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Importance of Blue Safety Spot lights in Forklift safety

Pedestrian safety is a huge concern when operating forklifts. According to a Safety in Numbers report, crew fatalities constitute 11% of forklift accidents. While running the statistics, we also found that in California, 1 out of every ten forklifts will encounter at least one accident during their lifetime. But this can be prevented. Experts and professionals believe that over 70% of these accidents and injuries can be prevented easily by installing the right safety solutions. Workers are usually accountable for the other 30%.

Having some safety solutions in place can significantly reduce the chances of forklift mishaps and pedestrians getting struck by the forklift. A blue forklift safety lighting in particular is highly effective in preventing pedestrian-related forklift accidents. This warning light is designed to alert pedestrians that a forklift is approaching and that they should stay out of its way. 

Let’s understand how blue spot forklift safety light is a simple yet powerful way to enhance visibility, prevent accidents, and create a safer work environment for your employees.

Topics covered in the blog : 

What is a blue spot safety light? 

How does it save workers from being strucksome text

Features of blue spot safety lights from Sharp Eagle

SharpEagle Benefit — it comes with one year warranty 

Regulations for using blue spot safety light

How can forklift operators use it? 

Conclusion

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What is a Blue Spot Safety Light? 

When activated, the blue forklift spotlight projects a distinct blue spot onto the ground, serving as a visual warning for workers. It is a sign for workers that the forklift is in operation, and they should stay away from the approaching vehicle.

This warning system is more effective than traditional sound warning systems because warehouses or manufacturing units are noisy. The sound of the alarm gets lost in the noise of machinery. Moreover, operators cannot keep the alarm on all the time. However, they can continuously keep blue safety lights on while driving the forklift. 

That’s why the blue spot safety system is reliable for preventing accidents even in noisy factories, warehouses, and distribution centres. Plus, it’s effortless for operators, who just need to activate it, and for pedestrians, as bright blue light captures their attention immediately and is easier to track than sound alarms. 

Overall, the forklift blue light safety system is a powerful solution to prevent accidents. It protects your workers with its capability to provide clear visual warnings. 

How does it save workers from being struck?

‍Suppose a forklift operator is backing out of the loading dock. Because of the limited visibility, he cannot see the pedestrian walking behind the forklift. So when he moves the forklift in reverse direction, he is likely to run over this pedestrian unknowingly. 

Clearly, the disaster can be avoided if the worker knows that the forklift will move backward or is provided with a visual cue for this. Blue spot safety lights give them this visual cue. They can spot the bright blue LED beam from a distance and move away, saving them from being struck by the forklift.  

Features of SharpEagle blue spot safety lights

1. Casting aluminium alloy housing to ensure durability:

Our blue spot safety lights feature robust aluminium alloy housing to keep it from producing excessive heat. Further, the solid build of blue safety lights allows them to operate at normal temperatures, even in tough settings. Thus, it ensures durability and high performance even in tough workplaces like warehouses or construction sites.

2. Tempered glass cover for damage protection:

Equipped with a tempered glass cover, our blue spot safety lights offer superior protection against damage while maintaining optimal light transmission. This tough cover is engineered to withstand impacts and thermal stress, ensuring the safety light remains visible and operational in unfavourable working conditions. 

3. High-power LED for the powerful illuminating blue spot:

High-power LED in our blue spot safety light delivers bright illumination while consuming minimal power, making it energy-efficient. 

4. Double-insulated silicon rubberized wire that allows functionality in extreme temperatures:

The double insulation of the wire in our safety lights reduces the risk of electrical faults. And silicon rubberized wire makes the light resilient to extreme conditions. This detailed engineering power enables blue spot safety lights to function efficiently even in extreme temperatures. 

5. Ingress Protection of IP-67:

With an IP-67 rating, our safety lighting can withstand dust ingress and water immersion. This rating proves that dust accumulation doesn’t affect the functionality of SharpEagle's blue spot forklift safety lights.

SharpEagle Benefit — it comes with 1 year warranty 

Installing safety lights is a crucial decision from the business perspective. Of course, you don’t want any malfunctions that could cause an accident or delay your operations. We understand that the slightest downtime, especially due to equipment malfunction, can severely impact your revenues. That’s why we stand behind the quality and reliability of our products by offering a 1-year warranty. Plus, we provide end-to-end support right from product selection to installation and maintenance. Get a free quote for forklift safety lights now. 

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Regulations for using blue spot safety 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is responsible for maintaining safe working environments. While its headquarters are in the United States, the standards set by OSHA are recognized worldwide. 

OSHA outlines strict guidelines to ensure workers' safety, particularly in low-light conditions. It emphasizes on the use of forklift safety lights and horns to enhance the safety of forklift operations. 

Although OSHA doesn’t explicitly mandate using blue spot safety lights on forklifts, it strongly recommends it. When an authoritative body like OSHA makes a suggestion, you know it's backed by in-depth research and experience.

So, while it may not be mandatory by law to use forklift safety lights, installing them to make your forklift operations safe does save your company from huge business costs resulting from accidents and their fatalities. Forklift safety lights require minimum to no special training for your operators in their everyday operations. There are no downsides to adopting these modern safety lighting solutions, making them a savvy investment for any industry. Also read: Why are forklift safety lights important? 

How can forklift operators use it?

Many business owners are sceptical about installing blue spot safety lights or other safety systems because they are concerned about the operators' ability to use them. 

But here's the thing—using a blue safety light for a forklift is incredibly straightforward. Operators simply need to toggle a switch. All they have to do is activate it from the forklift's control unit. 

So, activating the blue safety light poses no challenge for operators - as long as they understand the importance of using safety lights. 

Consider emphasizing the importance of using blue spot safety lights in your workplace. It will facilitate safety consciousness in the workplace and encourage the work crew to practice caution.

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‍Conclusion 

A blue safety spotlight is one of the simplest solutions that significantly advance your safety measures. However, consider combining it with other safety solutions like speed limiters, wireless cameras, anti-collision systems, etc, to achieve the highest safety standards at your workplace. 

The combination of safety solutions may vary depending on the nature of your operations and unique safety needs. An ideal safety solution should ensure overall safety, not just pedestrian safety. 

Book a free consultation with the experts for tailored safety solutions. 

Related FAQs

What is the blue light on forklifts for?

The blue light on forklifts warns pedestrians about the moving forklift. They can notice the light from afar and know that an operating forklift is approaching. The blue-spot light on forklifts ensures pedestrians' safety by sending them a visual warning through a blue beam. It is a very simple and underrated safety solution for maintaining pedestrian safety at your workplace. 

What is the blue spot warning light on a forklift?

