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Building trust in AI forklift safety is important for ensuring the physical safety of workers. AI in our forklift safety system empowers forklift operators by taking action and stopping the forklift to avoid forklift accidents. Here are some benefits you will receive:

• Real time Feedback on the Forklift – This occurs with the pedestrian and object detection warning on the forklift safety system. It provides an audio and visual warning letting the driver know what direction the person is at and if it is a person or an object.
• Real time Feedback on the Telemetry Dashboard – All information collected by the forklift safety system is stored in the telemetry Dashboard and reports in an easy to read graphic way.
• Minimize Downtime – Because of the reduced accidents and incidents, the forklift truck can spend more time on the floor. And because it makes it easier for maintenance to keep the forklift healthy, again, it can spend more time on the floor doing its job.

Now that the forklift driver knows that the forklift safety system has their back, building trust in AI forklift safety can become reality. Promote proactive safety in your facility with the SIERA AI forklift safety system that is AI and machine learning based. Contact us today!

According to Prestige Economics, the “U.S. GDP growth is forecasted by the IMF to be the fastest growing advanced economy in the world in 2025.” That means the U.S. GDP growth rate is estimated to grow in 2025. The IMF stated that the 2025 US GDP is 2.7% and looking ahead to 2026 the growth forecast is 2.1%. So far, it looks like the U.S. has everything positive: the economic growth, labor market and inflation rates. With all this positive news, what does it mean for safety?

As growth rates are positive for the U.S. that means more activity in manufacturing facilities as well as logistics, warehousing and distribution centers. When more activity happens, that mean there’s a greater chance of a forklift accident occurring. How can you decrease accidents when times get busier? An AI based forklift safety system by SIERA AI. Why is it important?

• Busier areas of the facility floor
• Temporary workers are increased or new to the facility
• Workers moving around faster to fulfill picking or putting away orders
• More mobile equipment moving around the facility floor

These are critical factors that increase forklift encounters. Give the gift of safety to the forklift operator by notifying the driver when an object or person gets within the pre-defined space with an audio and visual warning of where and what the warning contains.

Be prepared for what’s to come as the U.S. GDP growth rate is estimated to grow in 2025. Contact us today!

The Human-AI Synergy is an essential for MHE safety. It plays a crucial role in enhancing the safety and well-being of facility workers, particularly those operating Material Handling Equipment (MHE) like forklifts. AI offers significant potential in accident prevention and operational efficiency, acting as a tool to complement human abilities. However, maintaining human oversight is important to ensure the ethical use of AI and to build trust with workers and visitors.

That is why SIERA AI recommends forklift operators to be a part of the evaluation process for an AI based forklift safety system, so they understand that the AI technology is there to be a help and support to their job. AI is not trying to take job, but instead watch for people and objects that the driver can’t do. Why? Because the driver is already doing a task. The driver needs the extra set of eyes, and that’s what AI technology does for safety.

The human-AI synergy is an essential for MHE safety. By fostering a collaborative relationship between human expertise and AI technology, warehouses can achieve a balance that promotes safety, efficiency, and productivity for all workers involved. Contact us today!

IndustryWeek released an article where you can download a report on revenue operations. The article discusses benefits of RevOps, how it can be used in both go to market strategies as well as systems across the lead to cash life cycle, improve efficiencies and the lack of technology adoption in manufacturing. All of these are great areas for a conversation, but let’s focus on revenue operations on an AI forklift safety system.

An AI based forklift safety system, especially from SIERA AI can generate revenue opportunities in key areas: damages, reduced accidents, medical costs, and efficiencies.

Damages: Every facility has damages as a line item expense. Create revenue, or maximize the revenue generated by not having to spend money fixing broken stuff caused by the forklift truck. This line item is approximately $150k, which can be per facility or in total. This can be done with both the impact detection and the pedestrian and object detection features. Contact us to learn more.

Reduced Accidents: Reduce accidents by knowing where the people and objects are within a pre-defined distance. By doing so will reduce accidents and increase efficiencies.

Medical Costs: We know that medical costs after an injury or accident are steep. We also know that they can last for a long time, not just months but years. A forklift safety system can get rid of these costly line items.

Efficiencies: This is where you gain. By getting rid of the above, you are able to be more efficient as downtime is minimal and productivity is up.

It’s now time to think about revenue operations on an AI forklift safety system to positively impact your facility.

As we just stated in a previous post with record breaking labor laws, there are operational costs associated for companies when it comes to regulatory compliance. We do agree that most of the regulatory actions, when created properly, do help those working in facilities. But the costs for those companies that do follow the rules, invest in safety and try to be as proactive as possible, keeps climbing. In addition, it keeps adding to the plates of the safety professionals to the point that the constant addition of regulations makes it difficult, or challenging to keep up. Should there be deregulation of OSHA on forklift safety?

Instead of making the argument for or against deregulation of OSHA, an AI based forklift safety system by SIERA AI can do both. For instance, it is mandatory that the forklift checklist gets completed, as it is an OSHA mandate. The way it was done, and many times continues to be done today, is with a clipboard and a piece of paper, asking the same questions every day for weeks and years. The paper is put into a binder and shown to the compliance representative, and they will say ‘yup, it’s done.’ But is there any value? The answer is some.

With a forklift safety system, you have the option of randomizing the questions in each section to ensure you are getting the best answers possible. These answers are digitally collected and put into a way that allows you to analyze the data quickly and make great safety and maintenance decisions. Does deregulation of OSHA on forklift safety make sense? You’ll need to decide. Contact us today.

The American Society of Safety Professionals, ASSP, is a leading champion for workplace safety, emphasizing the critical role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) to improve safety outcomes. SIERA AI resonates with their safety mission by providing AI forklift safety systems delivering proactive safety to facilities nationwide. Let’s take a look at how SIERA AI is aligning with ASSP’s vision.

Risk Mitigation:
ASSP Safety: Highlights the critical role of AI in proactively spotting and mitigating risks to avert forklift accidents.
SIERA AI Safety: Utilize AI and intelligent camera technologies to monitor pedestrian proximity, and detect potential dangers in real-time, allowing operators to implement timely corrective measures and prevent incidents.

Data Insights:
ASSP Safety: Recognizes the importance of data analysis in identifying trends and shaping safety strategies.
SIERA AI Safety: Provide valuable insights into forklift operations, near-miss occurrences, and areas for improvement, empowering organizations to make informed, data-driven choices to refine their safety protocols.

Continuous Improvement:
ASSP Safety: Views AI as an essential tool for the ongoing enhancement of forklift safety.
SIERA.AI Safety: Facilitate continuous safety improvements by analyzing historical data to reveal training needs and operational enhancements.

Responsible Implementation:

ASSP Safety: Stresses the importance of ethical AI development and application in safety practices.
SIERA AI Commitment: Prioritizes user privacy and ensures that AI solutions are crafted to be transparent, impartial, and supportive of existing safety measures.

As we continue to be aligning with ASSP’s vision, learn more about our forklift safety system to reduce accidents and save on damages.

Did you know that there were over 80 mandatory state labor laws in 2024? According to ISHN, this was a record-breaking year for state labor laws in a single year. 2025 looks like it may be a repeat of 2024. With all of these changes, how does a company stay up to date with compliance? Even with a large team of safety professionals, it’s still a huge task. Here’s the gotcha: failure to post the required federal labor law notices, you can be charged over $43,000. Nice. What can safety professional do to stay in compliance?

Automation. Technology.

Both of which SIERA AI offers. Now, as much as we would like to fix all of the compliance laws released and then those already in production, we can take care of the forklift. It is still a big one off of your plate. Let’s take a look at a few:

1. Digital Forklift Inspection Checklist: All checklists are housed within the forklift safety system. You can assign a checklist to one or all forklift operators. For instance, for the first shift, you may want the full checklist completed. But the second shift, you may only want three questions. Plus, you may want to assign a checklist for the dock to ensure safety, which you can assign to all operators.

2. Forklift Access Control: To ensure safety of the operator and those around the lift truck, forklift access control only allows those who are authorized to be on the truck. If not, then the forklift wont’ start. Even if the operator credentials expire, it won’t start, as it tracks their certifications.

You want to get a handle on the Record-breaking Year for State Labor? Start with an easy one. Contact us today.

Autonomous and fully automated forklifts are making their way into the modern warehouse and manufacturing facility. Even though they display good promise, autonomous forklift has some challenges such as the initial investment, system integration, maintenance, technological boundaries, and workforce impact. What are the challenges and promise of autonomous forklifts in modern warehousing?

We know that the automation landscape continues to evolve with the rise of AI, machine learning, e-commerce and logistics optimization, collaborative robots, IoT connectivity, and a focus on sustainability. For SIERA AI, our forklift safety system brings in the best of AI and machine learning in order to maximize safety within the facility.

Our forklift safety system is a single solution, but can be broken down into two solutions. One is the S2 which is the digital forklift checklist and impact detection. The S3 includes everything in the S2 along with object detection and pedestrian detection. Both systems utilize forklift access control which stops those that are unauthorized from starting the machine! And it will also manage the forklift drivers certification. There is much to the system to learn about, which is why you need to ‘see’ it for yourself to experience the range of safety in your facility. It’s proactive safety at its peak. Whatever the challenges and promise of autonomous forklifts in modern warehousing, SIERA AI can protect manned forklifts or autonomous forklifts to ensure your investment stays in tact. Contact us!

ISHN recently wrote an article on how safety training is becoming an investment and not an expense. The article takes us back in time when workers would be punished for talking about safety. At that time, if you needed safety measures, it was a bad rap to the product being manufactured. You may recall, even reading it in the history books, that the car industry did the same push back with seat belts. To put on a seat belt meant that their automobile was unsafe. Until 1968 when it became law. Today, we have seat belts in forklift trucks. But did you know that safety training is already included in an AI forklift safety system?

1. Digital Transformation: Digital forklift checklists have grown from paper based to the basic electronic recording of answers to the forklift checklist. Today, it has transformed on the SIERA AI forklift safety system to capturing as much accurate information as possible with randomizing questions, and capturing the answers into a telemetry Dashboard for analysis and strategic decision making. This allows the 5 year purchase of forklifts to extend further and gain more efficiencies.
2. Multilingual Checklists: As much of the AI forklift safety system is driven by sounds and visual cues that everyone can understand, our forklift safety system can also produce checklists in other languages such as Spanish. This allows for those who’s first language is Spanish to quickly read and answer the questions with accuracy. We even have the ability to add notes to our checklist to bring special note to the attention of the manager.
3. Improve the Results: Helping the forklift operator do their job safely is the importance of a forklift safety system. It also improves results with less damages with object detection and reporting, and less worker / pedestrian accidents and injuries with the pedestrian detection. It let’s the operator know in which direction the object or person is in with audio and visual warnings. All these are recorded.

Ready to see how safety training is included in a forklift safety system? Great Contact us today!

Did you know that the Bureau of Labor Statistics Reported that Deaths Fell to 3.7%? There was a total of 5,283 workers that died from injuries received from being on-the-job in 2023. This was a 3.7% decrease from 2022. That’s a big drop, especially in the industrial sector. Now, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the data gain, and this time it fell .2% or 3.5%. Still a wonderful marked improvement for the second year in a row. The National Safety Council added that additional education and training will be necessary to keep people safe. Although we agree with the NSC, isn’t there something else that can be done?

