The first thing that can be done is to get an electronic forklift checklist inspection system, or as we call it the S2 Digital Checklist with Impact Detection. The digital checklist is what you have on paper electronically. What matters is what happens after the electronic checklist is complete.

1. You are in compliance

2. The data collected is now electronically stored

3. Analysis can be done in order to uncover patterns about a lift truck, or know who has the highest and lowest safety scores.

4. Now you can make decisions.

Now, let’s talk about tracking. What about measuring the amount of high, medium and low impacts? By defining the difference in impacts, you can begin to formulate a pattern of what’s going on in the facility. Let’s define it by G-Force. G-force is the measurement of speed upon impact. 1G equals 22 mph. If an impact occurs at a 3G, that’s a force of impact at 66 mph. Is that a strong enough impact to cause damage to your facility or other equipment? What if it’s a G-force of 6, that’s 132 mph force upon impact. However, you want to define it, can be set within the SIERA.AI S2 safety system.

Near misses are the clues to forklift fatalities. The S2 safety system will collect the data of near misses. These are not impacts, they were the ‘almost had an impact’ type of scenario. We track near misses and report on that data. It could be an operator slamming on their brakes or turning too close to a racking system. It is measuring the opportunities of getting too close for an impact.

Now that you’ve been electronically gathering data from the S2 safety system, now its time to analyze it. We discussed a few data collection points and questions you can answer as a result. Now you can dig deeper into the information. Once you get your answers, you now have tangible evidence of what’s working and what needs to be improved. By doing these four areas, you will begin to reduce your chances of forklift fatalities.