With lift trucks accounting for around 25 per cent of all workplace incidents, health and safety continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing staff in the materials handling sector. Alongside several other factors, reckless speed is often flagged as one of the biggest contributors to workplace safety and productivity.

The warehouse environment is a busy and high pressured one, with tight deadlines and even tighter schedules, so its little wonder that staff can sometimes fall victim to accidents in the pursuit of increased productivity.

With more and more businesses depending on forklift trucks on a regular basis, Hiremech presents a guide to workplace safety that doesn’t compromise on employee productivity. The new guide can be downloaded via the following link:

http://www.hiremech.co.uk/blog/an-illustrated-guide-to-workplace-safety/