Liftow Forklift Blog

Keeping your forklifts maintained and your operators safe will be a task that falls primarily on you. But your employees are the ones who will need to recognize weather-related dangers and understand how to avoid them. Here are a few key elements to include in your training program.

Ageing forklifts can be costly to maintain and operate. Expensive industrial equipment is bad for business and therefore a full upgrade of your forklift fleet will eventually be needed. Maintenance and performance problems are a good indicator that your forklifts may need to be replaced. Here are some things to consider when determining if you need to upgrade your forklift fleet

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Elevating your attention to ergonomics can improve safety and reduce injury and cut health related claims and leave time.

If your operation involves transitions from indoor to outdoor forklift use, you’ll have to factor in some operator challenges that indoor workplaces don’t entail. Here are a few guidelines to keep in mind

If your materials handling workplace involves both an indoor and an outdoor component (including an outdoor loading dock where you receive incoming shipments), then your safety and productivity requirements may be a bit complex—especially if you remain in operation during cold weather.

Noise pollution can pose a significant threat to employee health and safety, productivity, and general well-being in your workplace.

Encourage your operators to conduct safety checks before stepping behind the controls of a lift truck and beginning a shift.

Longer workdays might improve your productivity, but these minor gains may be offset by large increases in risk and injury.