Forklift safety in the workplace is important to prevent accidents and injuries. Employees should receive proper training on forklift operation which covers safe backing, stacking, and weight limits. Horseplay between employees is a major cause of forklift accidents, so operators must focus carefully and avoid distractions. When driving, paying attention to mirrors and not moving too fast is important for safety.

1. Forklift Safety in the Workplace
Operating forklifts means practicing the safety that could prevent many accidents
in the workplace. Some of the accidents that can happen with a forklift could
cause severe injury or even death, given the right situation. The best thing to do if
you drive a lift machine at your job is to know the right kinds of forkliftsafety.
One of the biggest reasons that accidents occur within the workplace concerning
forklifts is horseplay between employees. The bad thing about this is when one of
those employees happens to be on one. Making sure to never fool around and act
childish while operating a machine is important in the prevention of serious
injuries.
Pay close attention to the forklift training you will receive before operating one.
You stand to learn a lot about the right way to back up and to stack objects
without incurring an accident or injury to yourself or another employee. There
may be training videos involved in your course. Make sure to ask any questions
you might have.
Just because a lift machine has back up warning buzzers does not mean you do
not need to pay attention to what you are backing into. Many people in the
workplace get so used to hearing these sounds that they may not even realize you

2. are about to run them over with your forklift. Always make it a point to look
behind you and make surethe way is clear beforeyou moveback too far.
The forks on the front of this kind of lift machine can hurt someone really bad.
Swinging around the corners with extended forks is unsafe. Never go too fast and
especially pay attention to the mirrors that will let you see what is around any
corners. This is especially a safer way to drive a lift if you have a load on the forks
of your machine.
When stacking pallets or other objects, you should make sure you know the limit
in how high these things are to be stacked. Many objects that you must life with a
forklift to stack could hurt you or others of you stack them high enough to cause
them to fall over. There are usually limits posted on work orders. If you do not
have special instructions, it is bestto ask about them.
Trying to lift an object that is too heavy for the forklift is dangerous. This could
mean you and the forklift could end up toppling over forward. Imagine the
injuries that you could sustain if this ever happened. Know the weight limits of
your machine before operating it. You should also know the weight of the objects
that you are going to lift.