workplace Promotion Services Ontario, publicly known as Workplace Safety & Prevention Services. 1 877 494 WSPS (9777) | 905 614 1400 | www.wsps.ca Loading Docks and Warehouses Do not allow anyone in the truck when a forklift is working in it Do not allow anyone to drive over a collapsed dock leveler Move product that contributes to blind corners Use a suitable vehicle restraint system (e.g., wheel chocks or dock locking system) Ensure that your workplace uses a procedure to prevent trucks from pulling away early (e.g., ask the driver to hand over the keys until you are finished or use a glad hand device to lock on the brake lines) Hazard: Poor delivery Weather conditions Details If a truck is parked on a slope outside the building, ice from the roof may slide back towards the bay door and hit a worker on the dock or cause the dock to become slippery Poor delivery conditions can include lack of snow and removal, lack of help to unload bulky or awkward product, poor lighting, slip and trip hazards, and delivery in high crime areas Pedestrians may slip when going in and out of the trailer Threat Back injury Strains and sprains Concussion Broken bones Safe Work Guidelines Ask your employer for equipment such as shovels, salt or sand, and flashlights Make sure that you report any problems, incidents or accidents If you need help to unload or to protect yourself, make sure that your employer sends a second worker Talk to your clients and get as much information about delivery conditions as you can Check that a proper canopy is installed and adapted to various trailer heights If you are a receiver, wear non-slip footwear that has adequate tread © Workplace Safety & Prevention Services 2011. Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) grants permission to approved end users to reproduce this document in whole or in part, provided its intended use is for non-commercial, educational purposes and that full acknowledgement is given to the WSPS. Approved end users are firms registered with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. WSPS reserves the right to extend this permission to other stakeholders and interested parties by express written permission upon application. WSPS extends no warranty to materials amended or altered by the end user. Under no circumstances is this document, or any portion thereof, to be duplicated for purposes of sale or for external reproduction or distribution. Revised: October 2011

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