How To Bring Forklift Safety Into Your Warehouse

forklifts in the warehouse

Forklift safety is crucial, and when accidents happen, it can severely impact your business. The costs that come with operational downtime and the increased costs if there was an accident can even affect your ability to gain new business. Every company should focus on reducing the risk of injuries and damage to employees and equipment.

Finding Ways To Protect Your People & Products

If you use Jungheinrich products as we supply at Prana Machinery, then you’re already taking the first step to preventing these mishaps. Jungheinrich products are designed with efficient assistant systems that help reduce the risks that come with job hazards. Their key features help improve operator awareness and increase efficiency in handling materials during operations. Some other key features to note include: 

This provides different operating modes that are based on the operator’s skill levels. 

This customizes the max travel speed that aligns with the operator’s skill level to increase productivity. 

This setting helps ensure that the operator is in the proper position before moving or activating the hydraulic functions.

Product Protection

Protecting your product from the moment it hits the production lines until it goes back into storage is vital. Some of the key Jungheinrich product features help keep your products in the best shape possible. 

This will slow down the truck’s speed when cornering by using sensors in the steer axle that help monitor the steering angle. 

Using a calculated reduction in the tilt speed of the mast at lift heights to create better stacking and retrieval abilities. 

Limits the travel speed of the truck to specific levels during pick and place movements

Operators can now move products with confidence with the two mounted cameras.

Protecting Your Workspace & Machines 

For better visibility to the load, whether traveling on the forks or when better visibility is needed through the OHG as the load is being lifted.

This option reminds the operator to properly position their foot inside the operator compartment during operation in stand-up units.

This provides a direct line of communication from the truck to the operator. This gives operators and technicians real-time updates about the status and operation of the truck.

Vibration absorbing cushioned matting reduces stress on the operator’s body through long, productive shifts.

Many stand-up units have an open entry to the operator compartment, and this will help reduce the potential of objects intruding into the operator compartment. 

Prana Machinery Has What You Need

For all of the best Jungheinrich products, come to Prana Machinery. We can set you up with various types of forklifts and other industrial equipment. Give us a call today to learn more about how we can work with you! 

September 1, 2021 Blog, Forklift Prana Machinery Forklift, industrial safety, workplace safety