There are some essentials that you need to be aware of when thinking of health and safety within a warehouse environment. One of the most important things to consider is how you can improve warehouse visibility – here, we will look at how you can do this with Brandsafe.

Why is warehouse visibility important?

A warehouse can be a difficult environment to navigate, both for pedestrians and those working with vehicles such as forklifts. With a range of workers focusing on different areas, stacks of materials, and heavy-duty machinery, there are many areas where health and safety issues become more prevalent.

Providing full training and guidance to employees is a vital way to create a safer environment, but you can improve this further by increasing warehouse visibility. Ensuring that every space is well delineated and protected allows employees to see each area more clearly and creates a safer working environment for everyone, decreasing the number of accidents in the workplace. So how can you ensure that you have the best possible visibility?

Safety barriers/guardrails

Safety barriers and/or guardrails can be used to help improve the visibility of potential hazards whilst also protecting warehouse infrastructure from sustaining damage. They can help to reduce the number of collisions that occur in a busy warehouse environment. Pedestrian safety barriers are available in black and yellow to highlight areas where it is safe for employees to walk uninterrupted by equipment or vehicles, while yellow guardrail systems allow a more heavy-duty separation between machinery and pedestrians. These are essential for any warehouse setting, as they can also be used to separate pallets or stacked items from forklifts or other vehicles, preventing materials from being damaged by accidental collisions.

Bollards

Another excellent way of creating more visibility in the warehouse is with bollards. These create delineation and protect certain areas of your warehouse. Made from sturdy steel and polyurethane, Brandsafe bollards come in a range of colours to suit your warehouse, each providing a high level of visibility while also keeping areas of your warehouse separated and secure. These are especially essential if you have heavy-duty machinery, or need to block off part of your warehouse for pedestrians or smaller vehicles. For example, a drop core bollard can be used when you need it, with reflective elements for extra safety. There are many different types of bollards to suit your needs.

Bollards are also a good idea as sometimes collisions do occur, and they are designed to be able to absorb the shock of being knocked by a vehicle.

Column protectors

Another example of items that can help increase visibility is column protectors, which help make the columns more visible to pedestrians and vehicles to avoid collisions. These protectors create a barrier around columns both inside and outside your warehouse setting. The bright colours increase the likelihood of a column being seen from vehicles, and they are also designed to absorb the impact of unexpected collisions. This also helps to protect the structure of your warehouse, as these column protectors keep supportive elements of your warehouse secure. These are quick and easy to install and can be stacked in a straightforward manner, allowing for maximum visibility from all heights of vehicles, as well as from the ground. They can also be used outside on lampposts to allow for improved visibility in the areas surrounding your warehouse, ideal for incoming vehicles and pedestrians moving around the outer area.

As we have seen, visibility in the warehouse is of high importance, both financially and for security purposes. It can help to improve health and safety overall, keeping workers and equipment secure and lowering the risk of injury and damage.

Implementing such measures as safety barriers and column protectors can help with this – if you are looking for new ways to improve visibility in your warehouse environment, you can do so with BrandSafe’s variety of health and safety products.

In the long term, incorporating these products into your warehouse can help to save money on possible damage later on down the line, and prevent injuries from occurring. There are items to suit every kind of warehouse and every budget, so check out our full BrandSafe range for high quality products to keep your environment safer.

Have you thought about your traffic management system? There are some essentials you need for it, such as car park stops. Here, we will look at what car park stops are and what you need depending on the vehicle type.

What are car park stops?

Car park stops are, simply put, wedges of material that are placed in the path of wheels in order to prevent a vehicle from moving forwards. BrandSafe has a range of car park stops to suit every business and many wheel types – so you can keep safe and efficient.

Why do you need car park stops?

Car park stops (otherwise known as wheel stops) are a must-have for your traffic management systems. They are used to help protect pedestrians, and to ensure that your worksite is safe and well ordered. When used in conjunction with bollards and potentially even speed bumps, they help to control the movement of vehicles, which is especially useful in construction or warehouse environments, when a vehicle moving unexpectedly could have very serious consequences to both people and your workplace itself.

They keep vehicles from moving and allow them to move in an ordered flow when appropriate. In fact, wheel stops are a highly important part of your overall health and safety.

But what wheel stops do you need for your own vehicles? Read on to find out.

HGV wheel stops

It is very important to have the appropriate precautions in place when it comes to HGVs. Heavy goods vehicles often contain a large amount of materials, which means keeping them in place is of the utmost importance, ensuring the safety of the driver, the vehicle itself, any pedestrians around, and the area the vehicle is in. Not to mention the goods contained within the vehicle.

In this case, you will require a larger wheel stop, and BrandSafe’s design is 150mm high and 1000mm long to accommodate the size of HGV wheels. With a hi-vis strip, these wheel stops have excellent visibility for both pedestrians and drivers. These stops work for a range of vehicles, such as double-deckers, coaches, and combination vehicles. They do not require frequent repainting and are solid and sturdy enough to keep these large vehicles in place.

HLGV wheel stops

HLGV wheel stops can be used for combination vehicles, coaches, and even double-deckers. They are 110mm high and 1000mm long, suitable for these larger vehicles. They are also equipped with a high visibility strip which encourages the safety of drivers, pedestrians, and anyone who happens to be around the vehicles while they are parked. With a ribbed side directed towards the rear of the bay, these solid wheel stops are suitable for a range of settings.

Car wheel stops

While cars may be smaller than other vehicle types discussed here, it is still vital to ensure that they do not move independently. Keeping them in place and well-controlled is essential, so car wheel stops are a vital part of your workplace or car park. These types of car wheel stops can be used in domestic car parks where you need to ensure that cars, vans, coaches, or other vehicles are well spaced and do not clash against one another. Car wheel stops also keep the vehicles from parking in places they shouldn’t, such as against fences or walls.

BrandSafe’s car wheel stops are created using recycled truck tyres and come in yellow or red to suit your visibility needs. Measuring 900mm long, 200mm wide and 80mm high, they are suitable for a variety of vehicles. The high visibility strips mean that both drivers and pedestrians have that little bit of extra safety.

Keeping people safe should always be your top priority in your working environment – and you can improve the safety of your space with BrandSafe’s wheel stops. These essential car park stops can be suitable for cars, HGVs or HLGVs, meaning you can make sure that your working environment is secure no matter what type of vehicles you use. Each of these is supplied with a fixing kit so that you can take advantage of them quickly and easily. View our full BrandSafe range of car park stops, and get in touch to see how we can best help to improve the safety of your environment.