Yes, an intelligent, AI forklift safety system can impact the safety results for lift trucks. That’s because the forklift safety system is fast. It searches for people or objects within a pre-defined distance every 60ms. It knows what is a person or an object. This gives critical information to the driver so they can take the appropriate action to avoid an accident. All that data is captured and stored in the online Dashboard where it can be analyzed and critical decisions made. Want to see the telemetry Dashboard where all of the data is housed? Contact us today for a special one-on-one demo of the forklift safety system. Then you can be on the positive side of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Reported that Deaths Fell to 3.7%.

There are improved technologies released to help in the area of safety in the facility. One that was recently discussed in safety publications is a projection onto the floor for guidance, crossing areas and stops to name a few. These are helpful as the markings on the floor wear out over time and the projection on the floor can help. As this is certainly needed on the facility floor, it still isn’t a proactive safety solution to stop or reduce forklift accidents from occurring. What can a proactive AI forklift safety system adds safety to floor markings? Let’s find out.

This is where the SIERA AI forklift safety system comes in. The floor markings continue to be valuable for the forklift driver, and if projections on the floor help the organization, great. We’ve taken safety in a more advanced direction by being proactive. Our AI based forklift safety system is monitoring every 60ms for either an object or a person that comes within a predefined distance and warns the operator of the upcoming threat. This is the critical value a forklift safety system brings.

There’s also the collection of data due to the technology being used. To add value to the floor markings, our telemetry Dashboard will inform of the hot spots, or areas where near misses or issues reside. Now you can reduce the risk in the area because of the information you know and make the appropriate changes. Contact us today to discuss how proactive AI forklift safety system adds safety to floor markings even projections.

Theft is always a factor when it comes to distribution centers, logistics and warehousing. But the real kicker is when the thieves use your own equipment, like a forklift, to help move the stuff they want to steal. According to Pedigree Technologies, cargo thefts have gone up by 68% in Q4 of 2023 as compared to the same time the year prior. Of course, holidays are key targets, and criminals know it. Theft is unfortunately a line item in your expenses. SIERA AI are constantly asked about our forklift safety system and can it help with cargo theft. There is a feature on the forklift safety system that can have a huge impact. Let’s quickly discuss how SIERA AI can reduce cargo theft by implementing forklift access control.

Forklift access control, a key feature, that can take some of the control out of criminal hands. This means that if the forklift doesn’t start, then it can’t be used to remove your items. This is done with the SIERA AI AI based, intelligent forklift safety system. The forklift can only be accessed by the forklift operator who’s been assigned that forklift, and is certified on the class forklift as well. If it’s not the right person, the forklift won’t start. This is what is needed in order to reduce cargo theft by implementing forklift access control. Contact us today to learn more.

If we know one thing for certain, the supply chain future includes forklifts. In Globe Trade Magazine, the recent article stated, “one thing is clear: the supply chain volatility of recent years isn’t going anywhere.” However, in the article, it stated that their goals for 2025 consist of automation and predictive analytics, AI, cybersecurity and the customer experience. The best part of these goals stated in the article, SIERA AI fulfills each one of them with our AI based forklift safety system.

The AI based forklift safety system, is included in the supply chain as these machines are what keeps the business moving. But in order to maintain the productivity of the facility, no forklift accidents or injuries can happen. In order for that to be achieved, the SIERA AIs AI based forklift safety system needs to be implemented. The forklift safety system is an open system, meaning it can work on any make or model forklift, which is critical. Then add that it scans every 60ms searching for people or objects is vital.

By identifying these two items, the operator can stay away from accidents as they are identified and reported in our telemetry Dashboard. With the Dashboard, the safety manager can identify where the troubled hot spots are at within the facility, know which forklift or lift trucks needs tending to, and which forklift driver needs tailored training. The combination can make the company more profitable as the life of the forklift is being extended, it won’t be hitting other equipment and will not be in contact with people. Learn how you can apply this to your facility today.

In a global trade magazine article, it was discussing the consistent results of surveys for logistics, production, operations and safety managers that visibility is a key sore spot for these professionals. However, according to these professionals, the word visibility means something different to each of them. We would agree. Except if you mention the word forklift. To do it right, visibility begins with the right forklift safety system. Here’s how.

An AI based forklift safety system brings visibility to all things unseen. This means that the SIERA AI forklift safety system has intelligence to constantly scan every 60ms searching for people and objects. Its intelligence will differentiate between the two and warn the operator with an audio and visual alert. It will even tell the operator which direction the person or object is in. This brings heightened visibility with the right forklift safety system directly onto the facility floor ensuring the operations, production, workers and the facility itself from damage or harm. This solution has a positive impact on everyone and everything, reducing accidents while increasing productivity. Now that this can be scratched off the list for everyone, are you ready to get started with visibility begins with the right forklift safety system? Contact us today to learn more.

Have you ever wondered about forklift reaction time of your forklift operator? Do you rely on your forklift operators to have eyes in the back of their head? If they do, you’re good to go. For the rest of us, we can’t look at the job we’re doing and watch at the same time for pedestrians. So every time the forklift operator is out working, there is a risk of an incident.

What are some ways that forklift reaction time can be improved?

1. AI Based Forklift Safety System by SIERA AI. The forklift safety system will be searching every 60ms searching for pedestrians and objects. All information it captures, are stored in the online telemetry Dashboard
2. Training with Information from the Forklift Safety System: Track how each operator performs. And, use the incident picture taking in order to understand what was going on with the operator. Yup, the operator, so you know how to conduct tailored training to make them better operators.
3. Know Where the Incidents are Occurring with our Heat Map and GPS together. This is located in our telemetry Dashboard where you can make a difference for the safety in your facility.

Contact us today to begin learning about our AI based forklift safety system to improve forklift reaction time.

According to OSHA, workplace violence is on the rise and that this may become a new category to report numbers to on a yearly basis. We’ll see what they decide. In the meantime, forklift access control can reduce workplace violence. This great feature on a forklift safety system can prohibit the forklift being used as a weapon. If you are not authorized to work a forklift truck, then the forklift will not start. If you are a forklift driver and only certified to work on a Class I, but not a Class III, again the forklift will not start. However, if you are on the forklift, authorized to drive it, then the forklift safety system will know that you are on it. In addition, if you have an impact with the forklift, then the forklift safety system will take a picture of the driver. This will allow the safety manager to know exactly what was going on during the time of impact. Was the driver looking in the direction of the impact, on the cell phone or looking in the opposite direction of the impact. This critical information will give the safety manager the necessary information in order to create a safety program tailored for the forklift operator so the individual can become a better driver.

Removing potential issues is critical for forklift safety. That’s why forklift access control can reduce workplace violence. Contact us today to begin your journey to an accident free environment.

A forklift safety system is a perfect solution for protecting the forklift, pedestrians and objects from coming into contact with one another. As the forklift safety system moves about the facility, it is constantly collecting data, giving you valuable insights into ‘seeing’ what you would normally never see or know about. With the data, you will be able to identify forklift safety programs with our telemetry Dashboard that can improve the way you approach safety in your facility. Let’s take a look at a few.

1. Near Miss Detection: Knowing how many near misses, who is experiencing the most near misses and understanding where the near misses are occurring is data you never had before. Now add our GPS location with heat map, you can now identify where the action is occurring and create a plan to reduce near misses for both pedestrians and objects.
2. Impact Detection: How many impacts are occurring? Are they low, medium or high impacts? Find out immediately so you can get to the incident before anything is changed. Next, check the system to see ‘who’ was on the forklift during the time of impact and find out what they were doing. This way, you know how best to take corrective action… if any.

Contact us today to identify forklift safety programs with our telemetry Dashboard.

The deadline for posting forklift injuries is coming on for those companies required by OSHA for the prior year on to Form 300A. Form 300A is a summary of work related injuries and illnesses. So if you had a forklift related injury, that will need to be listed on the Form 300A. Did you have any? Are you one of those companies that need to list the previous years injuries? If so, according to Safety + Health magazine who wrote about this subject also says that companies need to retain the records for five years and be ready to share those records if asked by an OSHA representative.

You can eliminate posting forklift injuries by simply getting a forklift safety system. This will allow you to avoid having forklift related accidents with a proactive system that identifies people and objects within a predefined distance. In addition, get forklift access control, seat belt monitoring, partial human detection and of course digital inspection and impact detection to name some of the great benefits our AI based forklift safety system offers. If you could eliminate any type of forklift related accident off of the list, what would that mean to your company and its bottom line? Take a look at our latest news.

As reported by ISHN, Industrial Safety Hygiene News, OSHA settles with Amazon over multiple ergonomics cases. It is reported that Amazon is to pay $145k in penalties as a result. In addition, Amazon will assess ergonomic risks in all of their facilities including their fulfillment centers, sortation centers and delivery stations.

However, none of this includes forklift safety or a forklift safety system. Certainly ergonomics is a critical component to workplace safety, and glad this gets fixed at Amazon. But we also must remember, that forklift operators and these same workers need protections as well. The forklift safety system will alert the forklift driver that there is a person or object within the pre-defined distance from the forklift. This is vital as workers try to cross behind the forklift, giving up safety for lack of patience.

It is important to think about the repetitive movements and the ease of doing a job, let us not forget the importance of forklift safety and the message we need to send which is to reduce injuries caused by forklifts a forklift safety system will protect and bring the damages, deadly encounters down to a small number, maybe even zero. As OSHA settles with Amazon, you keep your eye on the prize of reduced accidents. Contact us today to begin your forklift evaluation.

As safety professionals, you are always doing a safety ‘what if’ scenario. Would funds be saved? Would that person have gotten hurt or maybe not gone to the hospital? Would I have to be worried each day as I leave the facility? These are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to safety type of scenarios.

What would happen if you could make an impact on just a single safety ‘what if’? What would happen if you implemented a forklift safety system in your facility? The impact that it could make on the reduction or maybe elimination of the forklift accident with a worker or pedestrian. The impact that a forklift safety system could make if the racking system wasn’t hit, or the overhead door wasn’t damaged yet again. What would that do to your budget?

Even though a forklift safety system is just one item on a long list of safety concerns, but what would happen if you could actually eliminate one of these concerns because the technology is available today? The best part? Having the proof to show management and track for yourself where the hot spots are at and taking corrective action even before it starts. That’s what SIERA AI brings. Turing a safety ‘what if’ to reality. Contact us today!

In every facility, there are forklift safety risk and opportunities. Opportunities? Yes, it is true. As we already know, there are numerous risks when it comes to forklifts. There are fatalities and injuries as well as product and facility damages. That is the easy part to identify. But opportunities? If the approach is right, there are good things that can come from forklift safety, namely a forklift safety system.

Opportunity #1: AI – implementing technology for technology sake isn’t the best approach. But implanting technology that solves a safety problem is worth the investment. That’s where the SIERA AI forklift safety system comes in. The intelligence can identify a person or an object and notifies the operator of which one is within striking distance. Now that’s doing some real work.

Opportunity #2: Knowing What You Don’t Know – This can include how many near misses is your facility experiencing, how many impacts, what was the driver doing during impact, and where are the hot spots within the facility.

By knowing this information and using the right technology, you can manage your forklift safety risk and opportunities that create a safe work environment. Contact us today to begin your journey to a productive and safe workplace.

Is it possible to outstrategize the competition with an AI forklift safety system? The answer is yes. When we think of competition, we are thinking that that we get more customers because we are better at something. Maybe it is the product or it can be the service. Either way, operational efficiency without any stoppages is clearly a competitive advantage.

Have you thought about the forklift as a money maker versus an expense? We all clearly know the cost of the forklift truck, and it’s plenty. If the forklift truck performs at its potential each day, you can maximize your profits. In addition, it can be the competitive advantage because you got it to the customer… fast, unbroken and in good condition. Now do this consistently? You got a customer for life.

