Forklift Safety | Blog

The Forklift Training Operations Safety Blog is dedicated to equipment operators, leads, supervisors, managers, and business owners who utilize the equipment in their operations.

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Enjoy posts and stories that have been custom written by our staff, guest writers, and integrated a curated content from around the world.  The focus of the Safety Blog for forklift and powered industrial truck operations is to drive knowledge, awareness, and understanding related to the safe and proper operation of all types of material handling equipment used throughout the industry today.

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You’ll find posts related specifically to equipment operators, leads/supervisors and management, business owners, safety professionals, and more.

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Take deeper dives into the daily life of an equipment operator.  What obstacles do they face?  What challenges do they deal with and must find suitable “Workarounds” for?  Are members of your management and leadership teams trained and do they understand the nuances of what they need to look for, how they should and should not respond, and how to protect employees and the business.

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Understand the changing landscape of OSHA compliance with timely forklift and material handling equipment safety blog posts.  What changes are coming to equipment use, maintenance, and operation?

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Get a better perspective on how to identify hazardous conditions within your facility as it relates to forklift and powered industrial truck use, how to conduct site safety audits and how to close the gap on compliance with OSHA’s 29 CFR 1910.178 forklift code.

We look even deeper it forklift safety with blog posts about fire safety improvement by managing flue spacing for fire sprinkler effectiveness. 

How to properly secure horizontal to vertical members, how and why to protect racking support legs from accidental impacts.  How to safely repair damaged racking systems.  Understanding racking load limit labeling and material storage requirements and more.

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Learn about forklift plans and how they can help improve operator and facility safety.  How effective and compliant is your equipment operator training and re-certification programs?

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Do members of your leadership team know how to properly respond to equipment accidents and incidents?  Are they capable of completing five-why or root cause maps to identify all contributing root causes to a forklift accident to prevent a similar type of incident from recurring?

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