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Forklift Training in Epsom, Leatherhead and the South East | Operator Safety
Involve employees when developing a safety culture in the workplace and you decrease the risk of accidents. Did you know, for example, that involving your staff in an active health and safety program will decrease the risks of slips and falls by 62%, whereas just a company program will decrease the same risks by just 28%? If you run a fleet of trucks, forklift training will positively impact safety across your premises.
Gatwick Forklifts can provide onsite forklift training in the Banbury, Brighton, Crawley, Croydon, Dartford, East Grinstead, Epsom, Guildford, High Wycombe, Horsham, Leatherhead, Reading, Redhill, Sittingbourne, Slough and Tunbridge Wells areas, and across the surrounding counties of Hampshire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex. We also cover all locations in the South East.
Forklift trucks are commonly used in warehouses and logistics, so there is always a risk of accidents involving them. There are more than 8,000 reported accidents each year which relate to forklift use. Nobody understands forklifts quite as well as those who drive them, so it makes perfect sense to book even the most experienced operatives in for forklift training.
This news post shows how you can improve forklift safety.
Communication
Understanding the potential outcome of improper forklift use will minimise the risk of accidents and lower the number of days lost by injured staff. A good safety culture will also reduce the potential for fines, related costs and financial pressures. One of the key aspects of any forklift training course is to help operatives understand their own actions.
Explaining how incidents happen and keeping an open dialogue between the operative and trainer is extremely important.
Education
Your supervisors and managers have equally important roles to play. It is their duty to make sure all operatives receive basic, experienced user and refresher forklift training at scheduled intervals. The responsibility for a positive health and safety culture in any workplace must begin at the top. An up-to-date training program is a critical safety tool.
Information on training should always be accessible to truck operatives, as should any company rules and regulations.
Culture
Forklift training should be just one part of a wider company culture that makes health and safety a priority in all areas. We can work alongside you to refine how you manage forklift safety in the workplace. It is important that your operatives and staff understand what is expected from them. We can help by reinforcing the trade’s latest forklift safety standards.
Surprisingly, transparency and good lines of communication are the most effective tools in preventing workplace accidents.
Train and educate your operatives, and you create a safe place for all employees to work. Forklift training is an excellent option for truck users, but it is just as important that other members of staff are aware of forklift use in the workplace, and of the provisions they need to make to move around safely. Without training, trucks become potentially deadly vehicles.
For forklift training in Banbury, Brighton, Crawley, Croydon, Dartford, East Grinstead, Epsom, Guildford, High Wycombe, Horsham, Leatherhead, Reading, Redhill, Sittingbourne, Slough, Tunbridge Wells, Hampshire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, put your trust in the experienced instructors at Gatwick Forklifts.