Get the Top 3 Warehouse Forklift Safety Tips
Warehouses are filled with opportunities to get hurt. Just about everything in a warehouse can cause an injury: racking system, conveyor systems, carts, and of course the forklift truck. This is one of the biggest issues as people still get killed working around forklifts and injuries is high on the list. Training the forklift operators and the workers in the warehouse is a must, but again doesn’t bring the accident level down to zero. Let’s take a look at some warehouse forklift safety tips that can actually get you quite close to your zero accident goal.
What Causes SIERA.AI to Even Have a Warehouse Forklift Safety Tips List?
Loading Docks: Loading docks are a perfect place for forklift accidents to occur. Most common is when the forklift truck tips over from the decks. Most often, forklifts come too close to the edge causing the forklift to come off balance and tip right over. If the forklift driver chooses to not wear the seat belt, you can be sure there will be a price to pay.
Warehouse Forklift Safety Tips #1: A forklift safety system can be used like one of our customers. The forklift driver needs to conduct a digital forklift safety checklist prior to working on the dock. This helps to ensure safety prior to starting. In addition, the forklift safety system can check for workers or objects during its entrance and exits from the trailer.
Equipment Hazards: Conveyor systems, other forklifts, carts or any other equipment that are static or mobile are at risk of being hit by a forklift. This is a costly line item on the financials. How can equipment and mobile equipment avoid being hit and damaged?
Warehouse Forklift Safety Tip #2: A forklift safety system will monitor every 60ms, searching for people and objects. In this case, objects that are stationary or moving will be alerted to the forklift driver with the forklift safety system with a loud alarm and flashing picture of a person or an object.
Hazardous Materials: Hazardous materials are exactly that: dangerous. If a forklift hits any containers containing hazardous materials, this can be dangerous for everyone around. How can you be sure to keep a safe distance?
Warehouse Forklift Safety Tip #3: A forklift safety system will alert the forklift driver when getting too close to hazardous materials. Sometimes, the driver doesn’t listen to the warnings. Then what do you do? Get the AutoSlowDown by SIERA.AI where the forklift automatically slows down ensuring the forklift never gets too close to any hazardous materials.
Here are 3 More Forklift Safety Tips:
- Tailor training to the forklift driver to make targeted improvements.
- Train workers that are in the facility so they know why forklift drivers can’t watch for them and do their work at the same time.
- Keep debris out of the aisles, but if you can’t, the forklift safety system will find it and warn the driver.
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