6 Ways To Limit Risk When Loading Flatbed Trailers With ...
Driving a forklift onto a flatbed trailer to load product can be an extremely risky endeavor. That’s because flatbed trailers lack fixed guardrails or other protective barriers on their sides, meaning the potential exists for the driver and vehicle to ...
How To Identify Areas Where Guardrails May Be Needed
Installing fixed protective barriers such as guardrails creates a physical separation between workers and potential impact hazards — such as vehicles, forklifts carrying loads, and mobile material handling equipment. Likewise, they can be installed to protect inventory, structures, equipment and ...
How To Select The Right Guardrail For A Specific Application
Guardrails and other protective barriers are intended to improve safety in distribution centers, warehouses, or manufacturing facilities by creating a physical separation between personnel and hazards such as materials handling equipment or vehicles. They can also be used to protect ...
Ground-Level Protective Curbs Stop Forklift Penetration Damage
As forklifts move around a facility — either with or without a load — their forks are typically raised 2 or 3 inches above the floor. This gives the operator a less obstructed view of the route ahead; however, the ...
Protect Doorframes And Dock Doors With Safety Height Restrictors
Safety height restrictors are used in warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities to provide forklift operators with a visual indication of height limits as they maneuver their vehicles and loads through doorways, access points, or dock doors. They are designed ...