Blind spot warnings, automatic braking systems, park assist technology, cruise control, battery powered motors...our cars are full of new technologies and tools to assist drivers in staying safe and making driving easier. In addition, some of these same technologies are used in planes, trains, trucks and boats. Don’t the forklift operators in your warehouse operations also deserve assistance in performing their jobs?

According to industry figures:

• On average, 100 forklift operators per year die in warehouse operations, with 42% of those deaths occurring due to the truck tipping over.
• An estimated 110,000 forklift accidents occur each year with 20,000 resulting in serious injury and 25% of those are due to forklifts overturning.
• Almost 80% of forklift accidents involve a pedestrian.
• 13.6% of all product damage claims are the result of forklifts hitting product; hundreds of millions of dollars in facility, racking and equipment damages happen each year because of forklift accidents.

Well it doesn’t have to be that way. Forklift training is the #1 way to improve safety and productivity in your facilities, and we make it easy for you to roll this out right: with local dealers, virtual training simulators, and telemetry systems to help enforce, access and monitor operators’ performance.

In addition, while automotive technologies don’t easily transfer into lift trucks, there is a company, Hyster, that has made it possible to equip your forklifts with advanced technologies specifically designed to help reinforce proper lift truck operation in specific applications, supporting safety while improving operator productivity. In fact, one of the world’s largest retailers just made one of the largest lift truck purchases ever from us, because of this groundbreaking technology. I’ll call you shortly to see if you are interested in learning how you can leverage these latest lift truck innovations for your operators and bottom line.