{"id":666,"date":"2010-02-16T16:51:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T22:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/?p=666"},"modified":"2023-06-11T11:11:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T16:11:27","slug":"this-forklift-accident-was-completely-preventable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/16\/this-forklift-accident-was-completely-preventable\/","title":{"rendered":"This Forklift Accident Was Preventable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vBqcpHUpsmM\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see some of the mistakes happening in this video. Others aren&#8217;t so obvious.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>What were the problems here?<\/h3>\n<h4>#1: The driver is traveling too fast<\/h4>\n<p>That said, he&#8217;s not racing, but that doesn&#8217;t matter. He&#8217;s carrying a wide load through a narrow space. He was either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/06\/warehouse-safety-distracted-forklift-drivers\/\">distracted<\/a> or he went faster than he should have through a tight spot, or both.<\/p>\n<h4>#2: The aisle is cluttered<\/h4>\n<p>Why create a pinch point with stacks of drums? Poor housekeeping in a warehouse is dangerous. One of the best things you can do for safety in your warehouse is to make sure there is adequate &#8212; or more than adequate &#8212; aisle space. It should be clear, it should be clean, it should have space and it should be highly visible. It should never be close to this tight. If you need space, find it elsewhere.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/31\/key-considerations-for-warehouse-aisle-widths\/\">Key considerations for aisle widths<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>#3: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/category\/1288\/pallet-rack\">pallet racks<\/a> were possibly overloaded<\/h4>\n<p>That forklift was moving too fast for the situation, but it wasn&#8217;t pedal-to-the-metal-fast. Although the weight of a forklift can turn a slow impact into devastation, a properly loaded, undamaged rack with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/category\/2585\/pallet-rack-post-protectors\">upright post protectors<\/a> should not necessarily collapse when struck slowly.\u00a0 While you never want to smack an upright, exceeding rack capacities can make them much more susceptible to collapse, even to minor impacts. Always know your listed capacity, and stick to it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/27\/a-guide-to-pallet-rack-load-types\/\">A Guide To Pallet Rack Load Types<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>#4: The uprights may have suffered previous damage<\/h4>\n<p>This can cause a collapse. I&#8217;ve been in warehouses where you could walk for five minutes and find a dozen bent uprights. That&#8217;s insanity. There isn&#8217;t any way to tell whether or not the upright was dented from this video, but the point is this: routinely inspect your racks and assess your uprights. They&#8217;re cheap to replace, and doing so could prevent injuries and major accidents.<\/p>\n<h4>#5: The driver should not have fled the forklift<\/h4>\n<p>It has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/category\/6782\/forklift-cab-covers\">cage<\/a> for a reason &#8212; to protect him from falling objects. He was much safer inside than he was doing the &#8220;Die Hard&#8221; jump out. Drivers are almost always better off strapped in and under the protection of the vehicle&#8217;s roll cage, but this time in particular the driver was trying to avoid falling items. He was more exposed to danger outside the cockpit than inside it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco-eagle.com\/vector\/1820\/safety-evaluation\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px height: auto; width: 100%; max-width: 700px;\" src=\"\/\/images.cisco-eagle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PedestrianAudit-1.jpg\" alt=\"request an audit of your facility\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can see some of the mistakes happening in this video. 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