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• Mounted video cameras to enable precise load placement (e.g. to high racking) and reduce physical risks to operators;
• Proximity detectors to complement reversing buzzers; and
• Dual tyres at the mast end to increase stability.
Also, the skills of the company service provider performing maintenance on technologically advanced forklifts should be up to date, and the mandatory service report should be suitably thorough and precise.
Consider procuring or leasing forklifts with load capacities above your known calculated requirements to provide additional inherent stability. Computer controlled electronic bar code sensors and automated palletising and conveyor systems have eliminated the use of counterbalance forklifts in some warehouses.
Be proactive – Where to go now?
Contact your workplace safety regulator or industry association for advice on how you can improve safety and
increase resultant productivity in your business.
Meet (and even exceed) the manufacturer’s specifications and the Australian Standard AS 2359 and have a clear
understanding of your workplace safety authority guidance materials (all considered basic procedure).
Read WorkSafe Victoria guidance materials for the Manufacturing, Logistics and Agricultural Industry, including
“Forklift Safety: Reducing the Risk” which is available online or in printed form.
Apply for a free, three-hour consultation by an independent OHS consultant (Victorian small businesses with fewer
than 20 employees are eligible).
References
Australian Standard AS 2359.1 to AS 2359.15
Forklift Safety: Reducing the Risk Guidance Note on Pallet Racking Code of Practice for Plant 1995 WorkSafe Advisory Service –
Tel: 96411444
Toll free: 1800 136089 Email: info@worksafe.vic.gov.au
Website: www.worksafe.vic.gov.au
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