How to measure and reduce EPS packaging breakage on a dock

Do not bury breakage and cleanup in general overhead. Log damaged boxes, recovered fragments and cleanup time by incident.

9 June 2022Updated 23 September 2026

Short answer

For each breakage, record location, handling step, damaged-box count and cleanup time. Collect fragments in a closed container and correct repeated contact or stacking problems. In food areas, handle the incident and product decision under your site's HACCP procedure.

Track the impact of broken EPS boxes with an incident record rather than general cleaning overhead: location, shift, handling step, damaged-box count and cleanup minutes.

Collect fragments at source in a closed container. Check whether the same rack, forklift lane or stacking point recurs, then adjust protection, layout or handling.

In food areas, record suspected foreign-material incidents under site procedure and leave product disposition to the authorised quality lead.