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It may sound funny to employers who don’t own warehouses or construction sites, who aren’t using heavy machinery regularly to move heavy materials and supplies around. Sure, the Mandatory California Forklift Poster doesn’t ring true if your running an office with cubicles and computers. And the Mandatory California Forklift Poster doesn’t affect you if you’re operating a restaurant full of busy wait staff and cooks.

But the Mandatory California Forklift Poster does make sense to employers who do oversee employees at construction or warehouse type settings where forklifts and other heavy machinery is being operating. It is actually state law in California for employers to post the Mandatory California Forklift Poster, and some federal laws put out by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration also dictate the posting of such notices.

But in particular, the Mandatory California Forklift Poster must go up in these work sites, simply to remind workers of the safe and proper way to operate forklifts and other heavy machinery. Sure, after years perhaps at the “wheel” of a forklift, many operators could run the heavy machinery with their eyes closed. But see, that is exactly where a little reminder doesn’t hurt.

It is for these “know it alls” that proper safety technique and the Mandatory California Forklift Poster might be a refreshing lesson for them. They might even exclaim, “Hey, I’ve been doing that wrong this whole time!” Or they may just shrug and continue to operate their forklift safely, as they have done for years.

Either way, you got their attention with the Mandatory California Forklift Poster and provided a quick safety lesson. And more importantly, by putting up the Mandatory California Forklift Poster at work sites where forklifts and other heavy machinery, you guarantee that the California safety inspectors won’t be writing you a fine anytime soon.

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