Workers might face difficulty in hearing the horns or auditory warnings in a noisy warehouse or manufacturing facility. Moreover, if they are working while wearing earphones, they risk getting struck by a forklift. The blue spot warning system gives them a visual cue. The bright light cannot go unnoticed by them, so they can be aware of their surroundings. 

What are blue spot lights for? 

Blue spotlights warn pedestrians about the presence of forklifts. Because of the load, the operators have limited visibility. They cannot see if there’s a pedestrian in the way. Just like an ambulance has that colourful light with sirens, forklifts have blue safety lights to make them noticeable from afar. The lights tell pedestrians not to come in the way of the forklift and prevent workplace hazards. 

Why are safety lights blue? 

Safety lights are blue because the colour is highly visible during daylight. It effectively grabs attention and remains clear even in dusty environments. Thus, it makes sense to have safety lights in blue as they are highly noticeable. Workers can spot it and consider it as a visual warning to stay away. 

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chapter 1.: for now, it's time to run chapter tags: queer (m/m), sci fi, heists, kidnapping, referenced human experimentation, grumpy x bitchy, angst chapter warnings: implied noncon body modification, technical kidnapping, gun violence, language, mild gore, PTSD word count: 4243 A/N: the first chapter of my baby is here and ready to be shared! this is the first original work i'm posting in more than 5 years so i'm super excited to finally start sharing her with you all!

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   Every time he had to break into a building Dawson was acutely jealous of the shows and movies he’d watched as a kid— his life would be so much smoother if he could just slide through a couple air vents and be done with it! But no, instead here he was, 2am on a Thursday, knee deep in piles of whatever undoubtedly filthy laundry an illegal medical laboratory produced. Not his favorite way to enter a place, but it was one less code to remember— just a single key to lift off of an unaware janitor. The face mask he wore felt inadequate, but it would have to do. 

  The laundry facilities were on the very bottom floor of the lab, but Dawson’s target was only a few floors up— packed up and ready to be transported for sale tomorrow morning, according to Dawson’s employer. He didn’t know what, exactly, it was that he was stealing, but he wasn’t in any position to turn down a job that paid this much. He made his way swiftly down the hall and up the barren stairwell— which had required a convoluted code to open— in silence. The stairwell opened into a short hallway, only three doors occupying the limited space. He strode towards the 2nd door on the left, as his intel had instructed, and input yet another door code. The little blinking blue light swiftly turned green and the door slid open, bringing a satisfied smirk to the thief’s face. That smirk drops when he takes in the contents of the small room. Whipping his phone out of his breast pocket, he pulls up the single blurry shot of the case he’s supposed to be looking at.

   That shitty fucking intel, is all Dawson can think, looking from the picture of his target on his phone back to the large metal crate looking thing that stood in the center of the cargo hold. He was here for a weapon, sure, but a fancy gun or laser sword, not something he would need a damn forklift to move. The crate had a number pad on its side, which would explain the extra passcode he’d been given. He lays his gun down within easy reach inputs the code, wincing as each button press emits a loud ping sound. It’s an obnoxiously long code too, even for some high-tech government laboratory, but finally he types in the last digit and hits enter. The box’s seams glow an ominous red before blinking to green, and there is the hiss of hydraulics before the lid of the box lifts and recedes on its own. Thick clouds of fog rise and quickly dissipate, revealing the contents; his target. It’s not a gun like he had hoped, or a bomb, or even a tiny, mysterious microchip. 

   It’s a dude. A curled slip of man, nude and nestled into perfectly cut out insulating foam. Dawson inhaled sharply, taking a step back. Because what the fuck. What the fuck was this? Was he stealing a corpse? Apparently not, because just as he goes to step closer, reaching out a hand to check for a pulse, the still form suddenly heaves a ragged breath and flies into a frenzy of movement, flinging himself from the box in a panic. Dawson reaches blindly behind himself for his gun on the table, clicking off the safety and pointing it at the man— fuck the payout, he wasn’t about to be mauled or maimed by some feral lab experiment! The man doesn’t attack though, instead scuttling backwards until he hits the wall, wild gaze flitting about and taking in his surroundings with an expression of pained confusion. When his gaze settles on Dawson the thief clutches his gun tighter and lets out a hissed curse; because those eyes are not human eyes. They shine an unnatural shade of teal, and the pupils shift and dilate like the lens of a camera. Mechanical. 

   But not one like anything Dawson has seen before, not even the fancy pretty ones the wealthy like to flaunt online. He’s breathing for one, still dragging in labored and brittle breaths, and sweat drips down his face, dampening unkempt curls. There’s an air of humanity to him that shouldn’t be possible in a mechanical.

“Who are you?” Dawson finally grits out, knowing that the clock is ticking and he doesn't really have time for an in-depth interrogation. The man just recoils further against the wall, though his breathing does at last appear to be mellowing out. A glance down at his watch shows that he has exactly 17 minutes to make his escape before the change of the security guards. “Fine, don’t talk. Look, I've got less than 20 minutes to get out of here so it looks like you’re coming with me. I was expecting a nice little carrying case, but I can make this work.” Still no reaction. Dawson feels a little bad for the mech— inhuman or not, the fear in his face and body language is palpable. He lowers his gun with a sigh before coming forward to kneel in front of the man, meeting his gaze with what he hopes is a reassuring expression— he’s not the expert on comforting scared people. There’s a barely audible hum as the mans’ eyes focus on Dawson, repeating that same camera lens effect.

“Look, clearly I don't know what’s going on here and neither do you, but I don't think you want to hang around here— they had you locked in a box in a basement. Something fucked up is happening here, and you can either come with me, or you can stay and try explaining to them how you got out of that box on your own. I don’t think the people here would be very happy with you escaping, do you?” And yeah, maybe it’s cruel to manipulate him like this, but whatever got him off of the floor and got them out of the lab was good enough for Dawson.

“Juno.” he blinks at the abrupt tone, but nods anyway. He— Juno, apparently— could speak, at least. 

“Great. Nice to meet you Juno, I’m Dawson. Let’s get the fuck out of here.” And with that, Dawson stands yet again, this time taking Juno by the wrist and pulling him up to stand too. It’s sheer luck that hanging on the back of the chair in the otherwise barren room is an abandoned lab coat— he swiftly covers the mech’s nude form with the white fabric and instructs him to keep close and keep quiet, before leading them out of the room. 

   The long reaching hall is still blessedly empty as far as Dawson can tell, and it should remain so for the next five minutes— enough time to get them to the ground floor. Gun at the ready he pulls an annoyingly slow-paced Juno along— the smallest thing seems to distract the mech, as if they are not currently trying to escape a life or death (or unpleasant jail time) situation. They reach a fork, the hallway splitting into two identical paths. The map Dawson’s employer had provided said to go to the left, but Juno refuses to follow, digging his bare heels into the ground when Dawson tries to jerk him along.

