SCMH Features & News: Avoid Extreme Repair Costs. Take Precautions.

SCMH Features & News: Avoid Extreme Repair Costs. Take Precautions.: Lift trucks encounter harsh environmental conditions such as extreme temperatures and prolonged exposure to chemicals. Don’t compromise th...

Avoid Extreme Repair Costs. Take Precautions.

Lift trucks encounter harsh environmental conditions such as extreme temperatures and prolonged exposure to chemicals.

Don’t compromise the operation of your lift truck. Save on maintenance services and keep your lift trucks up to speed by contacting SCMH today!

Promo is applicable to trucks up to 6,600 LBS.

For more details please call 562-949-1000 or visithttp://www.scmh.com/videos-specials/specials/

Southern California Material Handling’s rental solutions division announces the installation of a blue safety light that is an added safety system to lift trucks.

The JW Speaker Spotlight will be mounted on the brand new SCMH Rental Solutions fleet and will project blue or red LED light on the floor, 10-15 feet behind the moving forklift.

According to Tony Edgar, rental and used manager of SCMH, “This added safety feature is ideal for loud, busy work environments which increases awareness of forklift traffic.” Tony adds that SCMH Rental Solutions is prided for prioritizing safety and would like for its rental clients to benefit from this safety enhancement as well.

According to the Department of Labor, over 94,000 workplace injuries related to forklift accidents are reported every year, almost 80% of which involve pedestrians.

Workplace safety should not be considered an expense, instead, an asset. Renting forklifts from SCMH Rental Solutions is your first step to that added safety. With SCMH Rental Solutions, you are helping  protect your employees and your bottom line.

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Southern California Material Handling brings you its 1000-hour IC lift truck field service special! Hurry and schedule yours now for only $760! 562.949.1000.

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First All-Employee Meeting in New Whittier Headquarters Held

Whittier, California, July 11, 2014:  Southern California Material Handling, Inc. (SCMH) held its second quarter all-employee meeting in its new facility in Whittier for the first time.

Employees gathered with much anticipation to gain company updates and for a chance to bring forward work-related queries that COO Mike Wolfe addressed enthusiastically.

Gathering over coffee and light breakfast is a quarterly tradition at SCMH. The brief huddle is looked-forward to not just for the important updates, but also for the camaraderie, good laughs, and exciting trivia interspersed throughout the half-hour get-together.

To learn more about Southern California Material Handling, please visit www.scmh.com

SCMH Features & News: Great Reasons to Take Forklift Certification with ...

SCMH Features & News: Great Reasons to Take Forklift Certification with ...: What sets SCMH’s operator training apart? Training quality that is above standards High hands-on training ratio OSHA-Endorsed 25 years of tr...

Great Reasons to Take Forklift Certification with SCMH

What sets SCMH’s operator training apart?

Training quality that is above standards
High hands-on training ratio
OSHA-Endorsed
25 years of training experience
Thousands trained for major OC and LA companies

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A Reason Why SCMH Prioritizes Safety

Unsecured Forklift Leads to Fatality

SOURCE: Forklift Action News, Howard, WI, USA. For forklift training visit our operator training page http://www.scmh.com/forklift-training-los-angeles/

A driver neglected to secure a forklift after loading it on the cargo bed of a box truck and paid for the mistake with his life, according to an investigative report from the Brown County Sheriff’s office in Green Bay, Wisconsin. 

The report dealt with the circumstances of a gas tank decompression that killed the driver, Gerald Throw Sr, 55, of Sobieski, Wisconsin and injured his passenger, Jose Perez, 29, of Green Bay on the afternoon of 3 April. Perez was treated at St Mary’s Hospital.  “The (forklift) in the cargo area of the truck rolling forward and then the fork piercing the CNG cylinder is the only cause of this incident,” concludes Deputy Scott Vande Voort in the final 30 June report of the crash reconstruction team. 

As part of his job, Throw loaded the three-wheel, battery-powered Yale ERP040 forklift into the white dual-axle truck and set the forklift’s parking brake. The workers intended to carry the forklift about 300 yd. (274 m) on a two-lane road between Howard facilities of Ace Manufacturing Industries Inc, a provider of machining, painting, assembly and testing services. 

Throw was driving at about 20 mph (32.2 km/h) and began to turn into a plant driveway. The change of momentum pitched the forklift forward with the tynes puncturing the front panel of the cargo area and one of the truck’s five Hexagon Lincoln-made composite Type 4 pressure vessels. A fibreglass web was shredded. 

The sudden decompression of the natural gas blew apart the cargo area, blasted off the drive shaft, kicked up the cab area, separated the back motor mounts and bent the frame, according to Capt Randy Schultz. The explosive noises and pressures were heard and felt blocks away. 

The forklift weighed 6,396 lb. (2,878 kg), and the batteries added 2,600 lb. (1,170 kg). 

As the forklift was removed from the truck after the incident, a high-pitched squeal could be heard coming from the vicinity of the parking brake system. When the system was disengaged, the squealing would stop. 

The forklift’s parking brake system was operating properly and had been fully engaged, according to 10 April inspections by Walter Girardi, president and mechanical engineer at Girardi Consulting in Galesburg, Michigan, and Kerry Whitman, senior service technician with local Yale dealer Fairchild Equipment Inc in Green Bay. 

The parking brake system is designed to hold a forklift in place at a grade up to about 15%, but not to prevent the truck from rolling during transport.

SCMH Presents Special Flat Rate Planned Maintenance for Forklifts in LA and OC

Planned Maintenance

FLAT RATE PROMO

Internal Combustion

3,000 to 7,000 lb $124.00

8,000 to 11,000 lb $154.00

11,500 to 15,500 lb $184.00

16,000 to 30,000 lb Please Call

> 30,000 lb Please Call

Electric

Walkies/Rider Jacks $60.00

Reach/Order Pickers $66.00

Sitdown up to 8,000 lb $66.00

Others Please Call

Pricing includes lubricants, oil filter, and engine oil. All other parts will be sold at standard retail pricing. Rates include travel and labor to conduct PM, fuel surcharge, and all environmental fees. Other filters, fluid changes/top-offs, repairs, and adjustments are quoted separately.

Special rates require a minimum 12-month agreement (includes 30 days cancellation option.) Applicable to NEW contracts only. Promo good through July 31, 2014. Please visit http://www.scmh.com/videos-specials/specials/

 For more details.