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Warehouse Workers Safety Updated

An essential safety guide for warehouse workers and those in shipping and receiving.

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Performance Objectives

Target Audience

Introduction

Section I

Health and Safety Basics

  1. The Law Says
  2. Elements of On-the-Job Safety
  3. Safety Tips for New Employees
  4. Safety Tips for Supervisors
  5. Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control

Section II

Maintaining High Standards of Safety

  1. Incident Reporting and Investigation
  2. Safety Inspections
  3. Sample Inspection Checklist
  4. Hazard Reporting
  5. First Aid

Section III

Common Hazards and Safety Tips

  1. Ergonomics
  2. Housekeeping
  3. Indoor Air Quality
  4. Confined Space
  5. Lockout Procedures
  6. Shift Work
  7. Lithium-ion Batteries
  8. Robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Section IV

Emergency Preparedness

  1. Emergency Guidelines
  2. Hazardous Material Spills
  3. Spill Procedures
  4. Fire Control
  5. Eyewash Stations and Emergency Showers

Section V

Warehouse and Terminals

  1. Warehouse
  2. Terminals

Section VI

Manual Materials Handling

  1. General Safety Tips on Lifting and Moving
  2. Specific Methods for Specific Container Types

Section VII

Materials Handling

  1. Shipping and Packing
  2. Materials Handling Equipment

Section VIII

Powered Vehicles for Moving and Lifting

  1. Personal and General Safety
  2. Motorized Vehicles

Section IX

Material Storage

  1. General Safety Tips for Material Storage
  2. Storage Units
  3. Hazardous Materials

Section X

The Work Environment

  1. Vibration
  2. Noise
  3. Dust
  4. Lighting
  5. Working in Hot Environments
  6. Working in Cold Environments
  7. Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation

Section XI

Personal Protective Equipment

  1. PPE Checklist
  2. Safety Glasses
  3. Safety Footwear
  4. Safety Headwear
  5. Hearing Protection
  6. Hand Protection
  7. Respirators

Section XII

Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Legislation

  1. OH&S Legislation
  2. Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
  3. Fire Code
  4. Building Code
  5. Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act
  6. Emergency Spill Reporting and Assistance

Section XIII

Information Sources

  1. General Health and Safety Questions
  2. Canadian Government Departments Responsible for Occupational Health and Safety
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Description

Designed and written as a practical workplace training and reference tool, this 214-page pocket guide is filled with clear-language text including safety tips, charts, diagrams, checklists and illustrations.

Objectives

This is your guide to working safely in a warehouse and while performing shipping and receiving-related work. It will help you:

  • Identify and assess hazards
  • Determine appropriate control measures to prevent incidents, injuries and illnesses
  • Develop, understand and follow safe work practices
  • Select and use proper personal protective equipment
  • Perform workplace inspections and incident investigations
  • Understand the general responsibilities and rights of workers, supervisors, managers, and health and safety committees and representatives
  • Understand and follow emergency procedures

Scope

This guide covers a wide range of health and safety hazards that can occur in warehouses and shipping and receiving related work. It outlines how to work safely to prevent incidents, injuries and illnesses.

Target Audience

This guide is recommended for anyone who works in warehouses, storage facilities, bulk stores, the transport industry, and shipping and receiving. It is a helpful companion for workers, supervisors, managers, occupational health nurses, and health and safety committee members and representatives, and health and safety professionals.

Each publication produced by CCOHS undergoes several stages of review. As part of this review, representatives from government, employers, and labour are requested to comment on draft copies of CCOHS documents for technical accuracy and readability.

Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information, it is understood that CCOHS makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such information and assumes no liability for any damages or loss suffered as a result of any inaccuracy or incompleteness therein.

Version: Fourth edition
Publication date: April 2026

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