Industrial safety

Occupational safety serves to protect employees at work. It is intended to minimize hazards and accidents so as not to endanger the personal health and safety of employees. 

In the context of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, this is one of the most important components of a company, not only for humane reasons, but also from an economic perspective. Health-related absences, such as accidents or work-related illnesses, cause additional costs to a company or society. The lack of occupational health and safety often has an impact on product or service quality, i.e. on problems arising from operational organization or management. Those responsible (managing directors, relevant supervisors, foremen or persons on the supervisory board) who commission or permit work are personally liable under criminal or civil law if the standards of the respective industry are not complied with.

Occupational health and safety also includes aspects such as the proper installation of racking, including collision protection and regular rack inspections, the use of drip pans and roll-off protection and/or push-through protection and, last but not least, the consideration of the specified shelf loads and bay loads.