Safety is paramount when working with or in the presence of materials handling equipment. Certain lift truck options may help you to increase awareness and minimize risk, depending on your facility layout, lighting and other factors.
Are you using the most appropriate tools to aid pedestrian safety in your warehouse? Optimize pedestrian visibility of approaching lift trucks with light options like blue LED spotlights, strobe lights and red zone lights.
Do low light areas challenge your operation? The right truck-mounted light options can help enhance operator visibility and productivity, and subsequently help minimize associated truck, product and facility damage. Give your operators a clear eye on the tasks at hand with work lights, dome and compartment lights or work lights or lamps.
Does your busy operation struggle with lift truck operators working in proximity to one another and to pedestrians? Provide warning to nearby equipment operators and pedestrians when they are close to a truck in motion. Help enhance truck proximity awareness with backup alarms or motion-based alarms.
OSHA does not require the use of visible or audible alarms on lift trucks, but they may be helpful in certain operating conditions. Please note that in some situations, visible or audible alarms may be a distraction, and habituation can lessen their effectiveness. Also, the effectiveness of visible alarms is significantly or even entirely reduced in outdoor daylight conditions. Consider performing a site evaluation to determine if visible or audible alarms would be helpful at your facility.
