Forklift Backup Alarms – Forklift Safety Newsletter – May 2014
May 11, 2014
Forklift backup alarms generate a lot of discussion. They can be annoying in an already noisy environment, and operators have even been known to stuff material into the horn to muffle the sound. But this equipment plays an essential safety role. I’m guessing that everyone reading this has, at one time, been alerted by the beep-beep-beep of an approaching vehicle. So do you need forklift backup alarms? In general, yes. But the answer isn’t quite that simple.