u/Electronic-Drawer724

Hello EHS family,

I am reaching out for some help on the best way to rescue pallets stuck in our warehouse flow racking. This usually is caused by the cheap pallets our vendors are allowed to use with no pushback from product management. I have already exhausted the route of more robust pallets while getting nowhere so please do not recommend that as it will not happen.

Our flow racks are the track variety (not roller bars) and pallets consistently break from forklift abuse or just due to the weight of the material on the pallets. It is mainly rolls of a plastic film we use for our product that weighs anywhere from 1700-2500 lbs depending on the thickness of material.

Once a pallet breaks, the pallet gets hung up in the flow racking requiring rescue from our maintenance team. Due to the configuration of racking there are no ideal tie off spots and it is the biggest risk we currently have in our plant.

TIA for any comments or solutions!

Hello,

I am fairly new to TN. I have acquired a lease (wayne county) and the past couple of weekends out doing work on the lease I have come back with intense itching bug bites. They don't seem to be as big as a mosquito bite but are itchy as all get out.

The bites have itched from the day after exposure and are now on week 2 of itching although the intensity has died down.

The bites are small and do look similar to a mosquito bite, but are not as raised as I am used to seeing. The bites are mainly on my calves and thighs although I wore pants, a long sleeved shirt and treated the clothes with permethrin 2 hours before use.

Any idea as to what insect would be getting to me? From what I have read it sounds like Chiggers but permethrin should kill them no?

Hydrocortisone works well to subdue the itching but I would like to avoid this going forward if possible.

TIA.