The Hidden Costs of Forklift Impacts and How to Prevent Them

Based on the provided excerpt, the article highlights that forklift impacts are a pervasive safety risk with significant hidden costs—facility and rack damage, product loss, unplanned downtime, higher insurance and injury costs, and regulatory penalties. It frames prevention as a cost-saving imperative, with effective programs typically combining operator training, engineered barriers/rack protection, clear traffic design and speed controls, telematics-based impact monitoring, disciplined maintenance, and KPI-driven safety culture to reduce incidents and protect margins.

What impact-prevention measures (training, barriers, telematics, traffic redesign) have delivered the best ROI in your operations, and how are you measuring their effectiveness?