Forklift Pre-Use Inspections
I've heard of some companies using electronic solutions to make employees comply with the forklift pre-use inspections. One of the fancier ones was one that wouldn't allow you to start the forklift unless it was complete, but for the life of me, I can't remember the name of the company.
What solutions are you using? Do you recommend some over others? Do the solutions work for rented forklifts?
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In the past, we used YaleVision when we bought new forklifts from Yale. It wouldn't allow them to start if the inspection wasn't done, and it notified supervisors if they hit something with the forklift. I'm not sure about 3rd party vendors not associated with a forklift manufacturer, though.
Used one that used to be called Shock Watch I think - was impact detection monitoring. I believe it included the integrated inspection process as well.
Crown has one also
https://www.crown.com/en-us/fleet-management/infolink.html
we use Crown/Infolink...I don't recommend it. We are currently in search of something more robust. It's a great idea but in my opinion, it can be better.
I saw a "Lean system" a while ago!
The company had about 12 PITs. I I recall something like 5 Class 1, 4 Class 3 (pallet jacks), 2- Class 4, and 1 - Class 5. At the end of each shift they parked the PITs in assigned wells or spots. The electric trucks were all plugged into chargers (batteries remained in machines). On the wall by each well was a a big white board with a PIT Inspection Checklist lined out on the board for that PIT. At the start of the shift the PIT operator had to complete the checklist on the board! At the bottom the operator signed and dated the board.
About 3 -4 hours into the shift the Supervisor or a Leader comes by and takes a picture of each board. A digital camera is used with a memory card. Then during the last couple hours the boards are wiped clean and the process starts over next shift. Every two months the memory card is changed. They have three for the process, and after once is changed the oldest is erased. So they have at least 60 days in e-format. They do not worry about anything over 60 days.
No paper!
We use KPA Flex to keep track of lift inspections. A daily report goes out each morning showing who has completed their inspection. If an employee isn't on the report, then the manager gets with them. They can still operate the lift the without doing the inspection, but they will get written up once that report goes out showing they didn't do their inspection. The KPA app does a whole lot more then just lift inspections for us as well. I have used iwarehouse in the past with Raymond lifts which might be another solution for you.