There are health and safety regulations around any commercial building, from a standard office to a high-tech warehouse facility.
Warehouse line markings are incredibly important for a number of reasons, ranging from process management to, most importantly, safety. These markings which you’ll see on the floor act as visual cues to help divide spaces, highlight hazardous areas and direct the flow of people and machinery.
Combined with wall signs and other safety notices, they help to ensure the smooth running of a safe warehouse operation on a day-to-day basis.
Here’s a look at the four key reasons why warehouse line markings are so important:
Safety
Safety is the critical concern here. Warehouses see hundreds of human employees working alongside sometimes fully-automated systems, with heavy items and small utility vehicles moving around too. Warehouse line markings are equally important for visiting workers, such as delivery drivers, who will not be familiar with each facility they visit.
Process
Next is to help manage highly-organised processes to increase productivity and help with the smooth running of the warehouse itself. Different line marking colours and symbols help to ensure processes are followed and areas of high traffic are kept clear.
Highlight dangers
Many warehouses now utilise some level of mechanised automation to help fetch items and move heavy loads around the facility. Line markings can help distinguish which zones are safe for people, and which are purely for machines to work in. Different colours come into effect here as well, with red line markings being used as a soft barrier to create a safe zone around machines.
Direction
Finally, warehouse line markings are also very effective at what road markings do - directing traffic! This can include vehicles entering or moving around a facility and making sure they stick to a lane, and also creating footpaths for employees to safely travel too.
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