File Cabinet Safety Rules

This week wendy couture the district s safety and risk reduction manager shares information about file cabinet safety.

File cabinet safety rules.

Only one file drawer should be opened at a time to prevent the cabinet from toppling over. They should be moved by maintenance people using special dollies or trucks. Filing cabinets should be placed out of the path of traffic when possible. Open only one file cabinet drawer at.

The cabinet including the door shall be double walled with 1 inch air space between the walls. And wooden file cabinets are no safer than metal file cabinets. Many people fill their filing cabinets with little thought to the careful placement of each item. Metal cabinets shall be of steel having a thickness of not less than 0 043 inch.

Joints shall be riveted or welded and shall be tight fitting. Use the ladder or step stool to retrieve or store items. Lock the wheels on large tool boxes chests or cabinets to prevent them from rolling. Keep doors in hallways fully open or fully closed.

File cabinets should be bolted together or otherwise secured to prevent tipping. Regardless of whether you use wood lateral file cabinets vertical file cabinets desk side file cabinets or fireproof file cabinets the risk is just as great. A good set. Tape over or file off sharp edges on tool boxes chests or cabinets.

Do not stand on tool boxes chests or cabinets to gain extra height. But we understand that even in a mostly paperless office there are some documents that you do need to keep on hand. Use the handle when opening and closing a drawer or door of a tool box chest or cabinet. Many workers think that the office environment is the safest workplace.

But a safe office workplace requires hazard control good housekeeping and safe work practices. Office file cabinet safety tips storage. These sometimes large pieces of furniture can store massive amounts of information and are useful for organizing papers. Close file cabinet drawers file doors and pull out work tables when.

Office safety rules general rules. Desk or files should never be moved by office personnel. File cabinets are a very common feature in most school offices and classrooms. Personally we think you should avoid using filing cabinets altogether.

Do not stand on furniture to reach high places. Doors shall be well fitted self closing and equipped with a latching device. Safety rules for people working around industrial lift trucks. However file cabinets can be a source of workplace injuries.

This will help to reduce injuries.