A forklift safety system can help you reach this goal by warning the forklift driver that a person or an object is within the pre-defined path. This means the driver will know well in advance and can take corrective action. This is critical for the driver as the driver cannot perform their tasks and look for people and object around the entire truck at the same time. We can’t do it driving, we can’t expect operators to do it. Getting a forklift safety system lets them do their job, be safe and you get the credit to outstrategize the competition with an AI forklift safety system. Get more latest news now!

Safety + Health magazine is a great publication that hopefully all safety professionals read on a regular basis. We had the opportunity to share our AI based forklift safety system with the editors. In the November 2024 publication, we were featured in two instances.

In the Trends In … Facility Safety, Ram Kumar, CRO for SIERA AI answers the question, “Have traditional forklift safety measures leveled off?” Click here to get that answer.

Then, in their Facility Safety section of the publication, the editors spotlighted SIERA AI’s Automatic Slowdown feature of the S3 Pedestrian Detection System. You can find details of the feature here.

Getting noticed in a publication such as Safety + Health for forklift safety is an honor and privilege, and we appreciate their interest in learning more about forklift safety. Learning more about a forklift safety system saves lives of workers and pedestrians as well as saving the facility and products from damage. It is the next generation of forklift safety by using the latest technologies to identify a risk or hazard and warn the operator with plenty of time. However, if the operator doesn’t adhere to the warnings, that’s where the AutoSlow down comes in. It will override the operator and automatically slow down the vehicle. These types of technologies are proactive and will stop an accident even before it begins.

Do take a look at Safety + Health for Forklift Safety. You’ll find us there.

Economic expectations are hopeful in the industrial sector and it was confirmed this week by Prestige Economics’ Jason Schenker. This week he named the five key trends to watch out for on the domestic economy and financial markets. They are: jobs, consumption, growth, inflation, and interest rates. Even thought 2024 was a ‘solid’ year, he says that 2025 has reasons to be even more optimistic.

When we translate this great information, this means facilities will be busier than ever. With a busier facility that means more forklifts moving and more workers moving around the forklifts. Clearly that means more accidents, damages and more near misses. Did you do what you needed to purchase in 2024? Did you get that forklift safety system by SIERA AI to keep damages, injuries and accidents to a minimum? If not, that all you got for 2025 is more of the same, and now higher the risk.

The AI based forklift safety system will help you keep your economic expectations high because we’re helping to keep more of the profits within the company by reducing the cost of damages, which on overage costs $100k per year, and $60k for an injured employee, not including some of the soft costs such as temporary workers, or revisits back to the doctor or more therapy.  You’ll protect workers, products and your profits by purchasing and installing an AI based forklift safety system by SIERA AI. Contact us today.

New OSHA updates 2025 focusing on inspection protocols are taking affect now that the new year has begun. A big part of the OSHA updates has to do with equipment fit. This is so any warehouse equipment, which does include forklifts, can be properly fit for the various size people that work in the facility. The purpose is so the risk of injury is reduced and safer conditions prevail.

Leveraging technology can be a considerable help such as our AI based forklift safety system. This ensures that any people or objects that are within the defined path of the forklift are clear of obstructions. If there is a person or an object in the defined path, the forklift operator will know about it with audio and visual alerts. Now the operator can take action and ensure damage isn’t done and injuries are non-existent. That’s the goal. But let’s not forget that forklift safety checklist. This is key to keeping the equipment running in good working order. When it is, strains are reduced, working on a different forklift is minimized and safety is paramount.

Be sure to contact siera ai today to begin implementing safety within your facility and keep current on OSHA updates 2025.

SIERA AI is proud to announce that we will be returning for a third year as a speaker at Iowa-Illinois Safety Council’s 72nd Annual Professional Development Conference & Expo. The conference will be held April 22-24, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency in Coralville, Iowa. Our presentation day will be on Wednesday, April 24, 2025 from 3:15 – 4:00 p.m. Enjoy Ram Kumar, CRO of SIERA AI for an in-depth presentation on, “Elevate Forklift Safety Standards with AI: Intelligent Deceleration to Mitigate Accident Risks”.

“We appreciate the Iowa-Illinois National Safety Council’s commitment to forklift safety with advanced technologies,” said Ram Kumar, SIERA AI. “It’s been an honor and a privilege to present to such a great audience of safety professionals, wanting to take action in order to keep operators, workers and the facility itself, safe.” Join us for our special presentation on ‘Elevate Forklift Safety Standards with AI: Intelligent Deceleration to Mitigate Accident Risks’.

For more information on our S2 or S3 forklift safety system with digital checklist, named the five key trends to watch out for on the domestic economy and financial markets. They are: jobs, consumption, growth, inflation, and interest rates detection, forklift access control and impact detection, or more information on our presentation coming up this April 2025, contact us today.

When is the best time to start with AI? How about now. You just ended the fiscal year, and ready for improvements and change in 2025. But you want to be sure that your investment is going to go far into the future so you keep reaping the rewards of your investment.

How about a forklift safety system? If you want to make the most impact, investment in it today will change your bottom line for an entire year. What areas will have the most impact?

• Damages to the Facility: overhead doors, walls, floors
• Damages to Other Equipment: other lift trucks, racking system, production lines, other mobile equipment
• Worker’s Compensation: increase in payments one year to as much as five or more years
• Temporary Worker Costs: cost to cover the loss of a worker, additional training and monitoring

The best time to start with AI as you can tell is as soon as possible. These areas stated above will be saved because the forklift safety system will help keep these areas free from building or developing ongoing issues. You will find that the return on investment can be within months as all of these costs are avoidable. Contact us today to begin your journey to zero dollars in unnecessary expenses with a forklift safety system.

Motivating management to invest in a forklift safety system can be a hard task due to the investment the company needs to make. But what if you were to give them information that they didn’t know they could get? It seems a bit unrealistic, but let’s look at a couple examples.

Heat Map: Showing management identified targets of where you focused on your safety efforts will give them pause. It’s not a guessing game, or trying to fix something after an accident has happened, this is real proof of pinpointing areas for improvement and adjustments. Now you can tell them what adjustments you made and now its fixed. How do you know? That numbers will show you that with a second round of heat map proof.

Say Cheese: There’s nothing like a picture that says it all. When an impact occurs with your forklift safety system, it will automatically take a picture of the driver. Yup, not the incident, the driver. Now the safety professional can take corrective action by knowing what the operator was doing during the time of the incident. Was the operator on the phone, doing their job or something else? You’ll get the answers so you can correct any future incident of it happening again.

These are just two ways motivating management to invest in a forklift safety system into investing in a SIERA AI forklift safety system today.

Safety 2025! This year we are encouraged with the interest in forklift safety. Why? We ended the 2024 year with a ton of interest in forklift safety and the promise of budgets allocated for the AI based forklift safety system. This was very encouraging as the adoption of new technologies always takes a bit of time. Now that we’re in our 9^th year of developing and delivering forklift safety systems, we want to see every facility in the U.S. and Canada with our AI based forklift safety system.

Over the past years, companies have learned about the power of AI. Now, it doesn’t mean that AI is great at everything. Because we’ve been working with the technology diligently for ten years, that we can say with proof that the stuff does work for safety. It is finally the one type of technology that can make a difference in the safety industry. It can identify the person or the object and tell the operator that there’s something there.

But we know that not everything is that easy. We have challenges with those who don’t want to follow the warnings. That’s why we have the AutoSlow to a Safe Stop. It will override the driver when the threat gets too close, and start to slow down the machine automatically. That’s the power of technology. So Welcome to Safety 2025 when safety will finally become mainstream!

There are choices in forklift safety systems. Some have RFID technology and few have AI based technology. For SIERA AI, we believe in using the latest and greatest technology out there that proves itself for safety. It’s time to harness the power of forklift safety AI technology with SIERA AI. Let’s take a closer look.

🔸Smart Sensors: State-of-the-art sensors can recognize obstacles and pedestrians, alerting forklift operators with audio and visual warnings in real-time. Our forklift safety system enhances visibility with scanning technology every 60ms and situational awareness, significantly lowering the chances of impacts.

🔸Automated Warning Systems: When an obstacle or person is within the pre-defined distance, the proximity audio and visual alarms notify operators of nearby dangers. Now the operators can take action ensuring an impact will not be likely.

🔸Forklift Access Control: This is a critical way to ensure the forklift is only used by authorized drivers which are certified to be on the forklift. If any of these things don’t happen, the forklift will not start. This keeps everyone safe, including the driver.

🔸Data Analytics: AI-driven solutions scrutinize operational data to uncover trends and potential safety concerns, facilitating ongoing enhancements to safety protocols.

Harness the power of a forklift safety AI technology with SIERA AI. Contact us today!

As you can image, we’ve seen it all, including forklift operators trying to smash, hit and break the AI based camera and tablet. Even go as far as argue with the safety professional that the forklift operator is not trusted! Sometimes they even ask, “Is the AI based forklift safety system constantly watching over me?” What they need to know is that it’s not about you. It’s about the safety of the environment, the workers and you. What can you explain? Here are three.

1. The forklift safety system acts as an extra set of eyes in order to ensure that you don’t hit a person, product or even the building itself.
2. We know that as we drive a car, that’s all that we do. Drive. And we have backing up cameras to help us ‘see’ what’s there. That’s what a forklift safety system does. However, what’s different is that you have to work and watch out for pedestrians at the same time. This will allow you to work and the system will do the watching.
3. The forklift safety system will also help us safety professionals by identifying hot spots, which are areas of risk for an accident. This helps us to resolve the situation even before it gets a chance to mature. Now you and others can work safer.

That’s what this all about. Aiding in your work so you don’t have to worry about your friends and co-workers around the forklift. So when you ask, is the AI based forklift safety system constantly watching over me? It’s watching over everything so everyone stays safe. Contact us today!

According to OSHA, workplace violence is on the rise. When that happens, anything and everything around them can be used against another individual. We can’t protect everything, but somethings like a forklift we can. This is where forklift access control comes in. This will eliminate forklifts being used as a weapon. Let’s take a further look.

• If you don’t have authorized access to operate the forklift, the forklift will not start. Regardless of how hard you try, it will not start.
• An authorized forklift operator needs to enter in their 4 digit code or scan their QR code in order to gain entry to the forklift. However, it still will not start unless the forklift inspection checklist is done and the forklift passes inspection.
• If an impact is made during driving, a picture of the driver will be taken (optional) and the G force of the impact will be recorded. It will also give a warning that you have X seconds to pull over before the forklift automatically shuts down.

These are great ways to ensure that the forklifts being used as a weapon will never happen. Next, contact SIERA AI to learn more about our forklift safety system.

It’s great to give forklift operators and even workers training. It keeps the topic and ways to be safe top of mind. Even when it comes to forklift safety, reiterating the messages of how to keep the forklift, people and the surroundings safe and identify issues before they become one is certainly vital to keeping potential injuries to a minimum. Let’s go beyond that. Don’t just discuss forklift safety, measure it, enhance it and realize it.

Measure safety by collecting the data captured from the SIERA AI forklift safety system. Know how many times an unauthorized person tried to get on a forklift. Know how often your forklift failed an inspection. Find out how many near misses there were in a given period of time. Get these and other answers with a SIERA AI forklift safety system which includes our telemetry Dashboard. The place where all data lives and talks safety.

Enhance Safety with a forklift safety system by being proactive with safety. Identify the hot spots, or areas that most frequently have issues and make changes to it. Then monitor and watch the numbers tell you if your changes were successful.

