Feed mill employs portable combustible dust central vacuum to remove fugitive grain dust.
January 12, 2015
When Missy Morrison, plant manager at Star Milling says she wants to avoid employee injuries at all cost, she’s not regurgitating a safety slogan but stating a legitimate objective.
The incidence of occupational injuries and illnesses within the poultry industry’s slaughter and processing workforce has fallen by 80 percent during the last 20 years and has continued to decline, according to the 2013 Injury and Illness Report released by the US Department of Labor.
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) says violations of its confined spaces safety regulations led to the death of a 23-year-old worker at the Michael Foods Inc. Wakefield, Nebraska facility in June.
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited an Alabama poultry processing plant in Jack, Al for exposing workers to dangerous machinery as well as fall and musculoskeletal disorder hazards.
The Benko Protect-O-Gate Clear-Height mezzanine safety gate provides dual-gate fall protection for pallet-drop areas; it does not limit the height of the load being passed and allows the use of overhead cranes or lifts.
Consolidating rack systems increases storage capacity by 42 percent and frees up space, allowing the addition of 24 percent more inventory items.
September 4, 2014
General Mills’ Cedar Rapids, IA plant had successfully used pallet flow and pushback rack systems, but ongoing growth, product changes and long usage time created the need for a storage system that would safely add capacity to its existing facility.