“Not that way.” the mech unhelpfully says, a mulish expression on his face. He tilts his head in a way that suggests he is listening to something, and that something is evidently not Dawson— or anything Dawson can hear, because both halls are silent. “This way.” and he shifts his hand so he is the one holding onto Dawson now and, much to the thief’s chagrin, tugs him along without any effort, taking the right hall. They come to a stop in front of a closed door, which doesn’t budge when Dawson jiggles the handle. 

“A dead end, seriously?” he hisses at the now bored looking mech. “I have been studying the schematics of this building for the last three months, kid, our way out was the other hallway!” He’s about to throw the mech over his shoulder and carry him to the proper exit fireman style, when Juno none too gently shoves him aside and gives the door handle a single firm yank. There is the sharp sound of wood cracking before the door gives way, swinging open, easy as anything now that a skinny little mechanical has just ripped the locking mechanism out of the damn door. 

“Faster. And no cameras.” He gently sets the door handle and its guts on the ground, before gesturing for Dawson to lead the way once again. Something was seriously wrong with this mech and the way he functioned, but there was no time for him to ponder that. Quickly familiarizing himself with this portion of the map, Dawson manages to navigate himself and the mech up to the first floor. Which was where things were going to get seriously tricky. Where the bottom levels had been paroled by a barebones crew, the main floors were much more stringently supervised— guards patrolled each end of each level in synchronized pairs, armed to the teeth in the latest tech and paid handsomely enough that there wasn’t much they wouldn’t do for the company. Their escape would have to be timed perfectly, and helpful as he could apparently be, there was no time for deviations from Juno.

“You do what I say from here on out, got it? I’m not about to die because you think you found a shortcut.” The mech nods, but the mulish expression is back— quite the contrast from the trembling, fear filled thing he’d been just a few minutes ago. Time would tell if it was a welcome change. “And— hey, this is important—” he adds sharply, noting the mech’s gaze beginning to wander once again, this time distracted by the rattling of the air con. “If I get shot, or if they catch me? Don’t fucking leave me to die, got it? I am not getting paid enough to die for you. You come back for me.” The mech nods and it’s go time.

   Dawson’s favorite kind of jobs were the ones where he got to break out the fancy equipment— harnesses for repelling down buildings, gadgets to disable alarm systems or cut through the glass of windows or display cases. But sadly, this was not that sort of job. Initially, his escape plan was to walk out completely undetected after going back the way he came, but by now someone was sure to have noticed Juno’s little door demolishment; it was only a matter of time before security was alerted of their presence. And unfortunately, he wasn't exactly able to tuck the mech into a backpack or pocket like he could have with his typical targets. So instead they had to do things the much more dangerous, life-threatening way, and tiptoe through the halls just as they emptied of guards, letting the timing of the guards’ schedule do the heavy lifting for them. So long as they didn’t do anything overt or loud, they were in the clear.

   So of course. Of course Juno— who walked so silently Dawson could almost forget he was there if not for the bruising grip he had on his hand— slips on the slick tile, letting out a small cry as his ankle twists. It’s faint, but it’s a noise, and that’s all it takes for the sound of boots pounding in their direction to pick up. With a curse Dawson pushes the mech more fully behind him, sandwiched between his back and the wall, and clicks the safety off his gun once again. He can feel the mech breathing harshly against his neck, and thin fingers dig painfully into his hand as two guards come from each direction, cornering them with guns drawn. Dawson notes that they do not aim at them, despite clearly having the upper hand.

“Who are you, how did you get access to this floor?” One guard barks while another approaches, pulling handcuffs from his belt and reaching for Juno. And that, apparently, is the wrong thing to do, because the mech’s gaze snaps to the guard’s hand, and in the space of what can only be a few seconds the mech darts a hand out and grabs the guard, pulling him in close before flinging him bodily towards the other set of guards, sending them all tumbling down into a pile of limbs. The remaining guard, the one with the gun, quickly descends into panic, waving his gun around and shouting. Still, no actual shots are fired. Dawson is torn between trying to talk his way out of this or just knocking him out when Juno makes an executive decision. Hand outstretched like a superhero in one of the old movies Dawson watched as a kid, unnerving gaze glowing, and a little ball of light grows in his hand, giving off sparks and increasing in size until it’s on par with a large marble. The mech— or whatever the hell he actually was because mechanicals couldn’t form matter— closes his hand around it and the light disappears. Juno then opens his hand to reveal a shiny silver ball and Dawson only has a moment to study it before it flies forward and embeds itself in the guard’s chest, punching a hole straight through. 

“Jesus Christ!” he exclaims, roughly wiping the blood spray from his face. Juno merely blinks, eerily unaffected, and follows easily when Dawson grabs him and drags him full speed from the scene. Hopefully the shock of their coworker's violent death keeps the other guards off their tail long enough for them to escape. 

   They make it to the exit, but Dawson would be hard pressed to recall how the hell they did it. After escaping the lab itself, it’s a simple matter of slipping down several tiny alleyways and taking a few twisty little side roads until they reach Dawson’s bike. Which swiftly presents the next dilemma; getting the lab grown superpowered mech onto said bike. Juno accepts the helmet easily enough, and even puts it on himself, though he bats away Dawson’s hands when he tries to adjust the straps. He sits behind Dawson when he says to, wrapping thin arms about the thief’s waist. He’s perfectly compliant until the bike turns on. The second it roars to life the mech is gone, scrambling off of the bike and away from its now offensive form.

“NO!” he yells, pointing an accusing finger at Dawson as he shuts off the bike and tries to approach Juno placatingly. “It’s too loud, I don’t like it!” It’s the most he’s heard from the mech since he opened that damn box. Dawson isn’t keen on having his head exploded or being set on fire, or whatever other powers Juno possessed, and so they are at an impasse. 

“What do you want from me here, kid? We need to get out of here, and this is how we do that.” He gestures behind him to the bike. “It’s perfectly safe, I promise.” The mech glares unwaveringly from under stringy curls, and he appears to be shivering— from the cold or from shock, it was hard to tell. Either way, he needed to get him indoors and fast. Could mechs even get sick from exposure? 

“Come on, we’ll get you some clothes, something to eat…” The promise of food seems to do the trick, mistrusting gaze softening to something almost hopeful. 

“Chocolate, I want chocolate, the shiny ones.” Demanding thing.