Realize Safety by watching the number of incidents, and injuries go down. A customer shared that just with the impact detection, they were able to realize safety by eliminating all impacts to the facility, other equipment and workers. Now it is at zero! What would that mean to your company.

Don’t Just Discuss Forklift Safety, Measure It, Enhance It, Realize It. Contact us today and be on the forefront of forklift safety.

If you’re purchasing a new forklift, your dealer or national account manager will tell you all about their forklift safety for impact detection, digital forklift inspection or maybe even pedestrian detection. You’re very happy because they gave you something of value! “Now I don’t need to go purchase a forklift safety system.” Or do you? Is the forklift safety system a one size fits your make and model forklift?

Until you find out that:

1. It only comes on the new forklifts. Your existing ones cannot be accommodated. Nor can the other make and model forklifts that you have. Sorry!
2. The system only comes with digital inspection… or impact detection… or just pedestrian detection.
3. The new forklift safety system doesn’t have a Dashboard to track the results.
4. It’s just a basic system that hasn’t had any upgrades, new features or the latest technologies in years.

We have found that many companies start with the basic model from the manufacturer, but after about a year, they decide to get a forklift safety system from SIERA AI anyway. You want a system that has:

• Forklift access control: keep others out and certified operators on.
• Impact Detection: So you know who was driving, at what impact and get real-time notifications.
• Partial Human Detection: This will detect a human with only 2 fingers or small part of a shoe.
• Object Detection and Pedestrian Detection: and knows the difference between the two!

Are you ready for a forklift safety system a one size fits your make and model forklift? If you’re ready contact us today!

Traditionally, to try to get to the root of a problem within a facility, usually takes looking for clues, making assumptions and coming up with a plan to try. However, the more we know with facts, the better the decisions and plan of action. Simply, data reduces forklift accidents. Let’s take a deeper look.

1. Data Collection and Analysis:
◽Reviewing past incidents and near misses reveals patterns. Based on what you uncover, now you can take corrective action to reduce incidents and revise and replace any former safety protocols.
◽Regular forklift safety inspections provide valuable insights into the health of the forklift. Now you can properly schedule maintenance and extend the lift of your investment.

2. Identifying Safety Deficiencies:
◽Data analytics allows you to use the combination of our heat map together with GPS to know where the incidents are occurring in order to make changes and know how data reduces forklift accidents. ◽Understanding the health of the forklift will enable it to avoid downtime.

3. Immediate Hazard Reporting:
◽As soon as there is a forklift inspection failure, an impact that is too high, you (and any others) will receive real-time notification of a forklift incident.

4. Predictive Analytics:
   ◽Proactively anticipate risk incidents by analyzing historical data trends. Identifying risk factors and patterns allows you to create and implement preventative measures to address potential issues before they escalate.

   Data capturing with a forklift safety system will ensure a safer facility. Find out how the SIERA AI forklift safety system can make a positive impact on your company’s bottom line.

Safety professionals are constantly searching for ways to improve forklift safety and compliance. But there are always struggles. Many of the challenges are about convincing the drivers to complete the forklift inspection checklist, watch for pedestrians, use the horn at the end of aisles, and drive in reverse especially when there’s a large load on the forks. Drivers can always improve, but do we expect too much from a forklift driver?

We all know that when we drive our cars, that’s all we’re to do. There are campaigns that say don’t text and drive, or don’t talk on the phone and drive, yet, forklift operators are to drive, work and watch for pedestrians all at the same time. That’s a tall order and impossible to do. Which is why we have forklift accidents.

Forklift safety and compliance can be reached with a forklift safety system by SIERA AI as we have built in intelligence, AI and machine learning, that works to keep the driver safe with impact detection, pedestrian detection and object detection. All this data is collected so you can analyze it and understand where safety can be improved and compliance is maintained. Contact us today to begin your safety journey with proven technologies.

The role of forklift incident investigation in improving workplace safety is crucial, highlighting the necessity to shift away from a blame-centric mindset. Conventional investigations tend to focus on pinpointing individual faults, which fosters a culture of fear, anger and blame. Instead, organizations should prioritize how to uncovers root causes of forklift accidents to mitigate future incidents with our telemetry Dashboard.

We uncover the underlying factors and root causes of forklift accidents by gathering and analyzing data.  The Dashboard gives you the information you need to know and gives you the opportunity to detect detects patterns and trends. It encourages safety professionals to examine all contributing elements, such as operational pressures and equipment malfunctions, rather than merely attributing blame.

The platform also supports real-time monitoring of workplace conditions, evaluating risks to prevent incidents proactively. The intelligent camera scans constantly searching for people and objects and warns the driver of danger before it becomes an issue. With our Dashboard, you will be able to uncover the, ‘who’, ‘where’, and ‘what’, so you can make changes and make positive change to the environment.

By continuously analyzing incident data, SIERA AI’s forklift safety system fosters ongoing safety improvement, enabling organizations to assess the effectiveness of their mobile safety initiatives. This feedback loop cultivates a culture of learning and development, shifting the emphasis from blame to proactive safety enhancements. Contact us today to Uncovers Root Causes of Forklift Accidents.

Safety professionals have begun the transition from thinking about forklift safety from the traditional reactive sense, to a more forward thinking proactive safety approach. Being able to rethink forklift safety can bring deeper understanding on the way the facility works in ways that safety professionals didn’t know existed. Do you believe it’s time to rethink forklift safety? Let’s take a look at a few ways:

1. Reactive to Proactive: One change ahead is the forklift inspection. In many facilities it is still being done in a reactive way with paper and a clipboard. The new proactive way is to digitalize the process. However just like pencil whipping, digital whipping can also exist. That’s why being proactive means ensuring the randomization feature is on. Now you can change the order and maybe even update the questions to keep the answers as accurate as possible.
2. Reactive to Proactive: Pedestrian Detection using AI and machine learning technology is here for some forklift safety systems, but not all. This technology has many nervous, but in this case, it is used for good. It has the intelligence to recognize and know the difference between a person and an object. Once identified, it will warn the driver that one of those two items are within the path.

This AI and ML technology can be used to improve forklift safety. Contact us today to learn more.

The evolving forklift safety in automated environments bring to the forefront the importance of forklift safety. Unlike traditional reactive safety measures such as blue lights and honking horns, forklift safety has evolved to taking a proactive stance with AI and machine learning, such as the S3 for pedestrian detection by SIERA AI. SIERA AI S3 Forklift Safety System serves as an “invisible co-pilot,” that constantly checks every 60ms for people and objects within its defined path. This is the best way to prevent collisions in real-time. What can forklift safety in automated environments do for you?

Key Innovations by SIERA AI include:
🔸Automated Pre-Shift Inspections: Simplifying OSHA compliance by automating forklift inspections, ensuring equipment health, and minimizing downtime.
🔸Pedestrian Safety Monitoring: Scanning every 60 milliseconds, the S3 forklift safety system provides visual and audio alerts, enhancing operator awareness and reducing the risk of an accident.
🔸Data-Driven Insights: Analyzing data points, SIERA AI equips managers with actionable insights to enhance safety protocols and operational efficiency.

SIERA AI works on all forklift make and models with AI technology, eliminating the need for costly equipment upgrades or the purchase of new equipment. This allows you to get more for your investment in forklifts that can take you further than just 5 years. Contact us today to find out how you can maximize your forklift investment.

Artificial Intelligence has brought positive change for safety in today’s facilities. It aids in safety. It give the forklift operator peace of mind to get their job done while the AI based forklift safety system keeps constant watch. Simply, AI elevates the safety culture in facilities. How?

☑️By being Proactive: AI shifts the focus on safety from being reactive to proactive. This enables us to provide real-time alerts to forklift operators. The audio and visual alerts lets the driver and those around it know that the two are too close. We need to keep at a safe distance.

☑️Enhanced Data Insights: AI technology analyzes vast amounts of data, identifying patterns in incidents to pinpoint high-risk areas so you can go there and find what’s causing the issue and make immediate changes. These insights would not be available without the power of AI.

☑️Improved Driver Training: Your experienced drivers probably don’t need forklift 101. But not every driver is good at everything. The forklift safety system allows you to uncover where they need training and tailor it to the individual needs of the drivers.

By implementing a forklift safety system, the workers feel safer, the driver has the help necessary to keep everything around them safe (including themselves) so they can get their job done. Contact us and find out how AI elevates the safety culture in facilities today.

Are you managing a small facility from 2-10 forklifts? We have the safety fit for small forklift fleets. Our forklift safety system doesn’t care if you have hundreds of forklifts or just four. You get the same powerful features regardless of size. That’s because our forklift safety system lets each forklift act as its own entity as it moves about the facility keeping everyone and everything safe while continuously collecting data.

Our AI-powered forklift safety system offers a range of key features, including Digital Forklift Inspection with unlimited input of checklists, impact monitoring, pedestrian detection, a separate object detection and more. Everything works together so you get the most data possible for superior decision making.

How do you make great decisions? With our telemetry dashboard. We provide an easy to read, graphics Dashboard so you get the information you need… fast. This allows you to know exactly what each asset is doing and performing so you can stay on top of any forklift that may be experiencing issues. This will minimize downtime of any of your lift trucks while increasing the efficiency.

Don’t forget, SIERA AI‘s retrofittable forklift safety system fits any make and model forklift giving you the scalability you need to maximize safety in your facility.

Contact us today to find out how the safety fit for small forklift fleets can work for you.

In the fast pace world of warehouse operations, safety can make or break profits. By integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into safety protocols with a forklift safety system, you can control how safety can and will impact your warehouse. Let’s take a look at how AI enhances forklift safety profitability.

1. Reduction of accidents: By using our telemetry Dashboard you will know if you are experiencing any impacts… and where with our S2, know if any pedestrian or objects come within a pre-defined distance from the forklift and where with our S3 forklift safety system. This will save you money and improve the talent of your drivers.
2. Reduction of Equipment Damage and Facility Damage: What a great way to reduce those expenses that constantly are part of your budget. If you were able to reduce or eliminate those damages caused by the forklift, how much would you save each year?
3. Insurance Premiums: If you no longer have injuries or fatalities caused by your forklift, what would that cost savings be for you?
4. Insurance Audits: Even though audits take a long time to do, the auditors do make it to the forklifts on the shop floor. When they do, they will be asking you what safety measures are you taking to reduce accidents. They know about forklift safety systems. What will you say?

Let us show you how AI enhances forklift safety profitability so you can begin to save money instead of spending it unnecessarily.

Let’s cut to the chase. What are the key benefits of digital forklift inspections on the SIERA S2 forklift safety system.
☑️Find out if your forklift is experiencing impacts. Uncover if they are low, medium and high based on the G-Force settings controlled by you in the telemetry Dashboard.
☑️ Get Real-Time data with our telemetry Dashboard. This lets you ‘see’ when forklift inspections pass / fail inspections, impact results where you can spot trends and areas for safety improvement.
☑️ Improve Safety by minimizing or even eliminating equipment impacts, knowing where the impacts are occurring and making better safety decisions as a result.
☑️OSHA Compliance: Maintain safety standards with clear inspection results.
☑️Get a picture of the driver (optional) when impacts (your choice of low, medium or high) are made so you can find out what was going on during the time of impact. This helps to tailor training so drivers become better at their job.

The Role of SIERA S2:

• Unlimited Checklists: Use it for pre-shift inspections, dock inspections, and any other checklists you may need in your facility for compliance or just safety. Use as many or as little as you need.
• Real-Time Data Analysis: Track performance and identify impact locations with our GPS. This will help you to identify and keep risky areas safe.
• Retrofit your forklift with a powerful forklift safety system that works on any make and model forklift.

