Knowledge Base

This course covers the following information:

Loading Dock Safety: Safe Working Procedures

• The hazards that are associated with loading docks, including those created by materials handling equipment and transport vehicles
  
• Safe practices you should use to avoid these hazards
  
• How unsafe lifting practices can lead to back injuries
  
• The procedures you should follow to lift heavy objects safely.
  

Loading Dock Safety: Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls

• How clutter, spills or damage to a loading dock can lead to slips, trips and falls
  
• The housekeeping and maintenance practices you should follow to prevent these conditions
  
• The serious fall hazard that exists at the edge of every loading dock
  
• The equipment and safe work practices that can help you avoid falling from a loading dock.
  

Loading Dock Safety: Docking Transport Vehicles

• The hazards that are associated with transport vehicles that dock at loading docks
  
• The equipment and safe work practices that should be used to prevent trailer creep, trailer tipover and early departure.
  

Loading Dock Safety: Operating Materials Handling Equipment on a Loading Dock

• The hazards that are associated with materials handling equipment that is operating on a loading dock
  
• The hazards that are associated with materials handling equipment that is operating on a loading dock
  
• The equipment and safe work practices you should use to move materials handling equipment in and out of docked vehicles safely.