How Does Your Truck Selection Impacts On Forklift Safety?

Forklift safety has always been the talk of the town, and experts like Combilift are continuously working on side loader forklift and straddle carriers for container lifting to improve and enhance the forklift features for the same. Last year we saw an increase in the global use of safety features in the forklifts, such as pedestrian-controlled ‘walkie’ stacker trucks (no rear crush zone) and the tiller arm facility, which offers extreme visibility. Hence, the warehouse owners must focus on the latest features and upgrade their fleet or trucks for safety truck operators. In this blog, we will briefly see how your truck selection impacts forklift safety.

Why Is Forklift Safety So Important?

Warehouses are seeing an increased issue with supply chains, and space costs are skyrocketing, especially after the 2019 health crisis. Many warehouse owners and operators overcame these concerns by focusing on warehouse efficiency through a complete capacity and safety analysis.

Moreover, focusing on forklift safety is essential to ensure that safety prevails over the entire warehouse operation. Hence, incorporating the latest features into the existing truck or fleet is very important to implement the same.

These safety-incorporated trucks keep the risk assessments at bay and make even minor strains, such as operator fatigue, at their minimum. It is because the safety-featured trucks have the most advanced ergonomic designs with more visibility to enhance the operator’s well-being and warehouse performance. It is also to be noted that these forklift types prevent about 70% of warehouse accidents and improves human efficiency with cost advantages due to their safety-enabled features.

The Must-Have Safety Features During Your Forklift Selection:

As mentioned earlier, the forklift industry has seen stunning innovation, which should be assessed during your selection. Some features are a built-in monitor (Shows the driveway direction, speed, & battery charge), Lithium batteries, four standard carriages with optional forklift attachments, and many more.

How Combilift Helps In Warehouse With Their Advanced Safety-Enabled Feature?

Below mentioned are Combilift’s wide range of trucks, which has exceptional features and is the right choice for your warehouse operation.

Combilift Pedestrian Forklifts:

These forklifts offer unparalleled safety and performance with their safety-enabled features and different load carrying capacities. The Combilift pedestrian forklifts are ideal for your new fleet or truck for better safety performance.

Combilift stickers with Patented Tiller Arm: 

• The COMBI-WR4 is a pedestrian forklift that prioritizes operator safety when manoeuvring long loads and pallets.

The distinctive feature of the Combilift Tiller Arm is its ability to keep the operator positioned away from the rear “crush zone”. Additionally, positioning the front wheel at a 90-degree angle from the tiller arm enhances visibility for both the operator and pedestrians. This design minimizes the risk of accidents and contributes to reducing product damage. Moreover, the controls are easy to use, facilitating quick and easy training.

Yet another stacker Model COMBI-CS received the IFOY Award in 2022, while the COMBI-PPT was honored with the Fork Lift Truck Association Award for Safety in 2019. Combilift also earned the BITA Design 4 Safety Awards in 2019 for their walkie multi-position tiller arm.

Combilift multi-directional forklift 

• The COMBI-CB is a versatile counterbalance forklift with multi-directional forklift that combines compact size with the ability to move in multiple directions, making it suitable for handling long loads and pallets.

As a reliable supplier for optimizing materials handling operations, be it a Multi-directional forklift or Stackers in high-performance facilities, approach Horvert to choose the right type of forklift for your warehouse safety.