Resources relevant to health and safety in the warehouse industry

Free leaflets

• Warehousing and storage – Keep it safe INDG412 [72KB]
• Are you making the best use of lifting and handling aids [542KB]
• Getting to grips with manual handling: a short guide [368KB]
• Manual handling assessment charts (MAC tool) [204KB]
• Roll cages and wheeled racks in the food and drink industries: Reducing manual handling injuries [28KB]
• Preventing slips and trips at work [171KB]
• Workplace transport safety; An overview [267KB]
• Fitting and use of restraining systems on lift trucks [341KB]
• Working platforms (non-integrated) on fork lift trucks [139KB]
  

HSE guidance available from HSE Books

• Warehousing and storage – A guide to health and safety (HSG 76)
• Manual handling: guidance on the regulations
• Upper limb disorders in the workplace
• Manual handling: Solutions you can handle
• Pain in your workplace? Ergonomic problems and solutions
• Moving food and drinks: manual handling solutions for the food and drinks industries
• Slips and trips; guidance for employers on identifying hazards and controlling risks
• Workplace transport safety: An employer's guide
• Safety in working with lift trucks
• Rider-operated lift trucks: Operator training - Approved Code of Practice and guidance

Press releases

• Warehouse prosecution highlights important safety issues
• HSE publish new guidance on metal handling and storage
• HSE Issues new guidance on reducing roll cage injuries

Research

• Furniture distribution guidance: Warehouse to delivery [330KB]
• Safety in roll containers [1.5MB]

Other information

• Example risk assessment for warehouse