Now that you know the key benefits of digital forklift inspections, get started today by contacting us.

We all know what ROI means. But do you know ROI on an AI forklift safety system means? Here we can take a look at efficiency, performance or profitability of an investment, which in this case is the forklift safety system.

Efficiency – when we talk about efficiency with a forklift safety system, we look downtime of the forklift fleet, the number of delays which could be objects or pedestrians that would be counted toward near misses as well as issues with the forklift truck. These efficiencies are met with a forklift safety system. These efficiencies are tracked and reported in a Dashboard so you can make those changes necessary to improve efficiencies.

Performance – this is a great word that means how is your operation doing? Do you have all of the efficiencies under control? If so, then you should experience a boost in performance. The orders are being filled quickly with out issue, the put aways are done without stopping due to obstructions. Your operation is performing flawlessly.

Profitability – When you have an efficient facility performing at its peak, you will be making profits. This is the goal of every business. To get to this level, an ROI on an AI forklift safety system by SIERA.AI is the only way to achieve all three in your facilities. Contact us today to get started.

Digitalizing forklift inspections for OSHA compliance allows you to get rid of paper based inspections, accuracy over the answers to the inspection questions and overall control over the health of your forklift fleet.

Get rid of the clip board and paper forklift inspections where pencil whipping is a common occurrence. By digitizing the forklift inspection for OSHA compliance, you can capture the answers to the questions in order to pinpoint if the lift truck is starting to have wear and tear issues, repair or maintenance.

Digital answers can give you accuracy over the answers. But you can fall into the same trap as pencil whipping or digital whipping by not changing things up. That’s why our S2 forklift safety system allows you to randomize the questions in each section of the forklift inspection. Now this encourages the forklift driver to read each question or risk failing the inspection.

Just the combination of these two items allows you to gain better control over the health of each forklift in your fleet. This allows you to stay one step ahead of the forklift health extending the lift of the forklift. This will help you to extend the investment in the fleet.

Contact us today to learn more about digitizing forklift inspections for OSHA compliance and much more.

In the realm of industrial facilities, forklift safety continues to be at the top of the list with safety professionals. With 73 fatalities and a couple thousand injuries and not to mention the thousands of near misses that occur each year, the traditional ways of forklift safety have reached its peak. Accidents continue to happen… and moved up the OSHA Top 10 ranks to #5, how can a facility put the brakes on injuries, property damage and product damage? A forklift safety system that is based on AI technology. If that’s the case, what is the impact of AI on forklift safety decisions? Let’s take a closer look.

Near Misses: As we mentioned near misses, this is the key to keeping on top of areas that are growing over time with risk. Once the forklift safety system identifies the near misses for pedestrians and objects, you can use our reports to identify the ‘where’. Go to the hot spot and begin to eliminate what is at risk and make changes. Then watch if the near misses go down.

AI Technology on our forklift safety system does a lot more. This is one example of how safety professionals can take control of safety on mobile vehicles. Contact us today to learn more about the impact of AI on forklift safety decisions.

Can safety provide a more efficient and productive facility? Yes, it’s true that some of the traditional safety measures helps to keep people and your product safe, but does it go far enough. With accidents still prevalent, a new way of looking at safety is needed.

🦺Collision Prevention: Real-time monitoring and advanced analytics identify potential hazards before they escalate, minimizing accidents and paving the way for zero incidents.
🦺Operator Behavior Monitoring: Gain valuable insights into operator behavior. One of these ways is with the impact detection. When an impact occurs, the system can take a picture of the driver in order to understand what the driver was doing during the time of impact. This is important in order to take corrective action or tailored training.
🦺Predictive Maintenance: Prevent breakdowns and ensure optimal performance with data-driven insights into forklift health.

The Benefits Extend Beyond Safety:

🦺Enhanced Efficiency: With the elimination or reduction of accidents and impacts, you will be able to experience increase productivity as forklifts will have continual uptime and orders can be filled.

🦺OSHA Compliance: Real-time data ensures continuous adherence to safety regulations, eliminating compliance headaches. Be sure to use the ‘randomized’ feature to keep the forklift drivers reading before answering a question.

Contact us today to learn how safety provide a more efficient and productive facility and save you money.

SIERA.AI’s AI-based forklift safety systems have the ability, through its data captured and stored in the telemetry Dashboard, to allow safety professionals to analyze data patterns and take corrective action. Let’s take a look at some of the benefits and identify high risk areas for forklifts.

1. Predict accidents before they happen: When data is captured in the telemetry dashboard, the data is easily accessed for analysis. Using the combination of the newly released heat map, along with the robust near miss reporting and GPS, safety professionals can identify the ‘hot spot’ or high risk areas for forklift accidents. Because of the near miss reporting, you can identify those maturing areas that will eventually become a high risk accident zone. Now you can make the appropriate changes to reduce the risk.
2. Identify high-risk areas in your facility: Identifying high risk areas for forklifts is key to pedestrian safety. This can be accomplished by also using the impact detection reports. The impact detection is categorized by low, medium and high impacts based on the G-Force, which you determine. You’ll be able to identify ‘where’ these impacts are occurring and taking corrective action once the area is visited and action is taken.

Contact us today to learn more about our forklift safety system.

Hillside Ventures announced a new STEM branch, a student-run venture fund at the University of Connecticut, to support and engage students in entrepreneurship. The student group’s first investment for $50,000 was to SIERA.AI. SIERA.AI is a venture backed provider of an AI technology platform to make material handling equipment safe and smart.  Our Safety Solutions can be retrofitted on existing equipment thus extending their productivity and safety.

According to their release, “There’s not another option on the market that’s as comprehensive, that can attach to any forklift,” Cameron said of SIERA.AI. “Oftentimes in warehouses, they might have lots of different forklifts, but not one automated safety solution.” The student organization said that SIERA.AI’s advantage was due to its patented technology that “addresses real-world issues” and “ties with other well-established companies.”

Statistics continue to show over $30 billion is spent in the U.S. each year on forklift accident costs. The latest figures show that in 2022, there were 73 fatalities and over 7,000 injuries due to powered industrial trucks.

In a recent post, we discussed how the forklift truck rose in the OSHA’s Top 10 ranking showing that since 2021, PIT accidents were #9, and now PIT accidents are at #5. The article goes into further details on the reasons for the increase including the shift of labor. However, we need to watch for the up and comers of new violations including overdose and workplace violence. Next, we’ll need to watch how these may be tied to PIT accidents in the workplace.

At the Industrial Services Corporation in Burlington, Iowa, the company suffered a loss of one of their experienced forklift operators in a forklift accident. The 64 year old lost his life due to the injuries received from the forklift accident. First responders and the hospital staff did everything they could to save his life including sending the victim to another hospital for more extensive care. Unfortunately, he lost his life.

Could this have been preventable? We don’t know the details of the accident as it was not revealed. However, because it was on a forklift, that we could have helped to prevent. A forklift safety system based on AI smart technology allows our solution to help and prevent accidents from occurring. Our intelligent AI cameras are constantly watching for people and objects that come within the distance defined, by you the safety manager, before notifications begin.

When it does, then the forklift operator will know to take corrective action. But as a safety manager, you also want to know how many did each forklift operator encounter, and in total for each of your facilities. This we can help you with in our telemetry Dashboard. Our system automatically collects that information and reports it to you. You can go into further details and find out ‘who’, ‘where’ and maybe even ‘why’ this occurred. To know the why, contact us and we’ll show you how you can get the ‘why’. And it’s not what you thing.

Just this month, October 2024, another forklift fatality occurred at CF Industries in Louisiana. What was reported includes the death of the individual once he got to the hospital. He was originally reported injured, but unfortunately, it didn’t work out to the person’s advantage. CF Industries did state that this was an isolated incident, meaning it was a stand-alone incident and others weren’t hurt, nor was there an additional incident tied to the forklift fatality.

The National Safety Council, NSC, did report that in 2021 to 2022 there was an increase in the number of fatalities. It was a bit of a bump in numbers, however, it was a person’s life, so each one does count as severe. We will need to wait and see where the numbers land in 2023.

If you want to avoid worker and forklift driver injuries and fatalities happening in your facility, please contact us today in order to get the most advanced proactive forklift safety system. The AI-based system identifies people and objects within the pre-defined distance ensuring notification to the driver with audio and visual warnings. All data is collected and stored in a telemetry Dashboard so you can take proactive safety measures and achieve your goal of zero accidents with PIT. Contact us to avoid a forklift fatality.

In the fast-paced realm of industrial operations, forklift safety stands as a critical challenge. Let’s discuss how you can safeguard workers and assets with a forklift safety system.

🦺Key Features of SIERA AI S3:

🔸Pedestrian Detection: With AI enabled and machine learning technologies, it can identify people or pedestrians. Not only can it identify the person as a whole, but also partial human detection. This means that if a shoe, two fingers, or an elbow is exposed, the system will identify a person and immediately inform the driver.
🔸Obstacle Avoidance: Falling boxes, small items that can damage the person, equipment or facility, our forklift safety system will identify it and notify the operator in real-time.
🔸Audio and video alerts: When the system finds a person or object, it will give the forklift driver a loud beeping sound and a flashing screen with a symbol of a person or a symbol of a box to let the driver know what the obstruction is.
🔸Impact Monitoring: Assign the G-Force and define what is a low, medium and high impact. Now track it! This will give you great insights into the type of impacts and ‘who’. Wonder what they are doing during a time of impact? Turn on the ‘photo’ feature and get a picture of the driver. Was the driver texting? Looking in the wrong direction? Or was it a valid impact. You’ll know for sure.
🔸Telemetry Dashboard: Everything is tracked here and ready for analysis.

Want to see the Telemetry Dashboard in action to safeguard workers and assets with a forklift safety system? Great! Contact us today!

SIERA AI’s Forklift Safety System surpasses safety professional’s expectations by offering more than an AI system. Our Telemetry Dashboard is where the real magic unfolds to optimize forklift safety by uncovering hidden risks, promoting proactive safety, and empowering data-driven decisions.

☑️Uncovers Hidden Risks in your Facility:
🔸Near Misses or Almost an Accident: Uncover potential areas where accidents are moving toward maturity. By finding the pattern in the facility, you’ll be able to make informed decisions and correct the area with the near misses.
🔸Impact Monitoring: Set your G-force to where you need to identify your low, medium and high risks. This is a great way of knowing how many and where the impacts are occurring. Now you can have control over your environment.
🔸Actionable Data: Gain insights into usage patterns, operator behavior, and specific incidents.

☑️Promotes Proactive Safety:
🔸Real-Time Notifications: Enable immediate intervention by setting alerts for critical events.
🔸Actionable Insights: Translate data into steps for training improvement and safety protocols.

☑️Empowers Data-Driven Decisions:
🔸Trackable Improvements: Monitor safety trends and measure intervention effectiveness.
🔸Improved Compliance: Stay compliant with OSHA regulations for forklift inspections, driver certifications and unauthorized users.

SIERA AI’s Telemetry Dashboard transforms data into actionable insights, empowering proactive optimize forklift safety. It’s about preventing accidents. Contact us today for more.

Warehouses experience ‘almost’ accidents all day long with their fleet of forklifts. SIERA AI hears about these incidents all of the time. Here are a couple of proactive warehouse safety incidents that regularly occur.

