Items Tagged with 'Forklift safety'

A follow-up – eight years later – to one of our most popular articles.

Learn and apply the latest best practices to avoid forklift-related OSHA violations and incidents in your workplace.

Loading docks are busy places – and hazards are everywhere. Dock personnel exposed to crushing threats and repetitive, manual tasks are at serious risk for chronic, life-altering injuries.

Portable dockboards are used to help prevent falls over gaps in the surface when forklifts, pallet jacks, carts and other equipment are moving between a trailer and the warehouse dock area.

This detailed white paper contains actionable guidance from J. J. Keller’s workplace safety experts to help businesses keep their employees safe around forklifts and other PITs.

Northampton, England — Prompted by workers’ safety concerns about the quietness of electric forklifts, British researchers are working to develop an audible alert.

Washington — “We want all forklift operators going home after each shift without injury. That’s the ultimate objective.” Chuck Pascarelli, chair of the Industrial Truck Association, made the remark June 13 during a National Forklift Safety Day event at the National Press Club.

Washington — Forklift safety and operator training will be in the spotlight June 13 as part of the 10th annual National Forklift Safety Day.

Download this free white paper for what you should know about OSHA’s new workplace heat standards, how enforcement will be handled and what you can do to help keep workers safe.

Workers at height. Stacked materials. Pedestrian, forklift and truck traffic. All in one place. “Loading docks are very dangerous areas for employees,” OSHA’s Reginald Jackson says.