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Post by stevegbr on Jan 2, 2015 12:32:59 GMT
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Post by jonnyboy on Jan 2, 2015 12:45:08 GMT
I was always taught to drive with larger loads behind not in front
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 13:29:27 GMT
Well the accident started way before that happened. The USA does seem to have a vast difference and range of safety standards and practices depending on location. Conducting forklift operations in an area accessible to the public, no signage, not one person in the vid is wearing any high viz or safety equipment, it goes on and on.... I bet they have had many close calls.
On the day- the forklift driver. It IS correct to travel up an incline with the load in front even if unsighted. But he should have had a spotter or banksman, travelled a lot slower and I haven't got any sound here but the horn would have been advisable as well. Maybe the forks were also too high as he did end up underneath- but it is difficult repositioning as you go up a steep incline- easier if you are not going like a bat out of hell though!
The pedestrian should never have been on the ramp either, but the general rule is that soft squidgy things like humans have right of way no matter what silly things they do. But it's probably used as access for both- did you notice the other forklift scooting along the pavement waiting to have his lunge at the slope....
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