What are the major causes of Forklift Accidents?

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Howard Atkins

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One issue that I learnt in the US is that there is no real control over eyesight for fork lift drivers.
 
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A forklift is fairly easy to operate so many companies don't feel a need for any special training. I would list the lack of safety training as the number one cause of accidents.
 

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Just about every US company I have worked with required training and licensing by the company, and drug testing. Eye test requirements I don't know about.
 
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Where I worked in the UK, at the time, the company I worked for bought and used a forklift and did nothing about even researching if there were any regulations regarding its use! We had more than a couple of situations which could have been disastrous - but you can't cite a lack of training if management are ignorant of regulations...
 

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Just about every US company I have worked with required training and licensing by the company, and drug testing. Eye test requirements I don't know about.
Forklift training is and OSHA requirement in the US.

In my experience, speed is often a factor, as well as failure to stop or slow down at blind intersections. Other things are trying to carry too heavy a load, or a load that is not safely secured or stacked.
 

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Forklift training is and OSHA requirement in the US. <snip>
Yeah. I don't know the detailed requirements though. Over the years when auditing I would ask to see training records for at least one of them, and about 10 years ago I dated a local gal for about 6 months who drove one in a warehouse. They had to be trained, tested (license), drug tested (some places just at the beginning and others randomly). That's about all I know other that when there was an accident I think they had to have an immediate drug test whether there was an injury or not.
 

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I had training on driving a forklift about 10 years ago. The top concerns (10 years ago during the training) where:

1. The forklift is rear steering, this changes the physics of the device especially when a load is on the forks. There was an emphasis that the fork lift is NOT a car and drives differently.

2. Most loads on the fork lift are held close to the carriage, but if your load is 'long' then the entire balance of the fork lift is off. There was a chart on the fork lift that gave the max weight and position of the load. Also, the higher the load is off the ground the more the fork lift will want to tip.

3. The fork lift is typically low to the ground without shocks or other cushion. This means that when the fork lift is moving and hits a bump, the whole fork lift hits the bump. Loads will fall off if bouncing.

4. Speed is dangerous. The fork lift is extremely heavy and does not 'stop' or react quickly. While a car has been getting lighter and lighter over the years, fork lifts need the additional weight to prevent tipping. This extra weight makes the fork lift slower to react. See #1, the fork lift is NOT a car.


These are the things I remember. The training was on sit down fork lifts that were used at the plant I was at. We did not have any of the stand up types you see at home depot, Lowes, or Costco so these things may not apply to those types.
 
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