A “lift truck” refers to a forklift or similar vehicle. Almost 100 people are injured in lift truck accidents on a daily basis. One out of every ten forklifts will cause a workplace accident in any given year. Even more shocking is that someone is killed just in the US every four days in a forklift accident. The other tragic piece of data here is that roughly one-third of forklift-related fatalities are other warehouse workers walking around the work area.
OSHA recently reviewed numerous real forklift accidents. This real-life case study is sadly common and very much a preventable situation. In this case, a forklift tipped over because the driver made a sharp turn while going over the speed limit. The forklift in question did not have a seatbelt. When the forklift operator fell out of the seat, he was instantly pinned under the forklift’s roll cage. He died from the weight of the forklift crushing him. Roll-overs (or tip-overs) like these are the most common type of forklift accidents. However, these lift truck accidents are also common:
The forklift driver not having the proper licensing and/or training is often a factor in many of these workplace accidents as well.
Let’s examine how the most common forklift accidents (roll-overs or tip-overs) occur. These accidents are, again, highly preventable and generally due to:
While these tips can help prevent most forklift accidents, they are particularly useful in stopping tip-overs and roll-overs.
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