Friday, July 15, 2022

[PHOTOSTORY 4 STRUGGLE:] Working in the warehouse heat

 By: Ryan Pless

Ted Smith walking into the warehouse to start his day of work. "During these heatwaves happening in Georgia working in the warehouse has been super hot," Ted said.

Ted logging onto his computer to log inventory for the day. "This is the first thing I do every day I get to work," Ted said.
Ted on the way to lift gallons of chemicals. "This machine helps us here carry heavy items across the warehouse," Ted said.
Ted moving the laundry chemicals with the machine. "The hospital has to wash the sheets with chemicals because of all the bacteria that gets on them," Ted said.
Ted trying to get the machine out of the chemicals but it is stuck. "Terry usually does the heavy lifting so I am going to have to wait on him to get this out," Ted said.
Tonya Parks moving boxes to the upper shelf. "This ladder helps us reach the items on the top shelves in the warehouse," Tonya said.

Tonya placing the box of syringes on the top shelf. "All of the supplies that the hospital uses we store down here," Tonya said.
Ted unloading boxes to organize them on the shelves. "These boxes can be super heavy so its usually very hard to move these around," Ted said.
Ted holding the box. These boxes contained medical equipment the hospital uses day to day.
Ted showing Tonya where the new shipment is going to go on the shelves. "We get about 20 trucks in everyday with new supplies that we have to unload and organize for the hospital," Ted said.
Ted moving old boxes out of the way to make room for new boxes. "All the old boxes we have to get rid of so we can have room for all the new inventory," Ted said.
A truck of supplies that just arrived. "This is our last shipment of the day," Ted said.
Ted checking off the last shipment on the checklist they have everyday. "Every day we have a new checklist to make sure the correct shipments are coming in on time," Ted said.
The driver getting the boxes out of the truck. "Only the drivers of the trucks are allowed to step into the truck, we are not," Ted said.
Ted taking the boxes from the shipper. The shipment is more medical supplies the hospital needs.
Michael Turton getting ready to leave after he dropped off the last shipment. "We ship all day every day and today this shipment was our last one," Michael said.
Tonya loading up the water bottles. "Every office gets water bottles provided by the hospital and we store them down here and pass them out every day," Tonya said.
Terry finally got back to get the machine unstuck. The machine is very heavy and gets stuck easily carrying bigger objects.
Ted loading up the last boxes onto the shelves. "After the last shipment comes in we just have to load up the rest of the boxes," Ted said.
The warehouse at the hospital. "This is where the hospital gets all of its equipment to supply everyone here," Ted said.


















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