Accident Prevention
Most workplace incidents can be prevented by identifying and controlling ______ before work begins.
What are hazards?
Only employees with ____ may operate a forklift.
What is proper training and authorization?
_____ device dramatically reduces the chance of serious injury in a vehicle incident.
What is a seatbelt?
Employees should avoid walking through this forklift danger zone.
What is the line of travel or blind spot?
An employee exits a parked truck without setting the parking brake, walks through an active forklift area while looking at a phone, and is not wearing the vehicle seatbelt prior to parking
____ should be completed when we have new task, equipment, incidents and injuries occur
What is a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
_____ inspection must be completed before operating a forklift.
What is the pre-use inspection?
When should seatbelts be worn?
What is all vehicle operation, no matter how short the trip?
What should you always make with an equipment operator before walking in front of their equipment?
Eye contact.
____ is the first thing employees should do if they see an unsafe condition.
Forklift operators should travel with forks in _____ position.
What is low to the ground?
In a forklift tip-over, operators should stay seated and do this.
What is remain buckled and brace themselves?
When driving in areas with pedestrian traffic, what should operators do with their speed?
Reduce their speed.
A near miss is important because it provides an opportunity to ___________.
What is preventing a future injury or incident?
When approaching blind corners, operators should .
What is slow down and sound the horn?
True or False: Seatbelts are optional when driving in a yard at low speeds.
What is False?
What should you always expect pedestrians to do, even when they should know better?
Make unexpected movements.
What is the number one reason employees get hurt performing a task they've done hundreds of times before?
Complacency
A forklift is carrying a load that blocks the operator's view forward. What should the operator do?
What is travel in reverse if it is safe to do so?
Name two consequences of failing to wear a seatbelt.
What are serious injury, fatality, ejection from vehicle, disciplinary action, or increased incident severity?
True or False: Looking once before backing or moving equipment is enough
False. Continuously scan your surroundings.