Warehouse & Logistics Pest Control

Warehouse & Logistics Pest Control

Warehouse and Logistics Pest Control - Tracy, CA

Warehouse and logistics are constantly under pressure due to an increased number of people working in the same space. Between deliveries and moving large items around pests can cause a massive problem in your workspace.

Pest control services have been around for a long time. They are used in almost every industry all the time, but you probably haven't ever thought about how important these services are in your warehouse and logistics business. Therefore, today we are going to have a look at it.

The consequences of a pest infestation in the warehouse and logistics industry include:

  • Damage to your property and increased cost due to delayed treatments.
  • Revenue losses because of termination of contracts
  • Fines and getting shut down because of non-compliance with the regulatory laws
  • Losing the trust of your customers
  • Customer complaints
  • Risk of diseases, bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens
  • Loss and destruction of your stored goods
  • Risk of damage caused by Rodents to your equipment or property.

Warehouse Pest Control Procedure

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    Warehouse Pest Inspection

    A warehouse pest inspection is a normal process that needs to be carried out on a warehouse in order to monitor its condition. Warehouse pest inspections are of different types and instances where the owner or manager wants to check for pests. A warehouse pest inspection should be done in order to help prevent any unwanted pests from entering your facility.

  • Warehouse Pest Exclusion

    There are many ways from which pests can enter your warehouse. The most common pathways include cracks in walls, gaps at doors, and plumbing protrusions. We aim to identify and give fixes for these problems so the pests cannot enter your warehouse.

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    Warehouse Pest Treatment

    Some common pests found in warehouses include ants, cockroaches, and mice. Pests can cause damage to a business's bottom line by damaging stored goods, reducing employees' productivity, and creating an unsafe work environment. It's difficult to determine what types of pests are causing your issues. To prevent their spread, pest control treatments or trapping is needed in warehouse.

  • Monitoring and Tracking

    Monitoring and tracking pest activity is important in every warehouse. It allows you to keep an eye on your pests and is also how you find out how they are getting inside the building, how many are there, areas you need to control or eliminate, and if there were any shifts in behavior following a move of product.

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Common pests in warehousing and logistics

  • CockroachesCockroaches are common in warehouses and other high-traffic places. They thrive in these areas because they have access to food, water and harborage in cardboard, all of which can be found easily in warehouses. They can do damage to your food and perishables. That's why cockroaches are sometimes treated with pesticides.

  • BirdsBirds nest, roost, and fly. They don't bite or sting people but birds can get into your warehouse and cause issues from their droppings like slipping or falling hazards. Their droppings can spread diseases and cause respiratory problems. As well as the droppings can damage paint and other surfaces. This is where we come in. Our trained professionals are standing by to remove/exclude these pests and keep others out.

  • Flies Flies can be difficult to control like any flying insect. Flies can transmit several types of bacteria that can cause health problems if they get into your food while you're working in the warehouse or shipping center.

  • Rodents Rodents are animals that live in the wild. But they also cause damage to warehousing and logistics facilities. Rodents enter your warehouses through openings and holes in walls, floors, and ceilings. They chew through packaging materials, create waste, contaminate food, spread diseases, and increase the risk of employees coming into contact with diseases that rats can carry.

  • Moths Moths and their larva can ruin many things in the warehouse. A common term for this type of insect is a clothes moths. But what damage will it cause? More specifically, what damage can they do, and how can you prevent that? Their larvae eat cloth and some other types of fabrics, including wool, cotton, and silk (which they will take as food).

  • Common Beetles Common beetles are small insects that can be found in warehouses and other places where food or supplies are stored or transported. These beetles are often referred to as pantry pests because they like to eat things like cereal, flour, rice, and similar grains. The damage caused by common beetles can be fairly substantial depending on how much food they eat and how long they have been around.

Pest prevention for warehousing and logistics facilities

  • Perfect Your Stock Rotation System
  • Organization Is Everything
  • Make Adjustments to How Pests Travel
  • Learn to Identify Signs of Pests
  • Partner with Your Pest Management Provider
  • Ensuring That the Roof Is Tightly Sealed
  • Doing Routine Maintenance
  • Cleaning Your Warehouse

Perfect Your Stock Rotation System

Perfect Your Stock Rotation System

When you have a first-in, first-out stock rotation system, your stock doesn't sit untouched in the same place for long enough, allowing you to minimize the risk of pests.