• A worker is putting product away inside of the racking system. When they complete the work, they back themselves out into the aisleway. At the same time, a forklift is passing that same spot.
• Pallet(s) are sitting in the aisleway waiting to be broken down and put away. A worker begins to tear away the wrapping and bent down to pick up some of the debris. A forklift operator sees the pallet in the way and goes to move it to a safer spot. The forklift operator doesn’t know a person is there and didn’t see his foot was sticking out.
• The forklift is coming to the end of an aisle and isn’t aware that a worker is there at the same time.

This is where a forklift safety system can solve these issues. The AI-based forklift safety system leverages the technology providing real time monitoring and collision avoidance with workers and product at the same time. This critical data can be used to train operators on what the system is doing to help assist and understand the results of how it has aided in their work. Ready to watch how proactive warehouse safety works? Great! Contact us today.

Mitigating forklift hazards in industrial facilities is the goal of every safety manager. Forklift hazards pose risks that can lead to injuries, fatalities, and costly damages for both the products and the facility itself. SIERA AI‘s innovative forklift safety systems leverage advanced AI and machine learning to proactively identify these risks ensuring safety as the forklift does its work.

Forklift operators can only do so much watching for pedestrians. They are moving large objects, in and out of trailers, putting product away or staging them for shipment. Because humans only have two eyes, the operator needs help to mitigate forklift hazards. That’s where we come in.

We constantly watch every 60ms in search of people or objects that come within the defined distance from the forklift. This ensures nothing gets missed. Our job is to identify forklift hazards and keep safe the surrounding area safe. We provide audio and visual warnings so proactive action can be taken by the forklift operator to ensure a safe work environment.

The safety manager can use the Dashboard to get a better understanding of the potential incidents that could have occurred. Add where, and now the safety manager has valuable content to make changes based on evidence of incidents that occurred in the facility. Contact us today!

Are you budgeting for forklift safety systems in 2025? As we work our way through Q4 2024, planning is well underway for next year’s budgets. We need to be on top of what’s coming up for OSHA compliance as well as finding ways to reduce forklift accidents and save money on damages. Companies do not want to continue with the status quo of the same issues continuing especially when the people coming in to take these forklift driver positions need to be more aware of safety and compliance.

What do you need to take a look at for budgeting for forklift safety systems in 2025?

1. Take a look at your accident with injuries report
2. Evaluate the amount of damage done and repairs you’ve needed to make over the course of the past year
3. How many worker compensation claims were filed in 2024 due to forklift incidents occurring
4. How much did you need to repair for the forklift and other equipment by maintenance
5. Is your insurance premiums going up? Was there a full insurance audit done on your facility in order to identify where the high risks are within the facility? Did they discuss your forklifts? Many insurance companies are well aware of forklift safety systems. Did they tell you about it?

These are critical areas that need to be addressed to ensure your budget includes a forklift safety system. Contact us today to get started.

OSHA completes restructuring was announced on October 1, 2024 by the Department of Labor. This means that the regional offices total 10 adding Birmingham to its list. Today it now includes Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Denver, San Francisco and Birmingham. Birmingham serves Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and the Florida Panhandle. Now that OSHA completes restructuring it will now be closer to communities and increase the presence in the southeast region. This they hope will serve any complaints, hazards, fatalities and injuries that regularly occur.

It is also clear that OSHA is aware of the advancements of forklift safety systems in the market, and may begin to question why a forklift accident occurred especially with the technologies available. However, not all forklift safety systems are considered equal. For instance RFID vs AI-based technologies. RFID represents the wearables. This means every person that enters the facility must wear something in order to be identified. Where an AI-based system such as SIERA AI is intelligent. Each forklift acts as its own entity with the ability to identify a person or object separately. For further information on a forklift safety system, contact us today to learn more and to protect your facility.

It gets exhausting. Safety managers are needing to deal with reactive safety measures such as blue lights and horns. We’re glad that they are there, but it just doesn’t do enough anymore. SIERA.AI‘s AI-powered forklift safety system changes the way safety is used and perceived. Let’s take a look at some reasons pro-active safety with a forklift safety system is the way to go.

ℹ️ Easy Integration: Retrofittable design fits forklifts without expensive infrastructure changes. We are free of manufacturers, model forklifts and work with electric, gas and propane forklifts.

ℹ️ Comprehensive Hazard Detection: AI sensors can see faster than the human eye ensuring hazards are detected and reported as pedestrian and objects.

ℹ️ Data-Driven Decisions: Our telemetry Dashboard is a real-time monitoring and reporting system so you can make changes to your environment in real-time.

ℹ️ Empowering Forklift Operators: We all want to get better in our job, even forklift operators. Our system keeps watch for them so they can get their job done. We watch out for them so their friends and co-workers stay safe.

ℹ️ Proactive Culture Shift: Move from reacting to incidents to proactively identifying and mitigating risks.
Ready to see SIERA.AI in action? Contact us today and learn about pro-active safety with a forklift safety system.

We asked a manufacturing company for their goal for forklift safety. What do you want to save with a forklift safety system? They responded that if they could save 35%, that would be a huge win. Let’s take a look at a few ways they can save by simply viewing SIERA AI‘s telemetry system. Here you can get the information you need in real-time to make decisions that can make an immediate impact.

🌟 High-risk zones: The telemetry Dashboard with its GPS will tell you where the high risk zones are at within your facility. This can help you to determine what changes need to be made in order to make it more safe and secure.  This will save you money.

📊 Track Near misses: Near misses tell you a different story. It allows you to identify why there are near misses, and where they are occurring. What are the patterns. This can help you to eliminate growing risk areas before they become an accident. This saves money.

Pass Fail for Pre-Shift Inspection: Know what passed and failed for your lift trucks. This will help maintenance keep a better watch on uptime, maintenance schedules and more. By maximizing uptime, this will save you money as well as keeping your lift trucks in working order.

SIERA AI isn’t just a safety tool; it’s a strategic ally in cultivating a secure, efficient workspace. What do you want to save with a forklift safety system? Contact us today!

One of the benefits of advanced technologies is how telemetry data from a forklift safety system can be used for forklift training. Traditional training often covers basic skills. That’s because there isn’t a way to collect the information for what occurred. So, safety managers can only do what they can: re-educate on the basics. But does that work?

☑️Advanced AI-Driven Data: SIERA AI’s forklift safety system utilizes machine learning and computer vision to offer real-time information which can be used as feedback to forklift operators. This proactive approach provides data that is directed to that driver. This offers immediate corrections. After the training has been made, you can continue to monitor behavior and conditions.

☑️Comprehensive Data Insights: The telemetry Dashboard tracks applicable forklift operation data, including forklift impacts, pedestrian and object detection, near misses, and safety protocol OSHA compliance. This data highlights focused training needs based on real scenarios, addressing specific risks.

☑️ Accountability and Continuous Improvement: SIERA.AI features incident reporting and performance tracking, holding operators responsible for their actions. For instance, you can turn on the picture capture feature. If an impact is made, the system will take a picture of the driver. Now you know what exactly was going on during the time of impact.

By reviewing metrics and learning from past incidents, operators improve their driving skills. This fosters accountability by drivers and workers, which is what safety is all about. Learn more about telemetry data from a forklift safety system can be used for forklift training. Contact us!

A real-time telemetry Dashboard is the central point of where all data is collected and stored for analysis. It provides valuable information that can be used immediately for safety within the workplace. Let’s take a look at some of the areas that are tracked within the Dashboard.

1. Automated Inspections: This is where paper-based forklift inspections go away. It now becomes digital to ensure collection of answers. It also randomizes the questions for improved and accurate answers as well as remain 100% OSHA compliance. In addition, if a forklift inspection fails, those that are identified to get notifications will get notified as soon as a forklift fails.
2. Impact Monitoring: Detect and measure impacts with G-force. Determine what is a low, medium and high impact and turn on notifications for the impacts you want to know about. In the Dashboard, turn on the photo feature so if and when an impact is made, get a picture of what the DRIVER was doing. Was it a true accident, or was the driver texting, looking the other way etc. This determination will help you to train the driver with more precision.
3. Remote Access Control: You are in control of your lift trucks wherever you are at in the world. Because it is a cloud-based telemetry Dashboard, you have the ability to shut down or start up a lift truck. This is a great way to ensure security of a forklift and its workers.
4. Actionable Insights: Collect data and analyze where your hot spots are within the facility, know how many have passed and failed inspections, how many unauthorized people tried to get on the forklift… and who, and how many near misses for pedestrians and objects were recorded.

Contact us today to learn more about a real-time telemetry Dashboard.

Real time monitoring on a forklift safety system offers a safety first way to prevent accidents. By utilizing AI technology to create intelligent cameras, forklift operators can know that they are not alone. The forklift safety system is constantly keeping watch ensuring the forklift driver is safe and aware of the surroundings. Where the beeping horn was the primary way of warning pedestrians, the forklift safety system is acting proactively ensuring safety is paramount.

Even though real time monitoring on a forklift safety system is paramount, there are other factors to consider to, such as:

• Keeping all drivers current with their certifications automatically
• Notifications if a forklift fails, or a high impact occurs
• Ensuring unauthorized people stay off the forklift by keeping the forklift shut off
• If an impact is made, the forklift will warn with a 30 or 60 second warning to pull the forklift over to a safe space before it automatically shuts down
• If a forklift inspection fails, the forklift will not start.

That’s what it means to have a forklift safety system. It means safety at its maximum with the best technology on the market that allows the forklift to go anywhere and everywhere with a constant watchful eye. Contact us to begin your journey.

Have you wondered how a forklift safety system cultivates excellence? We’re here to tell you how.

🦺Streamline Digital Inspections: Transitioning from paper-based to digital checklists reduces errors and ensures accuracy of answers. How? You have the opportunity to take each section of your forklift checklist and randomize the questions. This ensures that the answers are looked at, read and answered. If any of the answers are answered quickly, or if there really is a problem, and the forklift fails its inspection, all those that you entered into the telemetry Dashboard will be notified of the failed inspection.
🦺Real-Time Data Collection: All information that is collected from the forklift safety system gets collected in an online telemetry Dashboard. Here the information can be viewed and analyzed for safety analysis and planning. The safety professionals can understand where the impacts or other safety issues are occurring with our built in GPS system where patterns emerge. Now the safety professional can take corrective actions in these high risk areas.
🦺Predictive Maintenance: Predictive analytics anticipates maintenance needs. This ensures the longevity of the equipment, getting the most of your investment as possible. This also will help to minimize downtime increasing productivity of the lift trucks. Learn for yourself how a forklift safety system cultivates excellence.

SIERA AI understands safety and goes beyond the basic safety measures found in facilities today. Let’s discuss how automated alerts works to achieve optimal forklift safety in your facility.

Spot Trouble Before It Starts: The forklift safety system is constantly watching. It will warn the driver with audio and visual alerts. If a box begins to flash that means an object is within its path. If it’s a symbol of a human, then that visual will flash so the driver knows what to look for and take action.

Become a Better Driver: We know the drill. “It’s not me”. “I didn’t do it.” If a forklift impact is made, whether it be low, medium or high, you have the option of turning on the camera that faces toward the driver. This gives you the opportunity to know what the driver was doing during the time of impact. No more I didn’t do it, if you did you can see it and show the driver too.

Also, the driver can become better when you share the results of their driving with the telemetry Dashboard. You can show how many impacts or how many pedestrians and objects came within their path. You can also share how many near misses there were and work on reducing those.

Unauthorized Drivers: Nothing worse than a worker jumping onto a forklift that hasn’t been trained or certified. The forklift safety system ensures that only authorize individuals can start the forklift. And not even they can start the forklift without first passing the forklift inspection. These automated security measures ensure safety. Learn more about how automated alerts works to achieve optimal forklift safety.

