{"id":234,"date":"2025-06-11T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compliance-signs.local\/forklift-safety-day\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:46:52","slug":"forklift-safety-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compliancesigns.com\/blog\/forklift-safety-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Every Day Forklift Safety Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Forklifts are a leading cause of accidents in warehouses and industrial settings, contributing to some 75 deaths each year. Many deaths – and countless more incidents – result from unsafe practices such as speeding, not wearing a seatbelt or raising workers on a pallet to reach high levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an effort to improve forklift safety across the country, members of the Industrial Truck Association (ITA) sponsor National Forklift Safety Day every year on the second Tuesday of June. The annual event provides an opportunity for the industry to educate the public, policymakers and government officials about the safe use of forklifts and the importance of proper operator training. Forklift operator training can improve operator performance scores 61 percent, according to OSHA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Promote Forklift Safety<\/h3>\n\n
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ITA Chairman Scott Johnson says the main message of the event is the importance of forklift operator and pedestrian safety. He adds that by working together, different stakeholders (manufacturers, dealers, employers and employees, and federal and state officials) can drive continued declines in the forklift accident rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We know from the data that better operator training is critical, so we’ll continue to promote it at every opportunity,” Johnson told DC Velocity<\/em> magazine. “We believe that the OSHA operator-training regulation provides an excellent template for a training and evaluation program, so the most important thing is to increase meaningful compliance with it, especially by smaller companies and for the most vulnerable employees, such as younger operators and temporary workers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improving Forklift Safety<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Forklifts, or industrial trucks, can weigh two to three times more than a family car – and that’s before adding a payload. Yet they typically operate in narrow aisles and loading docks alongside pedestrians. Clearly, safe forklift operation presents a challenge to operators, workers and business owners. Recent safety improvements and innovations include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n