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[Stacys]

We have had some paper cuts when team members are palletizing as there hands are dry and we do not require gloves at that end of the production line. Safety team wants to purchase gloves for them and make it mandatory but there is allergen concerns from my end. The team members always do what it required of them so i am concerned they will be palletizing and then go to the front of the line to help the packer or remove bulk from hoist. 

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to handle this type of situations when safety team feels this should be mandatory?

 

Thank you for your help

 

Stacy 

[olenazh]

Hi Stacy. What allergen concerns do you have? I'd say, it's safe to pack finished products as they are closed. Please, more details.

[Stacys]

Hello-Thank you for getting back to me

 

My concern is that they use specific safety gloves at the end of the line but then they go to the front of the line where the food is being pouched and forget they have on specific gloves for just palletizing. Disposable gloves are used and they are great at changing them all the time, but with a leather glove concerns are they will forget to remove them before they go help at the exposed food at the beginning of the line.

 

Does this make sense???

[olenazh]

If you have the same people on the front and back of the line, why don't all of them use disposable gloves? Or they're torn when used for palletizing? They could then wear two pairs of gloves.

[jfrey123]

The glove issue itself feels controllable with good training.

 

I actually have more questions about allowing an end of line stacker approach the front of the line and help with the product packing...  If the packers are handling exposed product and an employee who just touched non-sanitized secondary packaging materials joins them, I'd be concerned their smock/apron could be covered in dust/debris and affect your sanitary packing area.

[G M]

Use different colored gloves for the non-contact areas.  Also use different colored frocks for product contact and non-contact work.

 

This way it will stand out as obvious to everyone, for example, that someone wearing a brown frock and orange gloves shouldn't be handling the product with people wearing blue frocks and blue gloves.

[Dorothy87]

Hi, 

 

Training, policy (signed by employee) , colour coding system for gloves and QA daily checks. 

 

 

[Hoosiersmoker]

Your packers should never be allowed to the front of the line unless they've washed their hands and changed gloves first anyway. That solves the issue of the "wrong" gloves. Any time they go from any task to another they should be washing hands, right?