The study, available exclusively to members of the Fork Lift Truck Association's Safe User Group, asked nearly 250 people from a dozen different companies about the safety practices in their workplace. Respondents included fork lift drivers, frontline workers, management, and safety officers. Seventy-five percent of those polled said that they felt their workgroup was at risk from one or more "accidents waiting to happen". Alarmingly, of these individuals, only one-third said that they would speak up about such dangers. FLTA chief executive, David Ellison, said, "The ugly secret behind most fork lift truck accidents is that someone is aware of the threat well in advance, but is either unwilling or feels unable to speak up."
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