{"id":103,"date":"2016-05-17T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/?p=103"},"modified":"2016-04-16T11:58:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T17:58:51","slug":"forklift-hazards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/forklift-hazards\/","title":{"rendered":"Forklift Hazards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a forklift, stability is the key to safety and the most important step is knowing your lift&#8217;s capacity, according to ehstoday.com.<\/p>\n<p>Always be aware of the load capacity of a forklift. Review the data plate on the truck. Data plates should be readable and not tampered with in any way. If a data plate has been altered, check with the employer.<\/p>\n<p>Know your route. In busy environments, be familiar with possible obstacles or traffic that can cause problems. Narrow passages or areas with foot traffic can make your passage dangerous. Don&#8217;t hesitate to stop and wait for traffic or hazards to clear.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this can only be done if you are driving at a speed suitable for the situation. Driving too fast on a forklift is a common cause of accidents in the workplace. Be aware of speed bumps and workplace speed limits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a forklift, stability is the key to safety and the most important step is knowing your lift&#8217;s capacity, according to ehstoday.com. Always be aware of the load capacity of a forklift. Review the data plate on the truck. Data plates should be readable and not tampered with in any way. If a data plate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-safety"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insure-us.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}