“I— Yeah, yeah okay. Get on the bike and we’ll find you some damn chocolate.” He offers his hand again to pull Juno back behind him on the bike, but he’s still a little surprised when icy fingertips graze his own. Again, he wonders if it’s a product of Juno’s inhumanity or the winter temperatures. Dawson guides him onto the bike, holding an arm securely over the thin ones clinging with much more fervor to his waist before starting the bike. Juno gives a little whine of fear but doesn’t run away this time, so Dawson counts it as a win and takes off. 

   20 minutes later and they pull up to a dark, run-down looking building. Dawson shuts off the bike and after some light jostling manages to get Juno to let go and get off the bike, before leading the mech inside. The interior is just as grim as the exterior— a welcome desk that has sat unoccupied since Dawson moved in fills one corner, while a pile of unusable cleaning supplies from when there was a cleaning crew 10 years ago takes up the lobby. Juno is again taking in his surroundings with all the interest and newness of a child or cartoon alien, running his fingers across a tabletop before grimacing at the thick dust that now clings to them. Dawson wrinkles his nose when the mech absently wipes the grime on his pilfered coat, drawing attention to how out of place he looks outside of the illegal lab setting— barefoot and clad only in a now bloodstained and filthy lab coat, which slides off one shoulder as it has lost several buttons. The dried and flaking blood spatter across what would otherwise be a sweet face completes the upsetting visage.

“Let’s go, we can’t let anyone see you like this.” He takes Juno by the hand and leads him up to his apartment, smirking a little when the mech groans at the sight of several flights of stairs. It was nice to know that there was some humanity programmed into him. 

10 floors later and they’re finally there.

“Home sweet home…” Dawson mumbles under his breath, pulling his keys out and opening the door. Juno all but runs inside, leaving the thief alone to lock back up. He kicks off his shoes by the door and then follows the sounds of Juno’s exploring to the living room, where the mech is stroking the blanket strewn carelessly over the back of the couch with reverent hands. Dawson clears his throat, feeling a little bad when he jerks his hands back as if burned.

“There’s a shower through there, go get washed up and I’ll have some clothes ready for you when you’re done.” he points to the doorway on the left. Juno seems to deflate before nodding shortly, stripping off the ruined lab coat right there in the living room, which… Okay, technically Dawson had already seen him nude, but he hadn’t planned on doing it again any time soon. He averts his eyes, and before he can muster up a response, the mech is gone, and the sound of the tub running starts up shortly. Shaking his head, Dawson grabs a trash bag from the kitchen to store the coat for now, planning on burning the thing when he gets the chance rather than risking someone finding it in the trash and poking around. Then he goes to his closet to find the aforementioned clothes he promised Juno.

   He doesn’t have much that will fit the slight mech, but he digs up a sweater from an old fling and some shorts with a tie that would work until he could get to a shop. There’s no underwear, but he suspects the mech isn’t used to wearing any anyways. Clothing sorted, Dawson decides to tackle the food problem. He’s not sure what the mech can eat, or, in all honesty, what in his kitchen is still edible. 

   The fridge is hours away from becoming a biohazard zone, and the fruit bowl on the counter has sat empty since the day his elderly neighbor brought it over as a housewarming gift. The pantry, however, yields a mostly not stale pack of crackers, a jar of pickles, and a half empty bag of halloween candy. He arranges his findings on one of the two plates he owns before checking his watch and frowning. It’s been less than 10 minutes and yet he can already hear Juno turning off the shower. There’s a pleased sound and then the quiet shuffling of someone getting dressed. 

   Juno emerges not soon after, rubbing a towel aggressively over his head. He has forgone the shorts for some unknown reason, but the sweater does technically cover everything, the hem hanging awkwardly to graze the mech’s bruised knees, and Dawson lets it slide, taking the towel from him before he can drop it carelessly to the ground like he clearly plans to. He takes one of the mech’s eternally cold hands and leads Juno over to sit at the table, setting the plate of food in front of him. Immediately he can tell he’s made some sort of grave error— those unnatural eyes narrow, and the mech pokes at one of the little gherkins with an unimpressed air.

“What… are those?” he asks disdainfully, selecting one of the less offensive crackers to shove into his mouth whole instead.

“They’re pickles, you never seen a pickle before?” Dawson asks defensively, taking one and biting into it with an obnoxious crunch. And maybe it’s a little more sour than usual, what would Juno know about it if it was? The mech just shakes his head, continuing to scarf down crackers whole. He’s a mess of contradiction, equal parts fearful and demanding, knowledgeable and clueless. And then there’s the whole ‘killing people with little balls of light’ thing to consider. Hell, he probably hasn’t ever heard of a pickle before. 

“So… What the hell was going on in that lab?” he finally asks. Juno looks up from his food (he has abandoned the plate and is now digging through the Halloween candy bag, pulling everything out and sorting them into piles— the non-chocolate candy is piling up on the floor beside his chair.) with eyes narrowed with distrust. He clearly isn’t about to bring Dawson into the loop, returning back to his candy sorting with an added flair of irritation. “Oh, so I save your skinny ass— nearly die in the process, might I add, take you in and feed and clothe you, but I can’t ask why they had you stuffed into a box? That seems fair.” He rolls his eyes when he is ignored yet again, reaching across the spindly table and grabbing the bag of candy from the mech’s lax grip. Juno hisses in surprise, baring pearly teeth at him— Dawson is pretty sure the mech might really try to bite him. Very animalistic for something so clearly machine.

“Nuh uh, you get these back when you answer my questions.” The little bastard actually has the nerve to snatch for the bag but he easily holds it out of reach. “Are you going to cooperate?” he reiterates once again, shaking the candy enticingly. Juno heaves a beleaguered sigh before giving a single sharp nod. As a token of good faith Dawson chucks a Twix at him— and is a little miffed when the brat catches it seamlessly.

“Good. Let’s start with something simple: why the hell were you in that box?”

“I always sleep in the box, if I’m not in use.” 

   That's… concerning. Mechs had developed so much in the past decade, it hardly seemed humane to lock them away when they weren’t ‘in use’. And those were just standard mechs, built to be companions, factory workers, and glorified pets. Whatever Juno was, it was clearly nearly human in its’ design, the lab could have at least sprung for a bed for the guy. The mech looks unconcerned though, gnawing at his candy’s wrapper with his teeth.

“What are your prioritized functions?” Some mechs don’t have them preprogrammed, or aren’t allowed to disclose them, but it's worth a shot to ask. Maybe if he knows why the lab was creating hyper realistic mechs, he could better figure out what to do with this one. Again though, Juno just looks confused by his question.

“I don’t know what that means.” It’s said fully deadpan, but Dawson can sense the unspoken disdain. 