The AI-powered forklift safety system is the best way to implement safety within the workplace. The technology works to identify various levels of risk, notify the driver and take action to ensure the risk is reduced and removed. That’s what the AI technology can bring.

No More Blind Spots: It’s what an AI-powered forklift safety system does. A person’s vision can only help so much. As people, we have shortcomings and one of them is our blind spot. The intelligent camera scans faster than the human eye can. It scans every 60ms doing only one thing: searching for a person or object within its defined path. That’s it. A driver has to work and watch for these things constantly. Our eyes are not made to do both of these things at once. Which is why the system stays on the lookout, allowing the driver to get his job done. This in turn will increase productivity and reduce accidents down to your goal of zero.

All of this information of what the system identifies is automatically recorded and reported in the telemetry Dashboard. It will report to you how many pedestrians and objects the system detected that was within the defined space. How many near misses were there as another example. The AI powered forklift safety system will graphically show you pertinent details so you can use the GPS intelligence that tells you where the incidents are occurring. Now you can make changes to your safety plan. Contact us today to view the Dashboard.

Did you see this headline? Forklift Safety Goes Digital! Let’s find out how.

Paper checklists are quickly becoming a thing of the past. SIERA AI‘s digital forklift checklist improves forklift safety OSHA inspections in several key ways.

SIERA AI S2 digital forklift checklist with impact detection combats the issue of “pencil whipping.”  This as we all know, is where the forklift operators check the box without reading the question or conducting a proper inspection. Our system randomizes the questions ensuring every part of the inspection is completed with accuracy.

Next, the forklift safety system prioritizes safety. If a forklift fails the inspection, it automatically notifies all of those that need to know, minimizing downtime.

Additionally, all completed checklists are stored in a cloud-based telemetry Dashboard, providing a an easy to read comprehensive history of each forklift’s condition. This not only optimizes forklift performance and longevity but also serves as concrete proof of OSHA compliance during audits or inspections.

SIERA AI goes beyond OSHA compliance. Our forklift safety system monitors and tracks low, medium, and high impacts. This empowers safety managers to identify and mitigate potential risks to equipment, facilities, and products.

The SIERA AI S2 digital forklift checklist with impact detection offers a comprehensive approach that ensures regulatory OSHA compliance, ensures the right person is on the right forklift, and because it tracks impacts, you can place safety precautions in place so you can improve performance for the long haul. As the headline read, Forklift Safety Goes Digital is ready for you now. Contact us to find out how you can be OSHA compliant…today!

Aren’t you tired of losing $100k – $100k per year? It’s time to adopt a zero tolerance for forklift accidents zero tolerance for product loss. You can achieve your goals with SIERA AI’s AI-based forklift safety system that detects people and objects… separately with real time warnings with customizable safety warning zones to ensure your workers and products, including your facility infrastructure, stays safe and undamaged. What can do this? The S3 AutoSlow to a Safe Stop.

This critical forklift safety system allows the forklift operator to make the right decisions by slowing down the forklift when alerted to a person or object within its defined path. However, we all know that sometimes forklift drivers ignore the warnings, or maybe just didn’t notice the alerts… even thought there are audio and visual warnings. This is when the S3 AutoSlow to a Safe Stop takes over.

In the event, the forklift operator doesn’t adhere to the warnings, then the S3 AutoSlow to a Safe Stop will override the forklift operator and begin to slow down the forklift. Get a demo of our S3 AutoSlow to a Safe Stop to ‘see’ for yourself how it works so you can reach zero tolerance for forklift accidents zero tolerance for product loss. Contact us today to reach your zero.

The NIOSH hierarchy of controls for forklift safety is a step beyond the traditional outline. The NIOSH hierarchy of controls outline the prioritization of methods to manage workplace hazards, emphasizing the importance of engineering controls in the manufacturing, warehouse and distribution systems.

Keeping the traditional PPE on forklift operators still remains pertinent. But at the Administrative Controls, that’s where our AI-based forklift safety system comes in. We change the way safety is performed. That’s because we add to the reactive safety by placing pro-active safety first. We do this with our proximity sensors that constantly monitor every 60ms searching for people or objects within its path. We’re keeping people away from the hazard because it matures into something more. That’s our engineering controls.

Now, safety managers can substitute or eliminate the hazard by simply removing or changing the area to make it safe. One of the best ways to manage this is with our telemetry Dashboard. Our Dashboard collects the data and allow safety and maintenance professionals to keep track, in real-time, the health of safety of the equipment. Now you have the best way to complete the NIOSH hierarchy of controls for forklift safety …fast. Contact us today to view our Dashboard live. Contact us today to learn how to use the NISOH hierarchy of controls for forklift safety.

There is a cost for AI forklift safety. It has been a while since leaders have mandated the initiative for digital compliance. Part of a forklift safety system is digitizing the pre-shift inspection, going from paper-based forklift inspections to digital inspections with capturing the information. It’s time to take this to the next level with building a budget to adopt AI for forklift safety.

Begin by performing a cost benefit analysis considering the initial forklift safety system investment. Next let’s take a look at how quickly you can make back or justify your investment with an ROI by looking at the cost of damages each year within the facility. The damages should include the facility structure itself along with production lines, racking systems and other movable equipment. Once you know the repairs or replacement costs, let’s move to the next item. Worker’s compensation. How much are you investing in worker’s comp claims, not just the initial cost, but the total cost which can span across years. When you have that figure, let’s move on to insurance premiums. Have your insurance premiums risen or is there a way of reducing them because you now have a forklift safety system installed on each of your lift trucks.

This number we know can be rather high. By installing an AI-based forklift safety system by SIERA AI, you’ll be able to bring down your cost of AI forklift safety within these areas and start saving and relaxing. Contact us today to learn more about the cost of AI forklift safety.

It’s important to get the safety manager’s perspective on AI for forklift safety. That’s because they are the one’s evaluating the technology and putting it to use. Artificial Intelligence is a powerful tool for improving forklift safety, but it’s important to remember that it’s not a substitute for human judgment and oversight. The AI technology acts as a second set of eyes, ensuring that nothing is missed. And when something is overlooked, that’s when its power comes to life. It sees things that humans can’t always detect, and it monitors the environment with speed that the human eye can’t do. We’re here to help ensure a safe workday, but let’s remember that training and experience for the forklift driver is still valuable.

Combining the strengths of our AI-based forklift safety system with the experience and judgment of human safety professionals is the right combination to achieving the highest level of forklift safety. AI can identify hazards and help improve operator behavior. However, it is imperative to have human safety managers in place to ensure effective use of AI forklift safety systems and prevent complacency.

A balanced approach that leverages both AI capabilities and human oversight is essential for maximizing forklift safety. Learn more about safety manager’s perspective on AI for forklift safety by Contacting us today!

Artificial Intelligence and safety managers working together to make the workplace safe, are collaborating as one to heighten safety for workers, the operators and the facility itself. This can be found in the SIERA AI’s Forklift Safety System, built on the powerful machine vision and AI technology. This combination proactively prevents forklift accidents by continuously monitoring every 60ms. Much faster than the eye can work. Because of the speed of detection, our forklift safety system warns the forklift operator in real-time about nearby pedestrians and obstacles, significantly reducing collision risks.

Unlike traditional safety measures that react to forklift accidents, SIERA AI‘s approach focuses on proactive safety. Proactive safety means, “creating or controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened.” As the intelligent cameras constantly scan up to 33’, it is identifying people or objects within its path. By doing so, the forklift operator will be notified and can take corrective action before the hazardous situation matures.

All of the data is captured and stored in our telemetry Dashboard that tracks incidents, near misses, and operator performance. This is what safety managers need in order to cultivate a culture of safety. Contact us today to find out more how artificial intelligence and safety managers working together to make the workplace safe.

Let’s take a look at a few technology trends in forklift safety. AI technology is a smart way to approach safety. Each forklift that works in all four corners of the facility and outside, is constantly monitoring and collecting data. It doesn’t rely on wearables, it roams autonomously not relying on any other technologies or spaces to be in. Connectivity and IoT integration provide real-time insights for optimized fleet management.

By harnessing the power of AI and machine learning, we are driving a proactive safety culture in industrial settings, addressing critical challenges faced by warehouses and manufacturing facilities.

Key Innovations at SIERA.AI:
🦺Automated Inspections: Our digital pre-shift inspection automates forklift inspections, ensuring OSHA compliance and providing real-time critical insights.
🦺Pedestrian Detection: The S3 Pedestrian Detection system scans for obstacles and pedestrians every 60 milliseconds, offering visual and audio alerts to enhance operator awareness.
🦺Data-Driven Insights: Our system has analyzed over 108 million data points, empowering managers with insights on incidents and equipment health, enabling informed decisions for a safer work environment.

Based on technology trends in forklift safety, our proactive approach with advanced technologies creates a more efficient operation, setting the stage for a secure future. Be sure to contact us today to get started.

In today’s industrial environment, integrating AI in forklift safety is no longer a choice—it’s a necessity. Facility managers need to embrace, Artificial Intelligence, AI to stay ahead of economic changes, environmental changes and competitors by benefiting from enhanced safety measures. By not doing so, creates a risk to the bottom line with losses in revenue and increased expenses.

Forklift accidents are a persistent issue, leading to numerous injuries and even fatalities annually. Traditional safety methods like lights and alarms are inadequate. AI revolutionizes safety with real-time data analysis and proactive measures, ensuring a safer workplace. Key advantages of AI integration include real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, focused training, and data-driven decisions. AI not only prevents accidents but also enhances operational efficiency and safety performance. By adopting AI in forklift safety, organizations lead the charge in creating safer and more efficient workplaces. Investing in AI safeguards your employees and sets your organization up for success in a competitive environment.

Integrating AI in forklift safety is more than compliance—it’s about fostering a safety culture that values employees and operational efficiency. Stay ahead of the curve; the future of workplace safety is AI-powered. Contact us today to get started with your forklift safety program.

About a month ago, OSHA released a video on its new OSHA Severe Injury Report includes forklifts. Here’s the link to it on YouTube. The video shows the new dashboard reporting on all of the severe injuries which they hope can help safety professionals get a deeper understanding of type of injuries, which body part was affected and which state it occurred. Being able to sort through a database of data can and does bring critical insights into your safety planning, which is why the SIERA.AI Dashboard is at the heart of our forklift safety system. Let’s take a deeper dive into this.

What is the OSHA Severe Injury Report Includes Forklifts? This is a data base of injuries that OSHA professionals found and reported over the years. The database has been ‘cleaned up’ to include the keywords in the narrative to make it easier to extract the information. The database can extract for you a full report, meaning everything in the database to certain injuries and other data such as total hospitalized workers, amputations, geography, top events and exposures. They do recommend keeping the sorting simple and drill down as needed. Much of this data includes the results of forklift accidents, fatalities and injuries. It doesn’t specify for forklifts. This is where SIERA.AI can take over and help bring more data and depth into the picture. Contact us.

Discover how our AI Technology Enhances Forklift Safety system can improve your forklift operations and those that work around it. Let’s take a look at some of the top reasons why safety managers choose our technology.

AI Technology Enhances Forklift Safety. Our AI forklift safety system knows the difference between people and objects and warns the operator when people or objects come within a pre-defined distance. Now action can be taken to keep everyone and everything safe.
Easy Retrofit: Gas, electric and even propane! We can work on any make and model forklift to keep your investment running for more years and safe!
Proven Results: Our forklift safety system collects all of the information and we keep it in our telemetry Dashboard. Now you can view near misses, impacts and pedestrian and object detected. Take actionable steps to keep your facility safe.

