Resilience in Uncertainty: How Safety Managers Can Overcome Forklift Accidents
The risk of a forklift accident with damages, fatalities or injuries continues to concern manufacturing, distribution centers and warehouses across the U.S. While the risk of a forklift accident can happen to anyone at any give time, the potential impact on the profits for the company is of critical importance for a company trying to implement proactive safety. Safety managers that implement proactive safety measures, anticipating a forklift accident will be better positioned to be a leader in safety. Let’s discuss how safety managers can overcome forklift accidents within their facility.
How Safety Manager Can Overcome Forklift Accidents
If there’s anything safety managers know, preparation is key to combatting an accident. However, safety managers know very well that having a single forklift safety solution just simply will not due. Can you image if there were only safety guards? Would that solve the issue? Unlikely. Which is why safety managers uses numerous safety measures such as blue lights, horns, signage, forklift checklists just to name a few.
To truly be forklift safety protected, other methods need to be explored.
AI: Used as a Time, People and Damage Saver
One of the most promising technologies in the market today is AI or artificial intelligence. SIERA AI has been using this technology for a decade. With all of AI’s discussions and potential issues, it is the right technology for forklift safety. One of the first out in the market, SIERA AI’s AI based forklift safety system has contributed to the health and safety to those using our forklift safety system.
Time: The forklift safety system saves time as it keeps productivity moving forward, it allows the forklift operator for a continuous workflow as downtown is either reduced to a small margin, or eliminate downtime all together.
People & Objects: The forklift safety system saves lives and injuries associated with the forklift. The forklift safety system warns the operator that a person or object is within the defined distance. If the operator fails to comply with the warning, then the SIERA AI forklift safety system can override the driver and begin to slow down the vehicle.
Damage: Companies have a special line item on their expenses for damages. This can be to the equipment, the facility or even other equipment. To eliminate this line item, means the facility is working at maximum capacity, and time doesn’t have to be taken away from productivity for repairs. This can save on average $150k per year.
The Investment
Many are hesitant with the investment of an AI based forklift safety system. However, most are not aware that it can pay for itself within months. By the time you take damages, worker’s compensation, hospital bills, temporary workers and downtime into account, you have far surpassed the cost of the forklift safety system. This is how Safety Managers can overcome forklift accidents in a productive and safe manner while keeping the morale of the other workers high.
With that said, contact us today to begin your journey to a safe, and productive facility.
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Contact us today at sales@siera.ai or call us at (512) 817 0702.