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.