Young workers: Warehousing and storage
These are the most common injuries and hazards related to young workers in the warehouse and storage industry, as shown by injury claims.
Safety solutions
WorkSafe expects employers to have safety solutions in place to protect workers from the most common sources of injury.
Injury Hotspot skeleton diagram, text information below.
Hazards and Solutions
- Hazard 1 Accidents caused by mobile plant
- Hazard 2 Falling objects
- Hazard 3 Lifting and repetitive bending (order picking replenishing container packing and unpacking)
- Hazard 4 Managing young workers
- Hazard 5 Pushing and pulling trolleys and packages (eg loading freezers)
- Hazard 6 Slips trips and falls