This weeks blog provides some simple tips to follow to ensure safe operation of forklifts.  They are a good starting point to support workplace health and safety guidelines.

This week’s blog looks at four key pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) all operators should wear when operating or working in the vicinity of forklifts.

All forklift and unit breakdowns must be assessed, diagnosed and repaired by a qualified technician with specialist knowledge of the unit.

An imperative but often overlooked part of the forklift breakdown repair procedure is the safety tag lockout procedure.

This blog answers common questions regarding lockout procedures and why they are vitally important.

To assist our customers in providing the highest standards of safety in recent months Adaptalift has increased and enhanced our safety accessory offerings.

This blog will look at some of the forklift safety accessories available.

One of the main safety risks for order pickers is falling from height when exiting the cabin onto pallets, partially enclosed platforms or racking.

This week’s blog looks at some common forklift related injuries and measures that can be implemented to further prevent/reduce the number of incidence of injuries occurring.

This blog post will provide five important tips and safety precautions to help businesses prepare their materials handling fleet and operators for winter conditions.

Forklift operators are being asked to move goods at heights where it is very difficult to have a clear view of where they are placing the goods, from their low vantage point seated on their forklift.

This blog looks at two mechanical aids that can be installed to assist in the safe storage or removal of goods at heights, these being camera or laser level systems.

It is imperative that all forklifts are operated correctly and within their maximum limits.

To ensure this occurs and to provide owners and operators with knowledge of these limits all forklifts under Australian standard AS2359.2 – 2013 must be fitted with a rating plate from the manufacturer that clearly defines the unit’s specifications.

This blog will explain how to read and understand the specifications on a rating plate for both combustion and battery electric models.

This week’s blog post will provide a brief summary and analysis of forklift related injuries and fatalities nationally, whilst also looking at the impacts incurred due to injury or fatality.