Don't want to bust anyones bubble or take any one fatality lightly but in '95 or '96 the number of US forklift related fatalites was 80. One could argue that from then to 2005 the rate increased. However, if one averages the 4 year period from 2005 thru 2008, it is 80 or relatively unchanged over the last 12/13 years. One could equate the drop in 2007 & 2008 can be due to drop forklift usage that paralleled the drop in the economy.
No doubt training and the other safety related features on or available for today's forklifts have kept the number from increasing beyond this point.
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