Forklifts do important tasks in Warehouses but they also present a serious safety issue with hundreds of incidents of workers being injured either while operating or pedestrian in warehouse being hit by an operating forklift.
With this in mind OSHA has a new regulation which requires new forklifts to have a special blue/purple Light on front and back of forklift which helps pedestrians and other forklift operators from colliding.
The blue lights put a blue circle on the ground as forklift backs up so a pedestrian sees the blue on floor knows one is approaching and as forklift goes forward it alerts other operators one is approaching them.
https://www.tralert.com/en/blog/blue-light-on-truck-what-this-blue-light-does/
It works well but there is one big question. Have these lights been tested to make sure those with Epilepsy and other spectrum disorders like Dyslexia been tested to make sure it dies not bother them ?
As a Dyslexic I can tell you that it does bother me . So just like the Fire Alarm Strobes which where tested for epilepsy but not Dyslexia I see plenty of complaints and lawsuits coming from this new regulation.
Why would you test for one thing but not the entire spectrum of a disease ?
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