Device helps to promote daily forklift checks

Many forklift operators don't realise the importance of checking their trucks daily, but it is a vital process in helping to maintain onsite safety says Transmon Engineering.

The company has introduced a new method of forcing this issue.

The forklift daily check list includes components such as tyres, chains, hydraulics, brakes and forks and helps to ensure a forklift truck is in a safe working condition before a shift starts, and identify problems before they arise and become costly. Some checks must be carried out before every shift, some daily and others weekly or monthly.

Transmon Engineering's new TDS5 fleet management system offers an integrated daily checks feature that disables the engine ignition until every question has been answered by the operator. A daily check system this detailed is not commonly implemented in forklift fleet management systems, but is arguably one of the most important features of Transmon's TDS5.