I find it very troubling Lois was not fully trained in lock out procedures since her job responsibilities entailed cleaning the dough mixer requiring entry into the machine.
It’s crazy because I kinda did the same thing at my job months ago by hitting a pole but I admit I wasn’t paying attention because I was trying to miss a fellow co worker who was standing on one side of me but instead of hitting him the pole took the hit 😂 better the pole than him I guess 🤷🏾♂️
This usually happens when the beam lines up perfectly with one of the masts and you cannot see the beam in your line of sight. This is why you should also not walk in front of a forklift assuming the driver will stop, the person driving may not even see you.
maybe : from the bright daylight to the darker hall blind spot because forklift mast beam and floor similar colour beam not secured with yellow black collision protection (that wohl also be much wider than the beam itself
On the cherry pickers I used to drive, if the front end of the forklift had even the slightest impact with something the horn would sound and stay on. A supervisor had to come and shut the horn off with a key. They got so tired of responding to lift horns that they took the impact sensors out of all the lifts.
Years ago when I was first learning I was inside of the lumber yard and had a manager telling me what I needed to lift. He kept guiding me forward forward. I knew I was already under the load but he said a little more so I did. I pulled back on the lever and it doesn't come up. pull back a little harder and it's still not coming up. Pull back one more time and that's when we realized that he had guided me so far forward that the end of the fork was stuck underneath of the edge of the crossbar. The tab broke the forklift bucked in the air about 6 in and I thought the entire rack was coming down. Luckily it didn't. He looks at it looks at me, says well damn, and just walks away. Last time I ever let that man show me how to do anything.
