The 15th annual US Open Forklift Rodeo & Safety Expo, sponsored by the Springfield/Clark County Safety Council (SCCSC) and Forkliftaction.com, will take place on October 30-31 in Springfield, OH. Dick Higgins, president of Higgins Group Inc., has been the motivating force behind this event, and has even written a book about how to produce a rodeo. The purpose: to promote the safe and efficient operation of forklifts.
"Safety has a major impact on the bottom line, just as efficiency does," he says.
Teams of operators will not only drive their forklifts through obstacle courses and manipulate loads, but they'll also take a written quiz to test their knowledge of safety and maintenance. Questions are customised to operators of order pickers, sit down counterbalance riders and the other vehicle classes.
Higgins reports that registration is filling up fast, but there is still time for a few more companies/teams to sign up. For more information, see the
event website.