David Leduc
Are Forklifts Dangerous?
Yes. Forklifts were involved in 84 US workplace deaths in 2024 and about 25,000 serious injuries over two years. The current numbers, how people get hurt, and what lowers the risk.
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Start-Manager Blog
Forklift safety, daily safety checks and access control, from the Start-Manager team.
David Leduc
Common Bad Habits of Forklift Operators
Five habits that put operators and equipment at risk, from the skipped pre-shift check to the bump nobody reports, and what stops each one.
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Why Forklift Access Control Is Important
Access control means a forklift starts only for the people you have trained and authorized. What OSHA requires, what a shared key cannot do, and what to look for in a system.
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5 Reasons to Follow OSHA’s Daily Forklift Check Rule
OSHA requires every forklift to be examined before it goes into service, at least daily. Five reasons to take the rule seriously, with the current fines and inspection figures.
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How can operator habits affect forklift/product damage?
Most forklift damage comes from small habits repeated every shift. How to change them: put a name on every start, set the standard, and show operators each impact as it happens.
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How to implement an effective ‘daily safety check program’ for your equipment?
Five steps to a daily forklift inspection program that holds up: set the standard, train operators on it, make the check consistent, track what fails, and get supervisors behind it.
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Can you afford to ignore Lift Truck Safety?
What a forklift injury and an OSHA citation cost today, why operator training is not enough on its own, and the three parts of a safety program that a tool can enforce.
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