Organization Is Everything

Organization Is Everything

When the stock in your warehouse is sitting unorganized, pests can easily go unnoticed. For example, rodents and cockroaches can easily find themselves place in an unorganized area. These creatures can easily transmit diseases to your warehousing products.

Make Adjustments to How Pests Travel

Make Adjustments to How Pests Travel

You can't always prevent pests from entering your facility, but you can take steps to reduce their impact on your business.

To build a pest-free supply chain, you need to keep pests out of your facility and stop them from getting in the first place. Here are some tips for preventing pests:

Keep doors closed. Use latching or sliding doors with self-closing devices on both sides and keep them closed at all times.

Seal off all holes and cracks. Make sure that any openings in walls or ceilings are covered with sheetrock, drywall, or plywood. Close off any doorways that lead into crawl spaces or attic spaces where pests could enter through the ceiling tiles or rafters above them.

Use exclusionary treatment. Invest in exclusionary products such as window screens and fly traps or other types of deterrents that will keep bugs and rodents from getting inside a building.

Learn to Identify Signs of Pests

Learn to Identify Signs of Pests

When it comes to preventing pests, the best thing you can do is learn to detect signs of them before they become a problem. That’s why pest prevention experts have developed a number of methods for detecting pests and insects in warehousing and logistics facilities.

The first step is to learn how to identify the signs of pests. This includes seeing any visible signs of an infestation, as well as learning what types of pests could be present in your facility. You should also consider looking for signs that indicate whether there’s been an infestation in the past, such as droppings or damage to equipment.

Partner with Your Pest Management Provider

Partner with Your Pest Management Provider

Your pest management provider is there to help you manage your pest risks and provide a wide range of services to meet the needs of your warehouse or logistics facility.

Here are some things you may need from your pest management provider:

  • Pest prevention services, including training for staff, environmental audits, and preventative treatment programs
  • Services, such as traps and bait stations for rodents and other pests
  • Exclusion services, such as sealing gaps and holes. Netting or other barriers
  • Baiting services for rodents and other pests

Ensuring That the Roof Is Tightly Sealed

Ensuring that the roof is tightly sealed and leak-proof, doors close fully and tightly.

Warehousing and logistics facilities are required to be very clean. Not only is this essential for the health of the warehouse staff, but it also helps to reduce the risk of disease transmission.

If your facility has a roof, then you should ensure that it is tightly sealed and leak-proof. If possible, you should install rubber gaskets on all joints and seams where water can enter.

Doorways must be tight-fitting, as well as being well sealed against rain and dust penetration. The windows should be in good condition, with no cracks or holes left by previous vandalism. Having this setup will minimize the risk of pests entering your warehouse.

Doing Routine Maintenance

Doing routine maintenance of plumbing and air conditioning

When you do routine maintenance of the plumbing and air conditioning in your warehouse, it helps to prevent leaks, and due to this, pests don't have a convenient supply of water to drink. This also makes it difficult for them to breed.

Cleaning Your Warehouse

Cleaning your warehouse of any spilled food products and keeping tight control over employee food waste

Warehouses and logistics facilities are prone to pests. Food waste, for example, is a major source of food for pests. That’s why it is important to clean your warehouse and keep tight control over the handling of food waste, to prevent infestation by pests.

The best way to do this is by using a pest prevention program that includes inspections, sanitation training, and pest management equipment such as traps or repellents. A comprehensive pest prevention program will also have regular monitoring of stored goods and warehouses by trained staff who can identify potential problems before they become an issue for your business.

If you are looking for solutions for the pest control problems in your warehouse, Take Care Termite and Pest Control can help you to solve them. Get in touch with us today to schedule a visit.

Perfect Your Stock Rotation System Perfect Your Stock Rotation System
Perfect Your Stock Rotation System

Perfect Your Stock Rotation System

When you have a first-in, first-out stock rotation system, your stock doesn't sit untouched in the same place for long enough, allowing you to minimize the risk of pests.

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