THE AVAILABLE OPTIONS The three types of devices used to secure trailers at a dock include wheel-based vehicle restraints, rear impact guard (RIG)-based vehicle restraints (rotating hook and vertical ...

DL Manufacturing’s electronic wheel chock safety system is designed to make loading dock operations safer and to help industries comply with OSHA regulations. The new product keeps both drivers ...

The docks feature: heavy-duty, adjustable safety support legs; an integral dock leveler; handrails and wheel chocks; automatic king pin engagement; and automatic wheel placement. They’re available for ...

A mechanical dock leveler bridges the dock to the trailer floor and floats with trailer deflection as the forklift enters and exits. Ladder, safety rails, and trailer wheel chocks are standard on the ...

Leum Engineering Inc is heating up the loading dock industry with the official launch of the Dockzilla family of mobile yard ramps and portable loading docks. Designed with ergonomic and employee ...

Many docks use rubber wheel chocks to hold trailers in place during loading and unloading, but they are not as effective as wall- or ground-mounted vehicle restraints at withstanding the forces ...

You can secure wheel chocks with chain at each loading dock bay and tell truck drivers that they must place them in front of the rear wheels. Another way of securing the trailer is to use a vehicle ...

Addressing OSHA concerns that trailers without chocks could be pushed back from loading docks, Cirillo said the likelihood is “remote” and noted an absence of research to support such worries.