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Some safety tips when driving forklift

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Author : HITOP
Update time : 2021-05-03 14:56:00
Due to improper operation of drivers, many accidents occurred during the use of forklifts. Forklifts are used in various fields, let me introduce some points of safe operation as below:

You must check before leaving the vehicle; when someone is in front of you, you should send a signal 5m away; The speed in the factory should not exceed 15 km/h, and the speed per hour should not exceed in other complex areas such as factory doors, elevators, turns, crowds, narrow passages, etc. 10 km/h; when driving, the low point of the cargo should be 0.3m~0.4m away from the ground; the up and down slopes should run slowly and at an even speed, and no turning on the slope; no driving across the slope, when the slope is greater than 10%, go down The slope should be reversing; when forklift personnel are carrying goods, if they encounter large or heavy goods when the driver is in the line of sight, they should adopt reversing driving.
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