Episode 156
Everything You Need to Know about Forklifts & Safety
Listen in as Editor Sydny Shepard discusses everything you may need to know about forklifts and mitigating the risks associated with them.
- By Sydny Shepard, Alex Saurman
- Aug 15, 2022
Walk into any warehouse, construction site or dock and you’ll likely see a forklift. These tools are used in workplaces all over the country and by a variety of workers. Although you can find multiple types of forklifts on the market or in the workplace, most of them share one common goal—to help workers move heavy items from one spot to another.
With forklifts being such a common tool and so many people using them, just how dangerous are they? Well, statistics show that they can be very dangerous. Listen in as Editor Sydny Shepard discusses everything you may need to know about forklifts and mitigating the risks associated with them.
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About the Authors
Sydny Shepard is the former editor of Occupational Health & Safety.
Alex Saurman is a former Content Editor for Occupational Health & Safety,who has since joined OH&S’s client services team. She continues to work closely with OH&S’s editorial team and contributes to the magazine.