Here is what I just sent to MIOSHA:
Basically the whole warehouse is a hazard. They tell the selectors not to go into the racking system to pick product, but if you do not climb into it 100s of times a day you will get fired. There is spillage of products from liquids to cheeses to meat all over the warehouse. Those spills stay there for days in the aisles sometimes and from the smell have been under the racks for awhile. Especially in aisles 21 and 22 the juice and milk room. The racking system is broken in a lot of places and sometimes all the do is cordone off the bay with yellow tape so the forklift drivers do not put product in them. There are constantly pallets that have broken in the rack and the product is leaning precariously and could fall on a selector. They say that they provide hooks to pull product located on the second tier of the racks forward, but rarely is there one to be found. That means you literally have to climb up and reach back 4 feet to the back of the pallet to get the product. I am 6'3" tall and have to climb up. The pallets are not secured and move very easily. The forklift drivers and the selectors constantly run over product in the aisles and drag it all over the place. The floors are slippery from that product. I have seen raw chicken broken open and the juice from the packages dragged all over the meat room on the wheels of the tuggers and forklifts. They constantly spill produce and mash it with the wheels dragging it all over the place. Their whole culture is speed, speed, speed and nobody takes health concerns into account. They think that they are untouchable. Look at all the battery connections on the tuggers. There are many with visible wiring. Tuggers are what the selectors drive around the warehouse. Management knows about it, but won't do anything. If you complain they fire you. There are so many safety and health violations in that place that it should be forced to stop operating until they are fixed. Think about it, a selector could take an order to the dock and then drive through spilled chicken blood/juice or some sort of dairy product then drive straight back into produce to do another selection. Next time there is an ecoli or other bacteria outbreak you should look at the distribution warehouses. Take me with you on an inspection, I won't purposefully route you around the problems. I am also going to contact the Americans with Disabilities Act people about that warehouse not providing me with a place to store my blood sugar testing equipment as I am a diabetic.
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