YellowBird Logistics Consultants
The logistics industry deals with storage and transportation for many dangerous raw materials as well as finished products. Safety is of utmost importance when dealing with chemical materials to ensure the protection of people, the product, and the environment.
Ranging from proactive training programs and safety audits to reactive incident investigations and more, the logistics industry has a wide range of EHS Needs. Taking action to make your employees’ health and well being a top priority will help minimize incidents.
Risk Assessment
By completing a Risk Assessment, our Professionals will provide a detailed report on recommendations for minimizing, or in best case scenarios eliminating, hazards, risks, accidents, and near misses along with OSHA best practices for manufacturing.
Safe Driver Training
Truck drivers not only have to worry about themselves and their cargo, but everyone else on the road too. Providing defensive driving strategies and techniques will help your truck drivers avoid collisions, traffic violations, and make sure your employee and their cargo arrive to their destination safe and sound.
Forklift Training
Forklift training will consist of classroom instruction (lecture, discussion, etc), followed by understanding demonstrated by the trainees and finishing with an evaluation of the forklift operation completed by the trainee.
Mock OSHA Inspection
A Mock OSHA Inspection helps you identify workplace safety and health hazards that need remedying to make sure your company follows OSHA’s rules and regulations.
Industrial Hygiene
The science of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling workplace conditions that may cause workers’ injury or illness is extremely important for worker health. Industrial Hygienists can help with Risk Assessment, noise monitoring, asbestos testing, lead testing, PPE, Ergonomics and more!
Hazardous Materials Management
Proper materials management is critical and if done poorly could lead to injuries or fatalities. Let a Professional help you develop a plan to properly transport and store hazardous materials and chemicals.
EHS for Logistics FAQs
What is EHS for logistics?
Logistics can be a dangerous industry due to the potentially hazardous materials being stored and transported. Risk assessments, fall protection training, confined space training, safety plans, maintenance of existing equipment, and more all contribute to a successful warehouse.
What is a safety audit in logistics?
This audit will include an on site visit followed by a detailed report on recommendations for minimizing, or in best case scenarios eliminating, hazards and risks in your warehouse.
Does my warehouse need an EHS professional ?
Depending on the size, you may not need a full time EHS employee. However it’s imperative that you have an EHS Professional on site often to review current safety practices and ensure they are in compliance and appropriate for your warehouse operations.
Are there risks if my warehouse doesn’t have an EHS audit ?
EHS Professionals can call out hazards that otherwise may have been missed. By continually maintaining EHS as a top priority, you minimize the amount of potential incidents and fatalities that occur.