“Well what the hell are you, then? They obviously built you for something— are you just some sort of fancy weapon?” This, at last, has an actual, visible effect on Juno. And Dawson immediately regrets saying it. Confusion, hurt, and guilt flicker across his face before his expression settles into something supremely pained. Then the tears come, only to be dashed away by the sleeve of Juno’s borrowed sweater before they can fall. 

“They didn’t. Build me, I mean. No one did. They just… added things. Removed things.” He’s looking down now, fiddling with the candy he still hasn’t managed to free from its wrapper. “I don’t remember everything, side effect of—” he waves his hand vaguely around his head, “but I was— I guess I was sick, as a kid? Really sick, and my family couldn’t afford the treatment, or maybe I didn’t have a family. The lab was running a trial for some special procedure and they picked me. Fixed me right up. Then they… kept finding new things to fix.” Dawson doesn’t know how he’s supposed to respond. He settles on pushing the candy back across the table, avoiding the unbearable weight of that odd gaze. Silence, for a few moments. 

Then rustling sounds pick up. 

A package of Skittles hits the linoleum.

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Heart full of stars chapter one

As Elise Blackmore woke up to the sound of her alarm telling her of all the things she had to do to day. The top of the list was a request from Corey to help repair some of the things in the haunted house that his son Oliver ran and while it is quite unusual for a 10-year-old to be running a haunted house, the fact that it was almost entirely automated, and could be controlled from a control room in the direct center meant that even a five-year-old could do it let alone a 10-year-old with a pension for mischief and a love of scaring people. The reason for the repair was listed as one of the moving walls got stuck along with the fact that some of the decorations needed a new coat of paint.  When Elise got to the haunted house, Oliver was just coming out of the building. He waved to Elise and said I’m going to go looking for that meteorite that crashed down this morning and just like that, he was running off into the jungle. Shortly thereafter, Oliver‘s father Corey ivailo was guiding Elise through the haunted house to the sliding wall that was stuck halfway through its motion. The power to the wall had already been cut, which meant it should have slid back into with the wall in which it was housed, when hiding as part of fire safety after all, despite this haunted house being one of the attractions, it was also used as an actual hotel even if by special appointment only by ghost film Crew and the occasional engineering school that wanted to study the mechanisms used 

Oliver waved to Elise and told her that he was going to be looking for the meteorite that had crashed down on their island, while his dad and Elise were fixing up the current stuck wall  and he had already told Luna that he was going to be going out and looking for the meteorite. He had packed a sandwich and some water, and ran down off into the jungle about an hour later into his walk, he saw a blue glow, and getting closer he saw metal and the ruined trail of the meteorite but instead of a rock, it was metal carved with lines of blue light and then he realized it was a spaceship walking around it. He got to the bridge and saw that there. Was someone still inside of it a big someone, but they didn’t look awake and they looked hurt . Oliver knew that he couldn’t get the 7 foot person back on his own so he called his dad and Elise, Luna, and granny opal after all his dad and Elise would be able to get the forklift if nothing else to help move this guy and granny opal as the island doctor would want to take a look at this guy. If he is actually injured and even if granny Opal was fierce in her own way, Luna as head of security would need to be told anyway.

 Storm heard a voice it sounded like a little kid. He had just enough strength to lift his head and open his eyes to look there. He saw a really small person and it sounded like they were talking to someone, but there wasn’t anyone there he figured that the kid must’ve had a communication device of some sort, but just as he thought that he blacked out again and when he woke up, he heard more voices He realized that he was on something soft, and he was laying down. When he tried to get up the voices stopped And he managed to open his eyes, and even though the lights were really bright, and they hurt, he still managed to see a little And what he saw was five people all of them smaller than him And from what he could hear through the translator was that he was being urged to lay back down by a small, elderly woman with curly brown hair that was starting to gray from one of the others the girl with long white hair and space buns with icy blue and yellow eyes said granny don’t get too close to them. We don’t know if they’re dangerous or not the elderly woman apparently named granny turned to the girl and said now Luna Skinner, this boy is hurt. He looks like he’ll fall back into unconsciousness if he sits up too fast. Storm processed the girls name Luna. He thought it was beautiful. And that was about the last thought he had before falling back unconscious. 

[alex-guerin]

Ugly sweater day at work really be out here making me feel ugly...(ignore the blue light, that's the safety light on my forklift reflecting off the wall behind me)

And what's worse is my binder is making me hella dysphoric...not cuz "omg, flat chest, no!" But cuz ...even wearing it, it is so obvious I am afab and have badonkers.

...I don't pass. I will never pass. Why do I keep trying and playing pretend?

[pastelitey]

people you meet at the end of the world

(this is a snippet of chapter 1 of my boatem crew zombie apoc story, which you can read the whole thing of on ao3 here! please enjoy!)

“Mumbo?” Grian’s voice rang out through the walkie-talkie strapped to Mumbo’s utility belt. Mumbo climbed down off the forklift he was currently trying to hotwire, a project of his he’s been focused on for the past week or so, and rubbed the sweat off his forehead. He unclipped the walkie-talkie from his belt and brings it up to his face.

“Yes, Grian?” After a moment, he decided to add “Over,” a nasty behavior Grian’s picked up that annoys the pants off Mumbo. Is it really that hard to use the correct walkie-talkie lingo, even if it’s just the two of them communicating?

“Can you come check something out?” Grian’s voice came out through the walkie-talkie, only slightly static-y.

“Sure, where are you? Over.” Mumbo sayid, turning around and beginning to walk. He picked up his wrench first, slinging it over his shoulder as he begins to peruse the aisles of rafters they’d pushed back to make more space for meandering about.

“South Left corner. There’s something weird going on.”

Mumbo rolled his eyes as he changed his direction. With Grian’s tone of voice, he was almost certain that he was being pranked by his friend, a hobby of Grian’s that never seemed to get old for the blonde. Regardless, Mumbo trekked on anyway. His eyes skimmed the shelves as he walked cautiously. Even though they’d been in the warehouse for almost three months now and he was certain of it’s safety, the need to look over his shoulder had been hardwired into his brain ever since the first time a zombie snuck up on him. Maybe that’s why he brought his trusty wrench with him to ‘check out’ whatever prank Grian was cooking up, even though he was certain there was no looming danger ahead.

As he finally reached the corner of the warehouse Grian was in, he was trying to prepare himself to get duped, but instead was left frozen in place.

Grian stood four feet away from a large patch of dark blue mold that was steadily consuming the entire south left corner of the warehouse. It looked like mold at first glance, but when he looked harder, it seemed wet almost, and seemed to glisten in the industrial lighting of the warehouse. The weird mold had darting lines all over it, almost like veins, that seemed to glow dimly with an almost sickening bright blue color. It seemed as if it was sprouting some type of flower or blossom in certain spots, and weird particles were being produced by it.

