MidColumbia Forklift Blog / Forklift Safety

When a forklift goes down, lockout/tagout procedures protect employees from injury and your company from OSHA fines and litigation. Does your operation follow lockout/tagout (LOTO) best practices? By the time …

Forklift attachments and accessories can help you move more product in less time, but there’s a right way and a wrong way to modify forklifts. OSHA's regulation states: any modifications …

June is forklift safety month, so it's the perfect time to review: The most common forklift-related injuries The main cause of forklift injuries How to prevent forklift-related incidents How to …

Warehouse pedestrian safety is a major concern for any business operating with forklifts. While proper training of operators and pedestrians can help reduce risks, some safety managers want more peace …

Sometimes a little change makes a big difference. For example, since entering everyday use in the 1930s, turn signals have been credited with more than a 33% reduction in automotive …

Since entering common use in 2002, backup cameras have reduced collision rates by approximately 17%. Considering Americans are involved in over 10 million automotive collisions each year, that's an enormous …

Every year, we answer your most pressing question in our blog. Over the past 12 months your interests focused on replacing, repairing, and modifying your existing forklift fleet. So we’ve …

Hundreds of thousands of accidents occur at loading docks each year, including fatal ones. Twenty-five percent of all industrial accidents occur at loading docks, and many of them are preventable …

Roughly 87 deaths occur annually from forklift accidents.* That’s 87 too many. While this fact alone is disturbing, the alarming truth is that this number isn’t decreasing. Unfortunately, this number …

The global pandemic highlighted the need to maintain clean facilities for the health and safety of everyone. With studies published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing …