How important is forklift pedestrian safety ---- What concerns does a forklift accident bring to a business?

Accident background:

On January 3, 2022, a forklift accident occurred when a logistics company was operating in the factory area of a paper company. The paper company entrusted the loading and unloading of raw paper and paper products in the factory to a third-party logistics company for the delivery and transportation of related products, warehouse management, and physical management of products. As a result of the unsafe driving of the forklift driver, a collision occurred, resulting in one fatality and direct economic losses of approximately US$260,000.

Accident liability determination:

1. Logistics company violated the provisions of the “special equipment safety law”, not according to the law to handle the use of forklift registration, not to the practitioners to carry out adequate safety education and training, not to the accident site for the investigation of potential safety hazards, not effectively educate and supervise the forklift driver and other relevant personnel to comply with the provisions of safe production and safe operation, bear the main responsibility.

2. The implementation of the safety supervision responsibility of the papermaking enterprise was not in place, and the safety production of the contracted company belonged to the management, which should bear the supervisory responsibility.

If you are a logistics company, paper company, labor company, from this safety accident, you will get what thinking?

Life is above all else, and we can't wait for an accident to happen before we think about doing safety risk management. Instead of waiting until an accident occurs, we can proactively manage safety risks to minimize the likelihood of bad things happening.

What are some of the measures that companies can use to meet the challenges of forklift collisions?

【1】 Installation of forklift truck on-board audible and visual warning lights

Forklifts could trigger the corresponding voice warning and flashing lights during traveling, turning and reversing to remind pedestrians to pay attention to the passing forklifts.

【2】Install forklift safety lights

There are many types of safety lights for forklifts, including linear lights, arrow lights, and arc lights. The light color can be red, blue, white or green. The pattern projected onto the ground by the safety light alerts operators or pedestrians to avoid it.

【3】 Install forklift collision avoidance warning system

The above method requires pedestrians to actively avoid and stay away from the forklift, which is a passive warning method. If drivers are notified that there are people around their vehicles before the danger arrives, they can slow down or stop in advance, which will greatly improve the safety of the plant.

Here are three types of forklift collision avoidance systems to introduce to you

①Forklift radar collision warning system：Prevents potential hazards that may occur with forklifts by detecting pedestrians or obstacles near the forklift through radar.

②Forklift uwb collision avoidance warning system：Accurately measure the distance between forklift and pedestrian/forklift and forklift through uwb ranging tags, after it is smaller than the safety distance set by the system, the sound and light alarm will remind the driver and the tags will also remind the pedestrian to prevent collision and collision accidents.

③Forklift AI collision avoidance warning system：Pedestrian detection camera helps drivers accurately identify pedestrians around the forklift, DMS camera can detect drivers' unsafe behaviors in real time and provide early warning before accidents happen, improving the driving safety of industrial vehicles.

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