Apr 2023

Is your facility prepared for a battery acid spill?

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sets standards for handling and containing hazardous waste. Battery acid certainly qualifies as hazardous — and given that lift trucks (and their lead-acid batteries) are commonly used in industrial settings, employers should understand how OSHA categorizes battery spills.

In operations that depend on package handling or parcel distribution, efficiency is key — and effective automation is vital for optimizing throughput.

No electric vehicle (EV) charging station is complete without a cable management system. These accessories keep cables off the ground, so cars don’t run — and people don’t trip — over them. Cable management tools also make it more convenient to plug in vehicles: No hand-coiling or uncoiling necessary.