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[-] jodanlime@midwest.social 18 points 4 days ago

....no. forklift can lift car. Is very heavy.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Yes, but often they top out at 15mph

Whatever the latest 2 tonne pickup truck is, can go 10x that speed

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

As a percentage, forklifts always way more incidents, and the incidents they can cause are BAD.

An F-150 isn't gonna make a warehouse's worth of product domino onto workers because someone leaned on the wrong lever.

[-] Zron@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I would like to introduce you to the concept for kinetic energy. Force=Mass*Acceleration

A very heavy object moving at slow speeds can easily have the same energy or more as a lighter object going moderately fast.

Forklift accidents also typically involve unsecured loads rather than just a collision between two objects. The collision is often an instigating factor that causes a poorly secured loads to fall and injure either the driver or a passerby.

[-] Zwiebel@feddit.org 9 points 4 days ago

Kinetic energy is ½mv², meaning it grows much quicker with speed than mass

[-] Zron@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Appreciate it, been a minute since physics class

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Is that how it works? I thought that while have been comparable (but I click Next for a job)

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