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People who aren’t paying attention are at the most risk, particularly those who walk near and around forklifts. People don’t pay attention because they’re busy, worried about deadlines. Or they’re absorbed in their smart phone, or in a conversation with someone. The reasons vary, but when forklifts are involved, the results can be deadly.<\/p>\n
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Most experts agree that the key is training for both the pedestrians and forklift drivers–and that’s true–but shouldn’t be the end of the story. You should enhance training with various facility and equipment upgrades. That’s why many companies have installed forklift warning lights<\/a>, often called “blue lights”, that project a disc of light that precedes the forklift as it moves. Since the forklift is typically the most dangerous piece of equipment in any facility that uses it, these types of low-cost enhancements are sensible and easy.<\/p>\n The blue lights are highly effective in part because they are “disruptive”. Unlike tape or paint lines for traffic management, or static signage, they aren’t always there. They don’t mentally blend into the background as easily as safety precautions that are seen all day, every day by warehouse employees.<\/p>\n Since these lights are installed on so many forklifts, it’s important to understand exactly how they should be mounted for maximum effectiveness.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong> Why the Floor is Better than Eye Level for Forklift Safety Warnings<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n It’s important that once you have installed the lights, that you check them for distance. If the light is tampered with, or moves, it can affect its distance. Pedestrians who are used to a certain “lead” distance will assume the forklifts are always set at that distance, so consistency of distance, and consistency across all vehicles is important.\u00a0 A change in that distance can lead to dangerous assumptions on the part of pedestrians.<\/p>\n The right accessories<\/a> make your forklifts safer, more efficient and more productive. We believe that every forklift and warehouse can work better. Our employee-owners share tips, articles, links and more\u00a0 to help you make the most of your warehouse in our forklift accessories guide<\/a>.\u00a0 We’re here to help you work safer, smarter and more productively.<\/p>\n Forklift “blue” lights are economical and effective. Here is a guide to installing and configuring yours so people can quickly see and react to forklift traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[340],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-4258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aislecop"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2027-04-20 10:04:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4258"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10093,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258\/revisions\/10093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4258"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=4258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\nRecommended forklift warning light settings:<\/h3>\n
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