Brains and Barriers: a Formula For Forklift Safety

Each year we see tens of thousands of workplace accidents related to forklifts and other powered industrial trucks; accidents that are often caused by lack of safe operating procedures and lax safety enforcement.  Most of these accidents involve employee injuries and property damage – both a high price to pay, much higher than the cost of prevention.

The first rule of safety, not only for forklift operators but for all workers, is training and education.  Human error plays a huge role in workplace accidents.  Read more »

Working Around Drains

Customer Need
A customer came to us because the doors in their banana room needed door protection to help avoid forklift damage but needed goal posts that were not cored into the floor. Their drainage system flowed in front of the doors.
The Ideal Shield Solution
So we built the goal posts with base plates for a non-cored installation to avoid damaging the drainage system and added an extra post on each side for more support for the 23 foot tall goal posts. The customer is very happy with the door protection and the custom solution we provided them.