"safety" Articles

Optimizing Battery Charging Areas for Safety and Efficiency

Battery charging areas or rooms have certain requirements and the location can help or hinder traffic flow and productivity.

How to Choose the Right Fork for Your Equipment

The forks on your forklift may seem like a minor detail, but they play a significant role in the overall performance of your equipment.

Don't Overlook Forklift Chain Inspections

Forklift chains, powered by hydraulic pressure, handle massive weight every day. These chains are critical to your forklift’s performance and safety, so regular inspection is essential to prevent excessive wear or failure.

A new seat costs less than an EMPTY seat!

Forklift seats take a beating—and so do your operators! Let’s talk about when, why & how to replace forklift seats.

Creating a Culture of Safety in Material Handling

The National Safety Council has designated June as National Safety Month—the annual observance to help keep each other safe from the workplace to anyplace. June 11, 2024 was National Forklift Safety Day.

Every Worker Deserves to Make it Home Safe – Every Day

The National Safety Council has designated June as National Safety Month--the annual observance to help keep each other safe from the workplace to anyplace. And, June 11, 2024 is National Forklift Safety Day.

Boost Forklift Productivity by Optimizing Operator Comfort

In today’s demanding warehouses, getting more output from your existing forklift fleet has high value. Surprisingly, something as simple as upgrading the operator seat or control design provides immense impact on safety, downtime, and productivity.

A guide to safe winter forklift operation

Get ready to take on Old Man Winter and send him packing! This comprehensive article will help you prep your people and equipment to conquer icy temps, slippery surfaces, brutal winds, and limited visibility.

Safely Stack and Lift Forklift Loads: A Guide to Your Personal Safety

If you work in a warehouse or distribution facility, you are familiar with pallet racks used for organizing and storing products and the forklifts used for stacking pallets on racks or removing them for delivery to other areas.

Effective Sweeper/Scrubber Operator Training is Essential for Safety

Investing in industrial floor cleaning machines can provide significant benefits, such as improved cleaning efficiency, time savings, and reduced slip and fall accidents. However, training your operators in the safe and proper use of this equipment is critical in achieving these benefits and maximizing your investment.

Why and when to replace forklift tires

Forklift tires are essential to your equipment’s safe operation. Worn tires can cause accidents and harm forklift operators. Let’s review the why and when of forklift tire replacement.

The different types of forklift tires and how/where to use them

Your forklift’s tires impact the efficiency of the forklift’s operation. A review of the types and applications of forklift tires is provided in this article.

Can I put pneumatic tires on a cushion tire forklift?

A forklift’s tires are its foundation. The truck’s weight, the weight of the load, plus the weight of the operator all rest on the tires. Beyond carrying weight, tires provide a solid, stable base for the forklift and are the vehicle’s only shock absorption and suspension system.

National Forklift Safety Month

Let’s all celebrate National Forklift Safety Day by staying safe every day!

Sweepers, Scrubbers and the Steps to Safer Manufacturing Facilities

What clean floors have to do with Six Sigma, 5S, lean manufacturing and National Safety Month.

How can you help prevent slips, trips, and falls in your facility?

Accidents happen. Slips, trips, and falls are among the most common industrial accidents. The National Floor Safety Institute says that slips and falls are the leading cause of workers’ compensation claims and the top cause of occupational injury for people 55+. Workers may be out around 12 days. Medical costs average $17,200 to $27,500. We all want to avoid that!

Choose the right forklift tires for performance, safety, and efficiency

Forklift tires do more than roll your lift truck around your facility. They also impact operator health, the efficiency of the forklift, and accident prevention.  This article will review the types of forklift tires, the environments each is suited for, and how the right tire selection, use, and replacement can impact your operation.

What you need to know about forklift battery technologies

In this article we compare forklift battery types by looking at power and energy, charging, maintenance, safety and more.

Carrying the Load: Basic Concepts

How much lift capacity do I need in a forklift? Join us for a discussion where we consider a load's shape, size, and weight distribution and how they influence the forklift's ability to handle the load.