Fork Lift Safety Awareness

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Fork Lift Safety Awareness
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Sigma Squared Ltd and Copar Corporation
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Fork Lift Accidents

• United States OSHA estimates that there are
  680,400 accidents each year
• Approximately 90,000 employees suffer some type
  of injury

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UK Statistics for Fork truck Accidents

• Estimated this year 8 UK Workers will be killed
  by Fork lift Trucks
• More than 400 employees a year will suffer
  amputations, fracture or dislocations., or
  resuscitation an overnight hospital stay,
  following Fork Lift accidents

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Fork Lift Accidents

• Losses affect employees
• Physical suffering
• Mental suffering
• Morale

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Benefits of Fork Lifts

• Allow efficient and rapid movement of materials
  in the factory
• Reduce employee lifting injuries

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Fork Lift Operating Environment

• Pedestrians
• Blind spots
• Indoors/Outdoors
• Narrow aisles / Ramps
• Building columns / Close Quarters
• Operate 24 hours per day
• Tight Turning radius High Center of Gravity
• Caution in loading trucks

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Fork Lift and Pedestrians

• Pedestrians contribute to accidents by being
  careless
• Plant visitors are not familiar with proper
  procedures
• Pedestrians do not understand truck stopping
  distances
• Pedestrians try to beat a lift truck

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Fork Lift Accidents

• Losses affect employers
• Injuries to employees
• Damage to equipment
• Lost productivity
• Higher insurance costs
• Morale
• Bad publicity

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Methods used to reduce Fork Lift Accidents

• Training of drivers
• Maintenance of equipment
• Areas of operation
• Additional Safety Systems

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The PASS Safety System

• Each pedestrian has a battery powered radio
• Each Fork Truck has a radio receiver.
• When the radio on the truck sees the PASS
  signal, warning indicators light for both forward
  and reverse travel.
• System is FCC/CE approved.

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Safety Featureson the Handheld Units

• The handheld radios are tested when they are
  removed from their charger.
• The handheld radios flash every time they send
  a signal.

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Safety Features on the Fork Truck

• The remote station on the Fork Truck generates
  its own signals.
• The receiver on the Fork Truck flashes an LED
  when it sees its own truck signal.

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Additional Features

• PASS can also activate remote sky boxes. These
  sky boxes can contain a flashing beacon that can
  warn of an oncoming fork truck or can worn of
  oncoming pedestrians.
• The sky box has a simple relay output that can be
  utilised to control a multitude of alarms or
  control systems.

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Top Quality Industrial Design

• Units have been drop tested on concrete.
• Long life Metal Hydride batteries can be
  recharged hundreds of times.
• The PASS battery charger is designed to maximize
  battery life automatically.
• When finally worn out, the batteries can be
  changed in three minutes with only a small
  screwdriver.
• Fork Truck radios are powered by the vehicles 12
  volt battery.
• Sky Box ceiling lamps can be simple 110/240
  Volt plug-in design.
• Units pass UL/CSA/CE standards.

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Thank you for your Attention!