Since June is National Safety Month, it’s a good time for a roundup of some of the excellent safety resources available through our website and many others.

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If you plan to be among the thousands of safety professionals headed to San Antonio next month for Safety 2018, the ASSE’s premier safety event, take some time to visit Cisco-Eagle.

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You probably know the stats: Forklifts are extremely common, very productive and likely the most dangerous piece of machinery in any given warehouse. They seriously injure tens of thousands of people a year.

Over its lifespan, most every forklift will be involved in some type of accident. If that involves a pedestrian, the injuries can be ghastly and the costs astronomical. Here are some things we’ve recently looked at to help reduce the chances of such incidents.

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The forklift is ubiquitous in warehousing, manufacturing, distribution and other industrial operations, but many companies are actively working to reduce fleet size—or eliminate forklifts entirely.

Why eliminate forklifts?

This seems to be mostly about safety. Powered industrial trucks ranked sixth for OSHA violations in the most recent data. They’re always  near the top. They cause about 100 deaths in the United States every year, and tens of thousands of injuries, with a high percentage termed “serious”. Forklifts are often the single most hazardous machine in any facility that operates them. Can you truly make a warehouse forklift free, as many EHS experts recommend? Maybe not, but you can minimize forklifts and keep them out of the most dangerous areas. Let’s dive into some methods.

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It’s been a sudden transition: many forklifts no longer use flashing strobe or beacon lights and have transitioned to LED “blue light” forklift safety lights that project on the floor rather than flash on the forklift itself. Workers have never liked an excess of flashing lights, but to some extent this is because companies aren’t deploying the beacon lights for the right application. LED floor lights are true warning systems, while beacons are visibility enhancements for already-visible trucks.

Why do warehouse workers prefer LED systems?

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Cisco-Eagle is exhibiting at the National Safety Council Congress & Expo this month, and if you are planning to attend, we’d love to visit! We are at booth 3447, and will be doing live demonstrations of our exclusive AisleCop® forklift safety system, AisleAlert warning sensors, Wireless Blind Spot Camera System and other innovative safety equipment for industrial operations.

This year, The Congress is in Indianapolis, IN, September 23-29, and well worth your time if you are a safety or EHS specialist or run any operation where people are potentially at risk.

We’ll have Cisco-Eagle’s expert safety specialists on hand. They have solved some of the most difficult PIT safety and traffic management issues around, for Fortune 100 companies and small operations alike. You can ask them questions, discuss any issues you have and pick up information on making your people safer from industrial traffic.

Drop by to view our products, ask us questions and visit about safety concerns in your facility.

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Forklifts dominate OSHA’s annual list of safety violations, so it’s no mystery why industrial companies are always searching for ways to improve safety.

Safety-conscious operations are integrating safety lights and sensors to help reduce pedestrian/forklift accidents. These systems usually detect traffic (people and forklifts),  and  then deploy visual and/or audible warnings to the driver, the pedestrian, or both. When it comes to visual warnings, some are ceiling-hung, others at eye level, and others are shot onto the floor. What placement works best, and why?

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If you plan to be among the thousands of safety professionals headed to Denver next month for Safety 2017, the ASSE’s premier safety event, take some time to visit Cisco-Eagle.

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You see them all over the place in warehouses these days – the ubiquitous blue forklift light gliding over the floor ahead of or behind a lift truck as it winds its way between rack rows, down aisles, across docks, and out of trailers. A wide variety of choices are available, including many inexpensive imports with a bewildering number of dense specifications. How can you tell the difference?

Let’s break down the ways you can avoid the “bargain” light that could cost you plenty.

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Driver awareness—or a lack of it—is responsible for many forklift accidents

Busy, frazzled, distracted, or plain inattentive drivers whose sight lines are impaired will have accidents. They’ll collide with pallet rack posts, building columns, walls, machinery and a variety of other things. Worse, they sometimes hit people. What can you do to increase driver awareness and ability to see what’s around them?

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