TOP TEN FORKLIFT OPERATOR SAFETY ERRORS
 As a way of alerting you to forklift operation practices which may be unsafe or unproductive:
we offer the following SAFETY POINTS to help you and your employees.
10 " I don't need training, I'm experienced."
  9  Failure to understand the capacity of the forklift and/or the weight of the load.
   8  Failure to use proper personal lifting equipment and the failure to "tie off " the  
     elevated worker.
  7  Allowing "riders" on the lift truck.
   6  Failure to keep a neat and obstruction free worksite "Housekeeping".
   5  Wrong truck for the job/load.
   4  Failure to lower the load when traveling or turning.
   3  Failure to focus on the task at hand.
   2  Failure to secure trailers when loading and unloading.
   1  Failure to use the seat supplied with the forklift.
   
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A recent study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shown the need to target safety training for younger workers. Inexperience and poor judgment skills place younger workers at risk for injury in the warehouse and the shop floor. If your training budget is limited, target the younger worker and then pair them up with more experienced workers.

We can expect someone to die in a forklift mishap within the next six months in Colorado. Make sure your operators are not "the one"! Be sure to see our information on forklift operator training.


For more information, we provide these additional links
as a courtesy for your safety planning:

CDC.gov - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

MMWR - The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
A weekly publication of CDC containing data and reports on specific health and safety topics.
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