Don’t miss out on our demo to see how SIERA.AI can elevate your forklift safety strategy!

Technology Trends in Forklift Safety

AI technology is a smart way to approach safety. Each forklift that works in all four corners of the facility and outside, is constantly monitoring and collecting data. It doesn’t rely on wearables, it roams autonomously not relying on any other technologies or spaces to be in. Connectivity and IoT integration provide real-time insights for optimized fleet management.

By harnessing the power of AI and machine learning, we are driving a proactive safety culture in industrial settings, addressing critical challenges faced by warehouses and manufacturing facilities.

Key Innovations at SIERA.AI:
🦺Automated Inspections: Our digital pre-shift inspection automates forklift inspections, ensuring OSHA compliance and providing real-time critical insights.
🦺Pedestrian Detection: The S3 Pedestrian Detection system scans for obstacles and pedestrians every 60 milliseconds, offering visual and audio alerts to enhance operator awareness.
🦺Data-Driven Insights: Our system has analyzed over 108 million data points, empowering managers with insights on incidents and equipment health, enabling informed decisions for a safer work environment.

Our proactive approach with AI Technology Enhances Forklift Safety creates a more efficient operation, setting the stage for a secure future.

Relying on outdated forklift data in a facility can pose serious risks to worker safety. Without real-time information and comprehensive analytics, identifying and addressing potential hazards becomes considerably more difficult.

SIERA AI‘s forklift safety system uses advanced Artificial Intelligence or AI and machine learning to identify potential accidents before it gets a chance to mature. This as a result can improve worker safety and stop injuries, fatalities and damages in the workplace. By digitizing pre-shift forklift inspections, monitoring and identifying high, medium and low impacts, and providing real-time warnings to the forklift operator, our forklift safety system captures the information in a centralized online telemetry Dashboard. SIERA AI helps prevent safety failures caused by paper-based records, undetected equipment issues, and unsafe operator behavior. Our data-driven approach enables proactive safety management to keep workers and product protected.

Take a look at our telemetry Dashboard. The data will help to better understand ‘where’ the incidents are occurring so you can make an informed decision while you make changes or adjustments within the identified area. As more of these are done, your near misses will begin to decrease, and incidents will be under control. Contact us today for a demo, and get rid of outdated forklift data.

This past September at the NEC show, one of the most sought after presentation was OSHA’s Top 10 Safety Violations. When you take a look at the list from the past years, you wonder, why is it so important? It’s basically the same one’s every year. Well, not so fast. Because we’re a forklift safety system company, we’re going to look into powered industrial trucks’ ranking and question why it’s going in a certain direction. Which direction? Let’s get into it.

How can facilities achieve zero accidents? SIERA AI forklift safety system with advanced AI technologies, uses a data-driven approach using real-time monitoring and analytics to prioritize collision prevention and predictive maintenance. We collect the data using our intelligent cameras that are constantly monitoring every 60ms searching for objects or people within the pre-defined path.

Our forklift safety system delivers results with reduced accidents and a clear path towards zero accidents. SIERA AI’s forklift safety system enhances operational efficiency, streamline operations, and ensures OSHA compliance through real-time data. With our telemetry Dashboard, you can watch the answers being submitted as it occurs on the forklift or other lift trucks. Partner with SIERA AI for cutting-edge technologies that nurture’s a safety culture through targeted training and automated reporting, leading to OSHA compliance and safety. These answers will lead to better maintenance tracking and decision making for a longer term investment in your lift trucks. Invest in your workforce for bottom line savings with SIERA AI to create a safer future for your warehouse and manufacturing facility. Contact us today to get started to zero accidents.

Prevent forklift accidents and empower forklift drivers.

– Real-time blind spot & pedestrian alerts
– Driver behavior monitoring for targeted coaching
– Customizable alerts for your specific needs

Turn data into action: Optimize safety through insights from alerts.

Driving Cost Savings and Efficiency
SIERA AI’s cloud-based forklift safety solutions revolutionize operations, driving cost savings and efficiency:
– Reduced Infrastructure Costs
– Real-Time Data Access
– Scalability
– Automated Compliance
– Enhanced Safety Monitoring

Leverage cloud benefits for significant cost savings and operational excellence, ensuring zero accidents in forklift operations with SIERA AI.

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🦺Stop Accidents Before They Happen: Did you know that forklift accidents cost North American businesses a whopping $35 billion annually? SIERA AI’s proactive hazard detection system can prevent these accidents from maturing, saving you millions.

🦺Lower Insurance Premiums: Fewer accidents and damages translate to a safer workplace, which makes insurance companies happy. That means you can expect to see lower workers’ compensation and liability insurance premiums.

🦺Accidents Mean Downtime, Downtime Means Lost Money: Accidents disrupt your entire operation, costing valuable time and money. With SIERA AI, forklift accidents become less frequent, so productivity remains high. Plus, the system’s data analytics help you identify potential safety issues before they mature.

🦺Early Detection Means Less Expensive Repairs: SIERA AI’s intelligence doesn’t stop at accident prevention. Its automated inspections and monitoring catch equipment failures early on, preventing costly repairs or replacements while maintaining OSHA compliance.

🦺Smarter Training: The forklift safety system provides real-time tracking so you can focus training efforts on specific areas. This targeted approach keeps the operator engaged by not learning the same basics over and over. Instead it focuses on real improvement allowing them to be better operators.

SIERA.AI’s forklift safety system with its advanced AI detects near misses in real-time. By leveraging AI and smart sensor technology, manual reporting is a thing of the past, ensuring all incidents are captured and analyzed effectively. Get the full post

Standard safety measures no longer making a difference. SIERA.AI has implemented AI, artificial intelligence, to proactively prevent accidents, not react like the standard safety measures do. Here are 4 key insights into AI-based safety measures:

SIERA AI isn’t just about keeping your team safe. It’s about running a safe and smart business. By prioritizing safety through innovative technology such as an AI-based forklift safety system, you create a more incident-free and efficient operation. This creates a win-win for everyone. Read the rest.

The OSHA Advisory Committee meeting was this week to provide updates on safety in the workplace. Overall, the OSHA representative shared that there continues to be 15 fatalities each day in the workplace. This includes, but not limited to power industrial trucks. As statistics continue to prove, forklift fatalities remain in the top 5 for OSHA violations as reported for FY2023. The OSHA Advisory Committee also reported that the OSHA Act from 2010 to 2022 has leveled out, meaning that the number of fatalities and injuries have not reduced, it simply has remained the same. News from the OSHA Advisory Committee is concerning.

What does this mean? This tells us that the traditional forklift safety measures have done all they can do, and something new or different needs to happen to help that number go down. However, there is a major challenge. During an economic webinar by Prestige Economics this week reported on the aging population. Since Covid, the experienced over 55 year old forklift operators have not returned to the workplace, and their numbers remain very low. In addition, the 16-19 year olds are taking those jobs and this group of inexperienced forklift operators are increasing at a steady pace. Learn more about the OSHA Advisory Committee Meeting Contact us today to get started with forklift safety.

Forklift safety is crucial in facility operations. With numerous systems available, selecting the right one can be confusing. SIERA AI has a 6-step guide to ensure the best system for your specific safety needs. Get the 6 Steps

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SIERA AI’s forklift safety system redefines forklift safety, delivering cost savings and operational efficiency. Here’s how. Reduced Infrastructure Costs: Eliminate extensive hardware investments with retrofitting the lift truck.

Standing out for its innovative approach, SIERA AI‘s AI-enabled forklift safety system offers key benefits that elevates workplace safety: retrofittable design, forklift accident prevention, data driven insights, operator centric approach and proactive safety culture. Learn more now!

Whenever there is something new offered in the market, everyone is interested in learning what it is, how it works and can it be applied to their particular facility. But does anything really ever come of it? Get the article!

Investing in forklift safety is smart business. SIERA AI‘s cutting-edge AI based forklift safety system goes beyond traditional safety measures. It delivers measurable return on investment (ROI). Here’s how:

In the fast-paced world of distribution centers, warehouses and manufacturing facilities, forklift safety is always top of mind. But with so many AI solutions out there, choosing the right one can leave you unsure which one is best for your facility. Here’s why SIERA.AI is the right fit regardless of facility type regardless if it’s indoor or outdoor.

A recent article in Safety & Health magazine discussing advanced technologies such as nanotechnology had a great quote. It said, ““A technology cannot be responsibly developed if worker safety is not a priority.” This quote can be taken the workers who are working with the technology itself, but in our space of forklift safety, the quote hits home. Safety in emerging technologies is crucial.

Achieving a proactive safety culture means identifying the risk areas and doing something about it before it matures and becomes an issue. That’s where the AI-based SIERA.AI forklift safety system comes into play. Our technology shifts the current reactive environment with blue lights, and guards to proactive safety practices such as the SIERA.AI forklift safety system which is proven t, reduce incidents, maintain OSHA compliance and reduce damage costs. Discover how SIERA AI has worked to improve forklift safety with cutting-edge technology and proactive safety solutions!

SIERA.AI’s AI-powered forklift safety have been a part of the safety professional’s goal of reaching zero accidents in the workplace. “Data collection on the forklift has made my job easier.” “SIERA.AI’s forklift safety system allows us to identify unsafe areas and do something about it to avoid an incident.” Safety professionals have shared that they are able to learn from potential hot spots and measure success.

The Journal of Safety Research released in June 2024 a report entitled, “Evaluation of changes in knowledge and attitude among youth after a one-hour introduction to workplace safety and health: Safety Matters”. The study revealed that after a one hour training, the students’ scores improved to 85% correct from 65%.

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Our robust metrics and analytics reporting system allows us to track and measure activity through various methods:

👷Sarah: John, you alright? You look a little shaken up.
🦺John: (Sighs) Yeah, close call earlier. Almost collided with a worker. I didn’t see them around the corner.
🙋Maria: That happened to me as well. Sarah, I wanted to ask – any updates on those new forklift safety systems we discussed?
👷Sarah: Yes, we’ve been researching some advanced Forklift safety systems and found SIERA S3 from SIERA.AI that seems really promising.
🦺John: What’s different about this one?

The SIERA.AI S3 AutoSlow to a Safe Stop Forklift safety system is revolutionizing forklift safety with its range of benefits:

Safety is paramount in any workplace, and the SIERA S3 forklift safety system sets a new standard for forklift safety, offering proactive measures, customizable alerts, real-time responses, and versatile compatibility. Improve safety protocols with SIERA.AI‘s cutting-edge technology by automatically slowing down the forklift with our AutoSlow to a Safe Stop AI based technology.

A recent article in Safety and Health magazine reported on how the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration are looking to ‘reschedule’ marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III. Forklift safety and marijuana seems like oil and water, but according to the Federal government, maybe not. Let’s look into this further.

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We do this by incorporating AI and machine vision for enhanced awareness and protection. With features like automatic obstacle detection and continuous monitoring, SIERA AI’s S3 pedestrian detection system provides constant scanning. Not only does SIERA AI’s S3 prioritize safety, but it also offers valuable data insights to track incidents, near misses, and operator behavior.

Traditional safety measures often lack pro-active safety along with real-time insights. SIERA AI’s Telemetry Dashboard, brings the insights and depth of forklift safety with AI and data analytics. Challenges like data silos and human error pose problems forklift fleet managers. SIERA AI‘s forklift safety system offers real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, detailed reporting, behavior analysis, and compliance management.