Safety


Safety is the state of being "safe" (from French sauf), the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of failure, damage, error, accidents, harm or any other event which could be considered non-desirable. This can take the form of being protected from the event or from exposure to something that causes health or economical losses. It can include protection of people or of possessions.

Forklift can be danger

Forklift
Forklifts, known as powered industrial trucks, are specialized vehicles that carry, push, pull, lift, load, unload and stack material of varied sizes, shapes and weights.

General Hazards
We may think that knowing how to drive a car means we know how to drive a forklift. Forklifts have different centers of gravity and balance. They have rear wheel steering and front wheel drive. They have limited forward visibility—especially when loaded.
All companies require special training for forklift. Without this training you are not allowed to drive a forklift on this project.
Some types of forklift accidents include:
• Truck striking a pedestrian
• Falling load striking worker
• Employee falling off the truck's forks
• Truck falling off a loading dock

Accidents result from operator acts such as:
• Unbalanced loads
• Unsecured loads
• Drivers view blocked
• Employee riding on forks
• Failing to obey traffic rules
• Poor truck maintenance
• Driving too fast
Forklifts can be dangerous if their operators and people who work around them don't recognize their hazards and follow safety rules.