“Um,” was all Mumbo could say.

“Yeah,” Grian added, looking perplexed. His walkie was still in hand, his glasses beginning to slip down his face. “What is this stuff? I’ve never seen anything like it.”

“Dunno,” Mumbo said, taking a hesitant step closer towards the dark mold-goo substance. He kneeled down to get a closer look at it, narrowing his eyes. It seemed to glisten, like it was trying to mirror the dark night sky. A sense of curiosity rolled over him, and he slowly reached out a hand to touch it.

“What are you doing?” Grian hissed, grabbing onto Mumbo’s shirt from behind and yanking him back to the best of his ability. “Don’t touch that! It could be venomous!”

“Poisonous,” Mumbo corrected, standing back up with Grian’s help.

“Whatever,” the blonde rolled his eyes, finally pushing his glasses back up the bridge of his nose. “How did we not realize this stuff was here? It looks like it’s been growing for days.”

“Maybe it grows really fast?” Mumbo offered, scratching the back of his neck under the collar of his tropical shirt. Usually they layered up, but because most days they were holed up in the warehouse, they could wear clothing that showed more skin, like one of Mumbo’s favorite tropical button-ups that Grian loved to poke fun at him for.

“Could be,” Grian said, surveying the mold-goo again. “Whatever it is, we need to get rid of it. I’m more than a hundred percent certain it’s dangerous and could kill us.”

“How are we gonna get rid of it? We don’t even know what it is.”

“I bet we could scrape it off with a shovel or something. Ooh! Here’s an idea, go grab your forklift! We’ll use that to scrape it off.”

“What! Mate, I haven’t even gotten it working, and even if I did, you really think it would be effective in scraping whatever this is off our warehouse floor?”

Grian shrugged with a sly smile. “Worth a shot!”

“You are so-! Y’know, you are so destructive, you just want to use my stuff to destroy it for fun. I’m gonna go grab some shovels, and don’t you even think—”

Grian rolled his eyes. “I know, cross my heart!” Grian drew an ‘X’ over his heart, but the cheeky smile on his face wasn’t convincing. Mumbo rolled his eyes as he walked off to find some shovels and a wheelbarrow, which were conveniently items that had come along with their warehouse.

The shovels did not work. Whatever the mold-goo substance was, it was a nasty bugger that was practically cemented onto the floor and walls, and even seemed to be creeping up onto the ceiling.

“What now?” Mumbo asked as he set the shovel aside. Looking over the substance again, it seemed as if it had moved closer than before, like it was growing and steadily creeping closer to them.

Grian chewed on his cheek for a moment, before Mumbo could see an idea bloom across his face. His eyes lit up and a smirk found it’s way across his mouth, and there was always that mischievous glint in his eyes that seemed almost superficial. Mumbo knew whatever idea he was cooking up, it was going to be disastrous.

“Let’s burn it off!” Grian said, pulling a small handheld lighter out of his shirt pocket, flicking off the cap almost instinctively.

“Are you joking, mate?” Mumbo asked, breath practically knocked out of him. “It’ll just smoke up the whole building! Who knows if the fire will even spread?”

“Let’s find out!” Grian said, leaning down and activating the lighter. The small flame came to life immediately, and Grian held it out against the nearest trunk of the mold-goo, touching the flame against the glimmering surface and waiting to see if it would take.

Immediately the warehouse was filled with a piercing and high-pitched shrieking, one that could match Grian’s squeals of hilarity. Grian was knocked backward as Mumbo keeled over, palms pressed indefinitely over his ears. The shriek seemed to be coming from all around him, and even seemed to shake the ground. It went on for only a few seconds, but it felt like hours. Mumbo grabbed hold of the collar beneath Grian’s sweater and yanked him back away from the mold-goo, where they both prominently collapsed.

“What just happened?” Grian asked exasperatedly. Mumbo’s ears were still ringing even as the shriek dissipated, and it took a second for the world to stop spinning around.

“I think it's just… Screamed at us?”

“Now that just isn’t right,” Grian said.

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If you enjoyed this, consider reading the rest of it over on ao3! this is my boatem crew zombie apoc story, and i'm very proud of it and want to promote it where i can.

reblogs are appreciated and encouraged !!

[seensafety]

SEEN Safety is an award winning company based in New Zealand.

SEEN Safety is a leader in the development of sensor technology to protect pedestrians working in close proximity to heavy mobile equipment. Our flagship product, the IRIS 860 sensor, was first introduced in 2019 and is now used by hundreds of companies in more than 20 countries, including some of the world's top brands.

Background

At SEEN, we were shocked to learn about how many people are killed or seriously injured by forklifts and heavy machines each year. We couldn't understand why this problem still existed, but discovered three main issues:

Passive safety controls such as high-visibility clothing, safe operating procedures, training, back-up beepers, blue lights, are not sufficient because they rely on people to notice, and do the right thing.

Because people make mistakes, an additional active layer of protection is needed for when passive safety controls fail.

Active safety safety controls are not widely used due to their complexity, expense, and lack of effectiveness in real-world conditions.

At SEEN, our goal is to provide health and safety managers with a practical and effective tool to mitigate critical pedestrian safety risk. We understand that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, but by focusing on designing a user-friendly and cost-effective solution, we aim to make a positive safety impact to help workers get home safely, every day.

History

Seen Safety Limited (then called Hunter Safety Lab Limited) was originally founded in 2014 by two industrial designers on a mission to prevent mistaken-for-game hunting accidents.

[agrieyes]

Enhance Workplace Safety with the AgriEyes 7008 Forklift Safety Light

In industrial settings where safety and efficiency are paramount, the right equipment can make all the difference. Introducing the AgriEyes 7008 LED Forklift Safety Light, a state-of-the-art safety solution designed to improve visibility and reduce accidents in a variety of work environments. Let's explore how this innovative light can elevate safety standards in your workplace.

Prioritizing Safety with Innovative Design

The AgriEyes 7008 LED Forklift Light is engineered to enhance safety by projecting a bright blue spot on the ground, either in front of or behind the forklift. This vivid warning light serves as a clear signal for pedestrians to maintain a safe distance, significantly reducing the risk of collisions and accidents. By providing a highly visible cautionary marker, the 7008 model ensures a safer environment for both operators and pedestrians.

Robust and Reliable Construction

Quality is at the heart of the AgriEyes 7008. Constructed with a high-quality aluminum alloy housing, this safety light is built to endure the toughest working conditions. The 360° adjustable stainless steel bracket allows for flexible positioning, ensuring optimal light placement. The shatterproof PC lens enhances durability, while the IP65 waterproof rating guarantees protection against dust and water, making it a reliable choice for various industrial applications.

