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Your Complete Guide to Finding the Perfect Tool Box

April 10, 2013

Tool boxes are a must-have for their portability and safekeeping ability. Without tool boxes, your equipment will be left lying around, adding clutter to your workspace and possibly injuring workers. In the automotive industry alone, tools and equipment have caused 13.9 percent of occupational nonfatal injuries, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Tool boxes can also make your job easier. Because they help you organize your equipment, you don’t have to worry about searching for your tools or carrying all of them around. What’s more, if your tool box has a lock, you can rest assured your tools are protected from lurking thieves.

Lockout Tool Box

Empty lockout tool boxes allow you to create custom lockout kits.

Picking the right tool box for your needs can be daunting. Tool boxes come in different styles, which may overwhelm you at first. To help you make the best purchasing decision, here are some important guidelines you can follow: (more…)

Spring Cleaning (better late than never)

July 7, 2011

It’s amazing how good you feel after working your butt off to clean and organize a room.  My husband and I had lost sight of the basement floor and counter-top and spent a day with the kids tidying up, throwing out and organizing what was left.  Everything has found a place back on sturdy shelving except for the smaller art supplies and it made me think about what systems are available.

I’ve decided that the best approach is to use a stacking bin system.  This will allow me to customize the size of the bins to what needs to go in them.  And I can color-code the bins based on what’s in them.

My experience at home can be translated to most facilities.  For example, our kit assembly department uses bins on a rolling shelving rack.  This helps them work more efficiently allowing them to have only the parts they need on the workbench.

I hope this gives you a little boost in attempting to clean up your workspace.  Trust me – I felt more productive afterward.  I am sure you will too!

-BDust


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