According to OSHA, training is the key to forklift safety. Training must happen, and it must be repeated.While training the driver is non-negotiable, training and protecting non-drivers who work in the same space seems to receive less emphasis.Do the warehouse workers, pickers, packers, assemblers, and other employees who are frequently on the floor during a forklift shift receive training specific to forklifts and how they are expected to behave around them?

Employees should wear bright clothes, such as safety vests, so that the forklift driver can notice them.

Utilize technology: install Forklift Safety Light，so the staff can know the proximity of the forklift through the light on the ground,which greatly avoiding the occurrence of forklift accidents.Many companies are offering these kinds of safety assistance, and it is inexpensive relative to the cost of even one forklift/pedestrian accident.

Some aisles should be designated for forklift traffic only, while others should be designated for pedestrians only. This should be strictly enforced. Traffic management can be very simple to design and inexpensive to implement with minimal barrier and floor taping, along with a heavy dose of training for pedestrians and workers. Don’t forget: temps, vendors, truck drivers, salespeople, consultants, and other visitors also need to be educated about your traffic preferences before they enter your operation.

Never allow workers to ride along on a forklift.

Teach workers never to stand behind a forklift, and to defer to it in every situation. Forklifts have inferior braking and handling characteristics that many pedestrians may not understand.

The most important thing is to ensure that pedestrians realize that their personal safety is ultimately in their hands and they lose the most in the accident.Working in all kinds of traffic areas is the most dangerous, but if employees are aware of their dangers and strictly abide by the rules and regulations, they can reduce the occurrence of terrible accidents.

Ultimately you have to train your people about the safe way to interact with and work around industrial traffic (which includes everything from AGV’s to walkies as well as forklifts), but you can’t leave it at that. I believe that the necessary safety training and the safety awareness of employees are inseparable. Only when they are owned can we effectively reduce the occurrence of accidents. Looking at motion detection technology, traffic management, and other preventative measures can mean the difference between a crippling or lethal accident and safer operation.