Forklift & Pedestrian Safety — poster
A forklift weighs three times what a car does, steers from the rear, and can't stop quickly. Nearly 100 workers die in forklift incidents every year — and a quarter of those are pedestrians who assumed the operator saw them.
Forklift operation requires training and certification for the specific class of truck. Borrowing the lift “for one pallet” without certification is illegal and how tip-overs happen.
Forks, chains, hydraulics, tires, brakes, horn, seatbelt. Any fault takes the truck out of service — brakes don't get better by themselves.
Forks all the way under, load against the backrest, tilted back, low while traveling. Rated capacity minus attachments — an off-center or oversized load tips the triangle of stability.
Operators honk at intersections and corners; pedestrians stop and confirm they're seen. Nobody walks under raised forks, loaded or empty. Tip-over? Stay belted in the seat, brace, lean away — jumping kills.
Full certification online: Safe Forklift Operation — scan the QR.
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