Colloquium: The safe operation OF lift trucks –
Proceedings
Reference documents
and Web links related to the safe operation of lift trucks
Wearing a safety belt can save
your life – video
Recent work by Denis Rancourt at the Université de Sherbrooke
has traced the evolution in research carried out since the early 1990s on the
effectiveness of wearing a safety belt and other devices to protect lift truck
operators during the lateral rollover of a lift truck. It turns out that wearing
a belt alone or the presence of a complete door, combined with a head protection
system, is a good means of protection against most of the injuries that could
occur.
The video Wearing a safety belt can save your life
dispels the three most prevalent myths of lift truck operators:
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First myth: “I would have the time to jump if my lift truck
tipped over on its side”;
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Second myth: “If the lift truck tips over, I just have to
grip the steering wheel tightly and brace my feet to keep me in place”;
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Third myth: “Wearing a lap belt causes whiplash and the
intensity of the impact of my head on the ground would be
greater.”
The information is presented in such a way that a worker can
picture himself in the situations described, and convince himself to wear a lap
belt.
This video was produced by the PERSEUS research group in the
mechanical engineering department at the Université de Sherbrooke, in the
framework of a project funded by the IRSST.
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