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The Safe Warehouse: Paying Attention to Product Placement By Jason Bader, Pr incipal The Distr ibution Team Jason@Distr ibutionteam.com sprains, strains and muscle pulls that can seriously hob- ble your star performers. What I've found, through the help of my student practi- tioners, is that most of these injuries are due to product placement. Where we place products in the warehouse can either reduce or enhance the number of workplace injuries. The course book that I teach from makes the sug- gestion that employees in the warehouse should warm up and stretch before they start the day. I often have the amusing vision of work- place calisthenics popular- ized in mid-80s Asian facto- ries. Can you imagine your crew breaking out a Richard Simmons video before the shift? Amusing, but probably not going to happen.The sim- ple fact is thatwe do not con- country for the last few years. What I love about teaching is the fact that I can continue my education through the comments and suggestions given by the participants. My favorite definition of humility is to always remain teachable A 32 FEDA News & Views s many of you know, I have been teaching a one-day warehouse management class around the and I am truly humbled by all the great ideas passed on to me by the students. During this course, we spend a fair amount of time discussing safe working practices.There are all kinds of injuries that occur in the warehouse, anything from the dreaded paper cut to the occa- sional severed digit. What most folks don't hear much about are the frequent dition our folks to prepare for the rigors of the day. Sincewe are not going to start our day with a yoga pause, perhaps we can change the environment our people work in. Take some time to observe howyour people handle products in the warehouse. In particular, start paying attention to what they have to do in