Superior Heat Dissipation

Effective heat management is crucial for the longevity and performance of LED lights. The AgriEyes 7008 is equipped with a large built-in aluminum heat sink that provides excellent heat dissipation. The use of aircraft-grade aluminum as a protective casing further enhances durability and heat management. This robust construction ensures that the light remains cool during operation, prolonging its service life to over 50,000 hours.

Versatile Applications for Diverse Environments

Compact yet powerful, the AgriEyes 7008 LED Forklift Safety Light is designed for versatility. It is ideal for a wide range of vehicles, including forklifts, trucks, trailers, pickups, and excavators. This adaptability makes it perfect for illuminating stacking yards, loading docks, and enclosed spaces, ensuring optimal safety across various industrial settings.

Outstanding Illumination for Better Visibility

The AgriEyes 7008 features tailored spot lenses and high-intensity LEDs, delivering exceptional brightness and clarity. Its non-glaring light beams ensure that the working area is well-lit without causing discomfort to operators or pedestrians. With a concentrated beam and expansive illumination, this safety light surpasses competitors in both brightness and coverage, making it an indispensable tool for enhancing workplace safety.

One-Year Warranty and Dedicated Support

AgriEyes is committed to quality and customer satisfaction. The 7008 LED Forklift Light comes with a one-year warranty, providing peace of mind and assurance of its durability. If any issues arise during use, our dedicated support team is ready to assist you and resolve any problems within 24 hours, ensuring that your operations continue smoothly and safely.

Conclusion

The AgriEyes 7008 LED Forklift Safety Light is an essential addition to any industrial setting, offering enhanced safety, superior construction, and versatile applications. With its innovative design, robust build, and exceptional illumination, it sets a new standard for forklift safety lights. Invest in the AgriEyes 7008 today and experience the difference it can make in improving safety and efficiency in your workplace.

[poojaj]

Massive growth of Loading Dock Equipment Market 2030 with high CAGR in Coming Years

The loading dock equipment market refers to the industry that deals with the production, distribution, and sale of equipment used for loading and unloading goods at docks or warehouse facilities. This equipment is designed to facilitate the efficient and safe movement of goods between trucks or trailers and the dock or warehouse.

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Loading dock equipment includes a variety of products that enhance the loading and unloading process, improve productivity, and ensure worker safety. Some common types of loading dock equipment include:

Dock levelers: These are adjustable ramps or platforms that bridge the height difference between the dock and the trailer, allowing forklifts and other equipment to move goods smoothly.

Dock seals and shelters: These are devices that create a seal between the truck and the dock to prevent drafts, insects, and weather elements from entering the facility.

Dock doors: These are large doors that provide access to the loading dock area and can be operated manually, mechanically, or with advanced automated systems.

Dock lifts: These are vertical lifting platforms that enable the loading or unloading of goods from ground level to the dock or vice versa.

Vehicle restraints: These are safety devices that secure the trailer to the dock, preventing it from moving during loading and unloading.

Dock bumpers: These are protective barriers installed at the dock to absorb impact and prevent damage when a truck or trailer backs into the dock.

Dock accessories: These include various supplementary equipment such as wheel chocks, traffic lights, communication systems, safety gates, and other devices that enhance operational efficiency and safety at the loading dock.

The loading dock equipment market is driven by factors such as the growth in e-commerce, expansion of logistics and warehousing sectors, and increasing emphasis on workplace safety. Manufacturers in this market strive to develop innovative and technologically advanced solutions that improve efficiency, reduce downtime, and enhance worker safety.

The market is highly competitive, with several global and regional players offering a wide range of loading dock equipment. Key market participants include companies like Rite-Hite, Assa Abloy, Hörmann, Blue Giant Equipment Corporation, and Serco, among others.

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[sharpeagle-tech]

The Complete Guide to Red & Blue Forklift Safety Lighting

According to OSHA, approximately 34,900 serious injuries occur due to forklifts in the United States alone. Despite the advanced safety directives in modern workplaces, forklifts cause 85 deaths and 10,000 accidents every year.

These existing threats call for advanced technological solutions. Proper marking, including safety blue and red lights, is crucial in protecting against these threats. At SharpEagle, we offer a tailored and comprehensive solution for workplace safety, including ATEX-certified, most reliable lighting, cameras, and other solutions. This article will outline how red and blue safety lights can enhance safety at your workplace.

How Red and Blue Forklift Safety Lights contribute to safety

Forklift accidents can occur in industrial environments for various reasons, including limited visibility, crowded workspaces, blind spots, and more. Let's explore each light individually to understand how blue and red forklift safety lights can address such challenges, their features, and other specifications.

Blue Forklift Safety Lights

Forklifts are a primary cause of 10% of workplace accidents - including forklift overturns, collisions, falling loads, pedestrian accidents, and more. Several reasons can contribute to these accidents, including:

Operator’s inability to spot the approaching intersection

 Visual inaccessibility due to forklift’s blindspots

Lack of proper monitoring and safety compliance

Inadequate forklift maintenance

Fortunately, installing blue safety lights on forklifts can eliminate most of these challenges. Forklift blue lights are attached to the front and back of the forklift. As the forklift moves, a bright blue light is emitted, visible up to 10 feet from the vehicle. This sharp beam of light warns the pedestrians and other staff members about the speed and direction of the forklift. These lights also alert pedestrians and other drivers to get out of the way when the forklift operator is driving in reverse.

Features of Blue Safety Lights:

Casting Aluminium Alloy Housing

Forklift blue safety lights have robust casting aluminium alloy housing, which helps shield delicate electronic parts of the blue safety light from external impacts, vibrations, moisture, and other environmental hazards. This aluminium casting also ensures optimal heat dissipation and guaranteed longevity and corrosion resistance, keeping your lights functional and shining brightly through the toughest industrial settings. 

Tempered Glass Cover 

A tempered glass cover makes forklift blue lights resilient, durable, and heat resistant. It adds an extra layer of protection to ensure your lights remain functional under harsh and extreme industrial environments. In case of breakages, tempered glass breaks into small, blunt pieces instead of sharp shards, reducing the risk of injuries.

High Power LED

High-power LEDs enable bright, intense, and concentrated illumination, making them suitable for industries like oil and gas, mining, chemical manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics. Blue Safety lights are high-power LED lights offering a longer operational lifespan and energy efficiency. 

 IP- 67 rating 

IP rating stands for Ingress Protection, which rates the protectiveness of the electric device against dust and water. Our forklift blue safety lights have an impressive IP rating of 67 denoting high protection against solids (dust, dirt, particulates) and water when immersed up to 1 meter. 

