Positive Morale when Employees Engage in Forklift Safety and Training
A recent article in ISHN magazine discussed how enhancing employee engagement and safety with targeted well-being programs worked for a multitude of areas. These include “health screenings, mental health resources, injury prevention services, ergonomic resources, fitness programs and nutritional advice.” The inclusion of injury prevention services does include forklift safety systems as the fallout from a co-worker getting injured or even killed can be debilitating. Let’s talk a bit more about how employee engagement in forklift safety can help workers take the best safety measures so their co-workers don’t get hurt.
What Do We Mean by Employee Engagement in Forklift Safety?
Employee engagement in forklift safety is the commitment that employees make each day they come to work. They enjoy more than just a job; they take pride in what they accomplish. And most times that is the case. When it comes to forklifts, it seems like all sanity goes out the window. Because workers are trying to get their tasks done and the forklift operators are working on their to do list, it seems when the two meet, chaos happens.
In these situations, workers tend to walk or run behind a forklift. As we all know, not each passing will be successful. Workers can get crushed behind a forklift as the driver is not aware that a worker is passing behind the truck. Employees also get too close when operating another piece of equipment. These situations occur as everyone is trying to reach their objectives and sometimes forget that safety is part of their job too.
How Can It Be Changed?
The effects of a forklift accident are devastating. It affects the workers and the forklift operators significantly. The operator and / or the worker may be out indefinitely or for a long period of time. The affects it will have on the other workers around them will last for many years in terms of job satisfaction, being overly cautious, working slower and being less efficient.
However, this can all be avoided with a forklift safety system that a bit of training.
Forklift Safety System
A forklift safety system can be developed with RFID or AI technologies. The SIERA.AI forklift safety solution is based on AI and machine learning technologies. This technology gives SIERA.AI the ability to keep those around the forklift safe including any objects from damage.
The forklift safety system uses sensors to scan even 60ms searching for object and pedestrians within a predefined distance that is set by you, the customer. If someone or something comes within the distance, then an audio and visual warning is provided to the forklift operator. This is critical as the driver can take immediate action to remove itself from danger. All of the data captured by the cameras are captured in a telemetry Dashboard so you can make additional changes to the environment making it safe and secure.
Training
As the new forklift safety system gets installed (average time 45 min per lift truck), not only does the forklift operator get trained, but so does the worker. It is critical for them to understand the technology as it is the operator. It will provide them both with the knowledge, understanding of the technology and take care in the safety of the environment. Share the findings with them so they have a greater understanding of what a safety professional goes through and why they make the suggestions they do.
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