Moving to Paper to Digital on Gas, Propane & Electric Forklift Checklist

An electric forklift checklist will be different than a gas or propane forklift truck checklist. You may want certain areas checked for a reach truck or for a pallet jack that may not be included on a forklift. So with all of the different checklists, does your forklift digital checklist support the various checklists that all of your lift trucks demand? Can all that information be captured, organized and analyzed individually than as a whole?

What is an Electric Forklift Checklist?

An electronic forklift checklist is a digital way of tracking, monitoring, reporting and analyzing data collected from an OSHA compliant pre-check or post-shift check on an electric forklift. The information collected allows the maintenance manager to better monitor and schedule repairs, updates or maintenance checks to ensure uptime and productivity of each electric forklift working in the facility.

Moving from Paper-Based to Digital Forklift Checklists

Even in the age of advanced technology, many aspects of the facility, including electric forklift checklist have not gone digital. Recently, at a safety manager’s tradeshow, it was evident how many facility managers and safety managers have not migrated over to a digital solution. They are still using clipboards and binders to store the electric forklift checklist. Better yet, a manager was sharing how he uses a bucket to store the electric forklift checklist booklets which the manager reviews once per week.

Now it’s not only for electric forklifts, but this can also include gas and propane or any type of lift truck.

How to Move to a Digital Checklist

Let’s talk about how easy it can be to move from a paper based checklist to an S2 Digital Checklist with Impact Detection. The first task is to review your forklift checklist. What do you want to keep, eliminate, edit or add to the forklift checklist? Making those decisions now will just save time.

Next, take the list (or with our help) and enter it into the S2 telemetry Dashboard. It’s easy to create and add the questions and answers. Once complete, it’s ready for action.

What Does the Forklift Driver Experience?

When the forklift driver uses his badge or enters a PIN number the driver will be able to go to the next step, the checklist. If a person is not an authorized forklift driver assigned to the forklift, the forklift will not start nor allow the operator move to the next step…the forklift checklist.

The forklift operator was successful in scanning his badge and now is at the forklift checklist. It will take the operator through the series of questions that you set up in the telemetry Dashboard. However, the operator will need to slow down and read the screen. Why? Because the manager has the option of turning on the randomizing feature, which randomizes the questions and answers to ensure quality of answers. No pencil whipping here!

When the operator is done, it will give the notification that the forklift has passed inspection or if it failed inspection. If it failed, a notification will be sent to those individuals set up in the telemetry Dashboard. Now they can be sure to take care of the issue and get the forklift back into production with minimal downtime.

What Does the Manager Experience?

Some managers want to know more information, and some less. Either way, you will get your most critical data right on the Dashboard. If you want to know more, click on any of the graphical data to get a deeper look into the outcome.
The crucial information on the Dashboard will include such items as:

• Forklift driver safety score
• Amount of forklift inspections completed
• How many passed
• How many failed

How here’s the bonus. The S2 Digital Inspection with Impact Detection automatically tracks impacts for you. But our system tracks something special. Near Misses.

Near Misses

Near misses is the window into an upcoming impact. The system tracks each time there is a near miss including slamming on the brakes or just braking hard. If you find that there’s a certain area that keeps registering braking hard often, then you know to check out the area and fix whatever may be causing the braking. This will help you to stay on top of potential areas that can lead to a accident or impact.

Forklift Impacts

In addition to tracking near misses, the S2 will also track low, medium and high impacts. You’ll see it easily on the screen and click further to find out who, which forklift and what’s going on. Now you’ll be able to get a better understanding of low impacts so they don’t become medium or high impacts.

The telemetry Dashboard is a great way to help the forklift operator become better at his job while keeping productivity intact.

What’s Next?

Contact us today at sales@siera.ai so you can experience for yourself the benefits of an S2 Digital Inspection with Impact Detection for your electric forklift checklists and more.