Lift Truck Rodeo by Safety Speaker John Drebinger

Safety Meeting Topics Help #4

Do you use specialized vehicles in your operation? Then you might consider a vehicle “rodeo.” When I was the safety speaker at Waste Management’s national event many years ago, they had gathered to compete in their annual garbage truck rodeo. I am sure they had a more elegant term for it but that is what I remembered.

They had a route to negotiate and they had to accomplish several tasks safely in order to get the maximum points.

You could set up a forklift rodeo. Imagine a course where the operator would have to move materials and do the types of jobs they would do everyday. Once again, involve as many people as possible as judges, score keepers, etc..