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Home » Don’t Hire a Forklift for Your DIY Without These Safety Tips
Don’t Hire a Forklift for Your DIY Without These Safety Tips

Don’t Hire a Forklift for Your DIY Without These Safety Tips

11/13/2020 By Deborah T

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The importance of maintaining any type of equipment and using it in the correct manner cannot be underestimated. This is especially the case when it comes to large machinery such as forklifts. Running a forklift is dangerous, and accidents are possible if you do not make an effort to operate the machine in a safe manner. If you are undoing a big project at home and you need to hire a forklift, safety is everything.

Seven Forklift Safety Tips

Here are some tips to remember:

1 – Forklift safety training

There is only one place to begin, and this is with the fact that you should never operate a forklift unless you have received the correct forklift safety training and certification. You are putting yourself and everyone else at risk if you attempt to operate such a machine without proper training. If you need a forklift for your project, either hire a professional or get a company like Roof Doctors for any renovations that need to be done at a height, i.e. a roof replacement or repair.

2 – Tighten your forklift load

You need to make sure you wrap all objects tightly together prior to lifting any load. This will ensure items and boxes do not fall off the forklift. It is much easier to control a condensed, single load, rather than numerous boxes falling in varied directions.

3 – Inspect your forklift regularly

You also need to make sure that you inspect your forklift on a regular basis. Inspect the lift from top to bottom so that you can act on anything unusual. This includes smoke, smells, strange noises, fluids on the floor, broken or loose hoses, and broken or loose wires.

4 – Safe and smooth operation

Safe and smooth operation is the name of the game. There are a number of ways you can guarantee this. This includes being alert and attentive, ensuring you are always in full control of the vehicle, never operating with greasy or wet shoes or hands, and never allowing unauthorized people to drive. You also need to stick with the appropriate dress code, which includes tight clothing that cannot be caught in the controls or gears and mandatory safety gear, i.e. hard hats, sturdy footgear, and a Hi-Vis jacket.

5 – Set your e-brake

If you do not set your emergency brake whenever you stop, you could end up with a rolling forklift. This could mean thousands and thousands of pounds’ worth of damage, and even worse, someone could get injured.

6 – Watch out for overhangs

When operating a forklift safely, you should always have anything overhanging on your mind, and doorframes too. A forklift not only has its own height, but the height of the lift and the boxes to contend with too. This could easily get caught in a doorframe. You could then end up being flipped over backward if the item is heavier and stronger than your forklift is.

7 – Drive backward if you cannot see

Another tip is to drive back if you cannot see where you are going and the load is too high. It may be tempting to simply raise the load above your eye’s vision. However, if you do this, you risk losing items, and even worse, the forklift being tilted over. The right thing to do is go in reverse with a low load.

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Deborah T
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Deborah Tayloe is a full-time blogger, children's book author, and freelance writer, contributing to large publications.

She has a B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education/English and a Spanish Minor. In addition, she holds a Certificate in Natural Health from a fully-accredited program and is a Certified Herbologist. She pursued these natural wellness certifications due to her love for herb gardening.

Despite freelancing to make a living, her love is "all things home."

Deborah grew up in a family that grew a large vegetable garden and a fruit orchard, helping her parents pull weeds and can home-grown foods as part of her childhood. In fact, she had no idea that she could purchase veggies and fruits in pre-packed steel cans until she went to college and made a food run.

Today, she lives in Bertie County, North Carolina, an agricultural rural area with more chickens than people. She lives with her husband and two rescue pets a sweet toy fox terrier and a cat who showed up one day and moved into the house. Together, they enjoy DIY projects, furniture refinishing, gardening, and canning.
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About Deborah T

Deborah Tayloe is a full-time blogger, children's book author, and freelance writer, contributing to large publications.

She has a B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education/English and a Spanish Minor. In addition, she holds a Certificate in Natural Health from a fully-accredited program and is a Certified Herbologist. She pursued these natural wellness certifications due to her love for herb gardening.

Despite freelancing to make a living, her love is "all things home."

Deborah grew up in a family that grew a large vegetable garden and a fruit orchard, helping her parents pull weeds and can home-grown foods as part of her childhood. In fact, she had no idea that she could purchase veggies and fruits in pre-packed steel cans until she went to college and made a food run.

Today, she lives in Bertie County, North Carolina, an agricultural rural area with more chickens than people. She lives with her husband and two rescue pets a sweet toy fox terrier and a cat who showed up one day and moved into the house. Together, they enjoy DIY projects, furniture refinishing, gardening, and canning.

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