Safety: systems and services
Safe solutions
More than 36,000 work-related accidents involving industrial trucks throughout Europe
Taking responsibility for safety in your business’ internal logistics is a big task. However, if set up well, a healthy and operational workforce, reliable costs and smooth processes can be expected. The result? On-time deliveries, satisfied customers and commercial success.
Yet safety cannot be taken for granted. Forklift and pallet trucks are involved in more than 36,000 accidents each year. In view of such figures, you surely ask yourself time and again what else you can do to further minimise occupational accidents and the associated damage, downtime and costs.
Safe logistics processes provide:
- Healthy employees who feel well looked after in the workplace.
- Industrial trucks that are ready to use without unexpected downtimes, which can cause real headaches.
- Undamaged goods that arrive at their destination on time, instead of getting stuck somewhere along the way.
- A boost to your brand image in the eyes of the public, investors, customers and your own employees by showing that you place a high value on safety.
- Reduced costs, because work-related accidents involving downtimes cost an average of EUR 1000 per day – and this is money you can save!
Goodbye risks, hello safety!
To make selecting the right safety solution as easy as possible for you, we have compiled a list of typical warehouse safety risks. Simply click on a subject and discover the right solution for you to maximise safety in your workplace.
Problem fields
Tipping accidents
Cornering at excessive speeds or improper load handling are just two examples of situations that can cause trucks to tip over. Discover the safety solutions that will keep everything in perfect balance.
Recommended safety solution
Avoid unstable driving or load situations.
Specify who can use which truck and at which performance level.
Collisions
Sudden braking, a moment of carelessness and before you know it, ‘smash!’. In busy warehouse areas especially, the risk of collisions is enormous. Learn how you can effectively prevent collisions like this.
Recommended safety solution
Specify who can use which truck and at which performance level.
Make sure that potential risks can be seen and heard.
Enable forklift trucks, people and objects in the warehouse to communicate with one another.
Operator injuries
Falling loads, the lack of a restraint system or a slippery step – operators can be injured in a myriad of ways both in and outside of the forklift truck. You can change that! Find the right solutions for injury-free operations here.
Recommended safety solution
Protect the physical safety of your drivers.
Poor visibility
Even if the drivers are particularly careful, their view to the rear will always remain restricted to a certain extent. Direct your attention to solutions for clear and unobstructed lines of sight in all directions.
Recommended safety solution
Make sure that potential risks can be seen and heard.
Give your drivers an extra set of eyes for a comprehensive overview.
Prevent collisions with sensors installed on the forklift truck.
Enable forklift trucks, people and objects in the warehouse to communicate with one another.
Intelligent collision avoidance
Allow forklift trucks in the warehouse to identify risk situations and react to them individually.
Obscuring load
Heavy loads are often extremely bulky and can quickly restrict drivers’ views. Warning signals, camera systems and wireless sensors serve as the driver’s sixth sense to protect the driver and their load.
Recommended safety solution
Make sure that potential risks can be seen and heard.
Give your drivers an extra set of eyes for a comprehensive overview.
Enable forklift trucks, people and objects in the warehouse to communicate with one another.
Environments with poor visibility
Narrow aisles, sharp angles, high shelves: there are areas of poor visibility in every warehouse – attention, risk of accident! Here, you will find solutions to transform your risk areas into safety zones.
Recommended safety solution
Make sure that potential risks can be seen and heard.
Enable forklift trucks, people and objects in the warehouse to communicate with one another.
Ensure that forklift trucks identify risk zones and adjust their settings to the environment appropriately.
Create a warehouse environment that is as safe as the trucks that drive within it.
Collision damage to infrastructure and goods
Your attention wavers for a moment and the back of your truck crashes into a loaded pallet that one of your colleagues left there without you noticing. This is just one of many collision damage scenarios in the warehouse. Discover how you can avoid such damage.
Recommended safety solution
Specify who can use which truck and at which performance level.
Give your drivers an extra set of eyes for a comprehensive overview.
Prevent collisions with sensors installed on the forklift truck.
Intelligent collision avoidance
Allow forklift trucks in the warehouse to identify risk situations and react to them individually.
Ensure that forklift trucks identify risk zones and adjust their settings to the environment appropriately.
Create a warehouse environment that is as safe as the trucks that drive within it.
Collision damage at heights
“Oops, that pipe was definitely too low for the mast”. It’s always better to take action before any damage is caused. Our safety systems ensure that operators, trucks and doors remain undamaged.
Recommended safety solution
Specify who can use which truck and at which performance level.
Ensure that forklift trucks identify risk zones and adjust their settings to the environment appropriately.
Create a warehouse environment that is as safe as the trucks that drive within it.
Prohibited use of the truck
Experienced operators can exploit the full power of a forklift truck and remain safe during operations. But not everyone can do that. Individual access rights ensure that novices or employees from different departments can’t just jump on the truck and drive it.
Recommended safety solution
Specify who can use which truck and at which performance level.
Bad drivers
Everyone likes to put their foot down once in a while, but in the warehouse, this can only mean one thing: transport accidents involving damage to people, goods or vehicles. Discover safety solutions that will transform bad drivers into model students.
Recommended safety solution
Specify who can use which truck and at which performance level.
Make sure that potential risks can be seen and heard.
Prevent collisions with sensors installed on the forklift truck.
Enable forklift trucks, people and objects in the warehouse to communicate with one another.
Intelligent collision avoidance
Allow forklift trucks in the warehouse to identify risk situations and react to them individually.
Ensure that forklift trucks identify risk zones and adjust their settings to the environment appropriately.
Create a warehouse environment that is as safe as the trucks that drive within it.
Unauthorised persons in traffic areas
Most warehouses have designated and marked footpaths that show where pedestrians can walk safely. But those that can’t read these markings can quickly wander into danger areas. Prevent this with solutions that guarantee safety, even when people wander into danger areas.
Recommended safety solution
Make sure that potential risks can be seen and heard.
Give your drivers an extra set of eyes for a comprehensive overview.
Prevent collisions with sensors installed on the forklift truck.
Enable forklift trucks, people and objects in the warehouse to communicate with one another.
Intelligent collision avoidance
Allow forklift trucks in the warehouse to identify risk situations and react to them individually.
Create a warehouse environment that is as safe as the trucks that drive within it.
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Overview of safety services
To ensure your intralogistics are as safe as possible in all situations, we are on hand to support you with additional services. These include training events and safety checks as well as equipment to meet the German Road Traffic Licensing Regulation to allow you to drive on public roads, and explosion protection trucks for sensitive environments.
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