Taking a Closer Look at Forklift Impact Data
Why monitor forklift impacts? Results that can lead to a positive change. Results are what drives change and you cannot make recommendations or decisions for change if you don’t have the data to back it up. In order to refine or suggest improvements for your safety protocols you need to monitor forklift impacts. Let’s get into more of the details.
How to Monitor Forklift Impacts
A forklift safety system can include a pre-shift forklift inspection along with sensors to monitor forklift impacts. This combination is completed digitally so all of the answers from the forklift inspection and all of the impacts during the course of a shift are captured and stored in a forklift telemetry Dashboard. The telemetry Dashboard is the window into the collection of this data. Here you will be able to watch in real-time forklift inspection failures, low, medium and high impacts and more.
Forklift Inspection Failures
Within the telemetry Dashboard for SIERA.AI real-time data reports on the collection of passes or failures for the forklifts during the time of use. That data can be further inspected by viewing the results for a day, month, year or any custom timeframe. In addition, the results can be further investigated, for example, down to a worksite, asset type or even a forklift operator. This data can help determine decisions to ensure maximum efficiency and productivity.
Impact Settings
To monitor forklift impacts, the impact settings must be identified first. Within the settings of the telemetry Dashboard, this is where you determine the minimum and maximum G forces for an impact. Let’s say for instance, a low level impact has a G force of between 3 to 4, medium level impact a G force of 5 to 6 and a high level impact a G force of 7 and above is considered a high impact. These settings are the guidelines to potential patterns of behavior that can be addressed and fixed.
Incident Reports
Once these settings are made, and data begins to get collected, the incident report that monitor forklift impacts begins to collect the data. The reports can tell you the worksite, especially valuable if the company has more than one facility, who was the operator that experienced the impact, which asset did it occur on as well as the exact time and date. But the report also takes it one step further. It also gives you the measurement of the impact. For instance, you know worksite 1 with ‘Bob’ on asset 12345 had an impact on 3/16/23 at 4:00 pm had an impact, you can find out that the impact was recorded at 6.76. This G force is within your medium range and can warrant further investigation.
Interpreting the Results
Being able to monitor forklift impacts can determine patters for operators, a particular forklift, possible location of the impact as well as time of day/night. If a pattern emerges within any of these areas, further investigation can reveal the ‘why’ it is occurring so corrective action can be taken. This can include anything from targeted training for the forklift operator to understanding why a piece of equipment is acting in a particular way. However, it can also give you two other valuable pieces of information to help determine a potential pattern: Photo of operator…not necessarily only the operator, but you’ll ‘see’ around the operator. There could be an object or another person that can be causing the pattern to emerge. In addition, ‘vehicle location’ will also help determine a pattern. Are these incidents within the same geographic area where this is an isolated incident or not.
To get a closer look at our telemetry Dashboard, contact us today at sales@siera.ai or call us at (512) 817 0702.