- Goods stacked periodically shift: top - down, bottom – up.
- To maintain the necessary sanitary-hygienic regime regularly perform a thorough cleaning.
A loading dock is a recessed bay in a building or facility where trucks are loaded and unloaded. Loading docks may be exterior, flush with the building envelope, or fully enclosed; providing direct access to staging areas, storage rooms, and freight elevators. Loading docks may be equipped: Bumpers - protect the dock from truck damage. Dock leveler - a height-adjustable platform used as a bridge between dock and truck. Dock lift - serves same function as a leveler but operates similar to a scissor lift to allow for greater height adjustments.
Dock seals - compressible foam blocks against which the truck presses when parked; seals are used at exterior truck bays in colder climates where this will provide protection from the weather. Truck or vehicle restraint system - a strong metal hook which will hook to the frame or bumper of a trailer and prevents it from rolling away during loading operations. Dock light - provide lighting inside the truck during loading operations. Indicator lights that show truck drivers when to back in or pull out. Loading dock software - provides a method for tracking and reporting on the loading dock activity.
Pic.2.3 Loading dock
Warehouses that handle palletized freight use a dock leveler, so items can be easily loaded and unloaded using power moving equipment (e.g. a forklift). When a truck backs into such a loading dock, the bumpers on the loading dock and the bumpers on the trailer come into contact and create a gap; also, the warehouse floor and the trailer deck may not be horizontally aligned.