A recent study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shown the need to target safety training for younger workers. Inexperience and poor judgment skills place younger workers at risk for injury in the warehouse and the shop floor. If your training budget is limited, target the younger worker and then pair them up with more experienced workers.
9) Failure to understand the capacity of the forklift and/or the weight of the load.
8) Failure to use proper personal lifting equipment and the failure to "tie off " the elevated worker.
7) Allowing "riders" on the lift truck.
6) Failure to keep a neat and obstruction free worksite "Housekeeping".
5) Wrong truck for the job/load.
4) Failure to lower the load when traveling or turning.
3) Failure to focus on the task at hand.
2) Failure to secure trailers when loading and unloading.
1) Failure to use the seat supplied with the forklift.
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