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4 Common Forklift Accidents – And How to Prevent Them

As fun as they look to operate, forklifts are a serious workplace hazard. OSHA estimates that there are 110,000 forklift accidents each year and that an American worker is killed in a forklift-related accident every three days. There’s no question that the human costs are high, but forklift accidents hurt financially, too.  According to the National Safety Council, these accidents cost employers an average of $48,000 per work-related disabling injury and $1.39 million per death.

Everyone Goes Home

It isn’t very often that I have a day like the one I am about to describe.  After all, it started off like most days.  Hurry here, get this done.  Get to the airport, turn in the car, get to the gate, catch the plane…all in a day’s work.  During these moments while I am waiting at the airport or when I am actually in the air flying, I get to thinking about safety, where we are now, where we have been and where we are going.