Small Business Gets Big Gains with OSHAX
Big business gets the attention but its small business that drives the economy. In both the United States and Canada 98% of the material handling industry all sectors relying on is shaped and moved by small business with lift truck fleets of 5 trucks or less. Most of those companies utilize 1 or 2 lift trucks to facilitate their production cycle. Small business is subject to the same legislation and rules governing material handling equipment as any other business.
The exception in most cases is that small business does not have the personal to manage specific OSHA guidelines. Often is the case that an owner operator is also the shipper, salesperson and the health and safety coordinator all in one. Wearing many hats is not just a figurative saying but a reality. Working with hundreds of small businesses with 1 or 2 trucks we have recognized a common trend. Owner operators focused on their business are often caught off guard when their operation is audited by OSHA or the ministry with regards to pre-shift safety checks. Business size, workload, number of employees do not matter. The only thing that does matter to the governing bodies that enforce workplace safety is that each company that operates an industrial vehicle or lift truck performs and provides proof of a pre-shift safety check.
That is why OSHAX has such a big impact with small business and small fleets. OSHAX is programmable automatic pre-shift safety check that is always integrated to the way your operation utilizes lift trucks. Regardless of if your lift truck runs 3 shifts, 12-hour continental or daily it will automatically remind and require your operator to perform a safety check before use. If not a strobe light will indicate that the truck is operating outside of compliance.
Whether it’s the owner or employee performing a pre-shift safety check is front and center with OSHAX. Th system prompts the operator based on shift settings and toggles the safety questions with pail or fail input. Only when the safety is completed will the strobe light turn off. OSHAX not only allows for the completion of a pre-shift safety, but it also archives all those safeties and timestamps them with the operator ID. This provides small businesses with limited resources the ability to maintain 100% safety compliance and provide proof in the case of an audit. Eliminate compromised insurance premiums with OSHAX and recover a relatively small investment immediately. OSHAX installs on any industrial vehicle in approximately 1 hour with the connection of 2 wires and a mounting bracket. OSHAX is intuitive and does not compromise the functionality of the vehicle or production of the company. OSHAX is the safety coordinator for thousands of small businesses.
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