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Cisco Eagle Cited in Seegrid Whitepaper Reporting Forklift Free Environments Are Safer

Scott Stone, Marketing Manager for Cisco-Eagle, “Fork-free environments are inherently safer. Just the injury-to-incident rate tells you that.

 

Pittsburgh, PA -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/10/2014 -- Just the injury-to-incident rate tells you that. Forklifts cause just 1% of industrial accidents, but over 10% of industrial injuries. You still have to find safer ways to move palletized and heavy loads, but those methods are out there. At the very least, reducing the number of forklifts helps you operate safer, since you are training fewer drivers (meaning you can train them better).

With a hundred annual deaths and 20,000 serious injuries every year, forklifts tend to be the most dangerous machinery in any industrial operation. There are risks with the various fork-free methods there are always risks in handling heavy unit loads—but they tend to be mitigated to a greater degree.”

Europe is leading the Forklift-Free Movement. In the white paper "Forklift-Free: Driving Safety and Profitability” Seegrid carefully reveals how implementing a forklift-free environment for material flow and movement can

- Protect the workplace from employee injuries and deaths
- Boost lean efficiency
- Drive cost reduction

The whitepaper includes an intensive thought-provoking analysis and objective data about employee injuries and deaths, cost burdens associated with forklift accidents and citations. There is also information about high labor wages, expensive training programs, and scarce labor availability and manufacturers' unsaleable rates. The information included examines lean alternative for manned forklift transport as part of continuous process improvement strategies.

To obtain this new whitepaper go to: http://info.seegrid.com/forklift-free-white-paper

About Seegrid
Seegrid Corporation (www.seegrid.com) is the global leader of robotic vision-guided automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Seegrid AGVs are revolutionizing the movement of materials handling in manufacturing and distribution environments with simplicity, flexibility, and affordability. Robotic pallet trucks, tow tractors, and walkie stackers optimize workflow processes by increasing productivity and reducing labor and operating costs, creating economic and operational advantages. Seegrid AGVs improve workplace safety, reduce equipment and product damage, and deliver a rapid return on investment. The company’s state-of-the-art navigation technology requires no infrastructure for navigation—no wires, lasers, tapes, or magnets. Guided by Seegrid partnerships with leading global industrial truck manufacturers provide businesses with a choice when selecting a brand of robotic vision-guided AGVs. Seegrid and Guided by Seegrid products are available throughout Europe. In addition to the 2014 Edison Award, Seegrid was named Manufacturer of the Year and the Food Logistics Top 100 software and technology providers. Follow on Twitter @Seegrid.

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