Information

  • Name

  • Select date

  • Reason for Observation

  • Department

  • Load Number

  • Start Time - Stop Time

  • Percentage

  • Pieces

  • Number of Stops

  • Cube

  • Door Number

Safety

  • Proper pre-trip

  • Keeps all body parts within the equipment

  • Four points of contact with machine

  • Looks in the direction of travel before moving one inch

  • Travels with the base of the machine first

  • Sounds horn and makes eye contact when approaching anyone

  • Uses the S.L.Y. method - Slow down, Lay on the horn and Yield - At doorways, curtains and corners

  • Proper lifting techniques

  • Aware of surroundings at all times

  • Sounds horn and yields while entering the dock area and exiting a trailer

  • Maintains a safe following distance while following other equipment

  • Complete stop before dismounting

  • Three bays away from forklift operator making a drop

  • Does not step on pallets or forks of machine

  • Does not walk in front of moving jack

  • Knows work rule 1-18 - Accident, injury and incident reporting

Loading Methods

  • Loader arrives for work on time dressed in proper clothing for all areas

  • Employee participates in pre-shift stretch

  • Loader obtains SLS equipment

  • Walk to jack, scan equipment ID, inspect, key-in equipment safety inspection results and mount

  • Prior to commencing loading trailers, loader verifies work assignment with supervisor (if any)

  • Loader reads and follows SLS message screen instructions from supervisor (if any)

  • Loader views and advances the SLS screen noting "number of pallets by batch", "total pallets", "total cube"

  • Loader arrives at work station and takes first routes goes to assigned doors and begins loading

  • Open dock door, open trailer door, activate safety hook, activate dock plate

  • Trailer stripped

  • Trailer washed

  • Empties trailer of any leftover empty pallets or ice cream totes - Transports them to the appropriate area

  • Reads load sheet and looks over load area

  • Loader scans SLS screen for first/next pallet to load - Lowest stop number on right hand side of trailer with high stops on left hand side - Keeping in mind balance of load

  • Loader scans float label of pallet to be loaded - Verifies product on pallet matches float label and scans trailer barcode - All hand stacked/merged pallets are to be scanned into the trailer

  • Loader is to obtain all product from staged locations near the door being worked - Loader may have to go to the fresh meat receiving area to pick up cross-dock items

  • Loader is to strap ALL pallets over 40 cubes (half a pallet) - Loader is careful not to strap pallets to tight damaging product - Looking for product like bread, eggs, foam cups, etc - Last pallet on both sides MUST be strapped

  • An insulation wall (bulkhead) shall be installed between the freezer pallets and the rest of the trailer - Absolutely no frozen on rear of the trailer - All frozen is to be bulk-headed

  • Absolutely no protein shall be loaded on top of another pallet. (fresh fish, poultry, beef, pork) - Special handling is required when dealing with fresh fish ensuring Styrofoam is not damaged - If Styrofoam is damaged call a supervisor

  • Split orders should be loaded on the back of the trailer

  • All cooler pallets are to be covered with a pallet blanket before being loaded - If the blanket is not spread out over the pallet call for supervisor or spread them out

  • Partial, small cube and/or few piece pallets may need to be combined onto another pallet - All pallet labels must be scanned to the trailer

  • If pallets are emptied after hand stacking, transport the pallets to the empty pallet location in one trip and drop them to the empty pallet staging area

  • A hand or electric pallet jack is loaded under the last pallet every load when specified

  • Damaged product is immediately brought to a supervisor's attention

  • Irregular and unusual occurrences that affect the overall load quality should be brought to a supervisors attention in a timely manor

  • When finished loading a trailer the loader retracts the dock plate, closes the dock door, keys-in any required SLS info still outstanding and goes to the work station to pick up next load sheet - Loader is to fill out required info on bottom of load sheet (trailer # pallet jack, and initials)

  • Loader takes only allocated time for breaks and lunches - The loader is to always work on at least two routes at once

  • Works at a reasonable pace at all times. If the loaders hours are almost up, he/she must pick up his/her next route and complete it

  • If the loader has no pallets at his/her doors he/she must see a supervisor

Pciture of Load

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Evaluation

  • Associate exhibited a positive and safe attitude during the observation

  • Comments

  • Employee Signature

  • Supervisor Signature

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