Red Forklift Safety Lights

According to one of the latest reports, 8% of forklift accidents occur due to forklift turnovers involving workers. To keep workers safe, it's crucial to establish and communicate the correct distance that the crew needs to maintain from forklifts. Red forklift safety lights can help you communicate safe distances and other safety protocols, enhancing workplace safety. 

Forklift red lights are often attached to the sides of the vehicle to indicate a safe distance between the pedestrian and the forklift. The red light they emit is also known as a halo zone and marks a two—to five-foot boundary that no one should cross. This distance can be adjusted by angling the light according to your facility space situation. 

Features that make red forklift safety lights more effective: 

Aluminium die-cast housing with a polycarbonate cover 

The red safety lights' aluminium die-cast housing has a robust foundation that enables heat dissipation to keep the lights cool even during prolonged usage. This aluminium casting provides durability and resistance to impacts, vibrations, and harsh environmental conditions. The polycarbonate cover offers excellent optical clarity and protection against dust, debris, and minor impacts. These two features create a functional and reliable safety light system capable of handling rigorous and harsh industrial conditions.

Stainless steel bracket 

With a stainless steel bracket, these red safety lights offer steadfast mounting support, ensuring secure attachment to the forklift. This feature guarantees stability and reliability, essential for the safety of operators and workers in industrial settings.

10-80V DC operating voltage

To simplify the specifications, the ‘10-80V DC operating voltage’ denotes that the device is built to operate in the 10-80 volts DC (Direct Current) range. This voltage range makes red forklift safety lights compatible with other power sources. The versatile voltage range simplifies installation procedures, allowing you to integrate the lights into their existing setups quickly and efficiently.

High power Osram LED 6pcs*3w with 18 W LED power. 

This indicates the configuration and power rating of the LED lighting system, which is six individual LEDs, each rated at 3 watts, providing an 18-watt LED Power. The high-power LED enables bright illumination, allowing you to use red forklift safety lights even in extreme low-light conditions. This light is preferred in industries such as commercial and retail, industrial and manufacturing, and automotive, among others.

Stay away from the 85 forklift deaths that occur each year! Make your workplace safer right now by outfitting your forklifts with red and blue lights.

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Guide To Red And Blue Forklift Lighting Options

Forklift ARC Lights

Forklift ARC Lights come with aluminium alloy housing and rubberized wire for efficient operation under hazardous conditions. They feature a high-power LED, which can project the light all the way to the ground. The tempered glass protects the system from internal damage and makes it water, dust, and shockproof. The forklift ARC lights are also built under an ingress IP-67 protection standard.

Forklift Red Danger Light

Forklift Red Danger Lights are the perfect all-in-one solution to keep pedestrians safe in your facility. Their warning system includes high-power LED security lights in an aluminium die-cast housing, with double-insulated wire and a stainless steel bracket, making it capable of withstanding extreme temperatures.

Forklift Laser Light

Forklift Laser lights come with a strong system equipped with a rugged design and laser beam projection, allowing you to indicate your forklift's exact positioning. This will help increase productivity and safety in your facility, simultaneously reducing transport time and the chances of any damage and collision. The forklift laser lights boast a robust design that ensures durability in demanding industrial environments. Additionally, they are engineered for easy maneuvering and supervision, enhancing their usability and effectiveness in improving safety and productivity within your facility.

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Forklift Blue Spot Light

The Forklift Blue Spot Light safety device has a rugged design and is ideal for alerting pedestrians of an oncoming vehicle. It is also a perfect choice for signalling the forklift around the corner with to-the-ground beam projection. This blue light emitter is 100% dust, water, and shockproof. Its aluminium alloy housing reduces and mitigates the effects of heat and fire.

Forklift Blue Arrow Light

The Forklift Blue Arrow Light offers clear blue arrow-shaped lighting, a highly visual light that immediately warns pedestrians and warehouse workers. Ideal for use at the rear to signal a reversing forklift, the product comes with 3W LED lights enclosed in an aluminium housing that reduces heat dissipation. The double-insulated rubberized wire and stainless steel bracket are engineered to endure high and low heat extremes. 

Forklift Warning Light

Forklift Warning Light is an ideal device to warn pedestrians during forklift operations and avoid the risk of workplace accidents. Equipped with high-powered LED lights, the device is protected with a durable glass cover and a two-year warranty from SharpEagle. This warning light is also equipped with a quakeproof, waterproof, and dustproof body with aluminium alloy casting for effective extreme temperature resistance.

How to install Red & Blue Safety Lights?

The forklift's Red & Blue Zone lights can be mounted to any desired side. You need one for each side where you want to project a safety zone. The tool-free bracket with the kit makes it simple to mount the light to the forklift's overhead guard. 

The installation of red and blue safety lights is easy. These forklift lights come with a tool-free bracket that can be used to mount the light to the forklift's upper guard easily.  

To know the complete installation of the Red & Blue Safety Lights for your warehouse or manufacturing plant, follow our step-by-step manual:

Put two-way tape on the bracket's foot. This will reduce the tremors and prevent the lights from rattling.

Position the light close to the rear of the head guard. Ensure the operator can get in and out of the seat without running into the headlight.

Set the red zone light feet in place by encircling the overhead guard with the two clamps.

Using a socket wrench or screwdriver to tighten the clamps.

Remove excess material from the clamp strap.

Place the plastic clamp end piece over the strap's sharp end to prevent sharp edges.

Connect the wire, then use electrical tape to seal the connection.

As needed, wire into the forklift. The light can accept voltages from 10 to 80V DC. 

Finally, tilt the light to a suitable distance—2-6 feet, depending on the requirement. Tighten down and lubricate the adjuster to prevent them from loosening.

How Red & Blue Safety Lights are Beneficial for Your Business?

Knowing the benefits of red and blue forklift safety lights will help you make an informed purchase decision. It will also enable you to educate your workers and forklift operators about the importance of using these lights and enhance your safety efforts. 

Your forklift operations will be more productive. 

Safety and productivity are closely intertwined. With red and blue safety lights, you upgrade the safety at your workplace by minimizing the risk of accidents. When accidents are reduced, there is no disruption in the workflow. 

Forklift operators can continue their operations smoothly and move the load effectively at a given time. Hence, your operations remain productive. 

You can proactively reduce the risk of legal liabilities. 

Accidents involving forklifts can result in severe legal liabilities. Implementing forklift safety solutions is a proactive way to avoid the risk of these liabilities. Red and blue forklift safety lights strengthen your safety efforts by giving you an edge to safeguard your company’s financial interests and reputation. 

It will make your workplace OSHA safety-compliant. 

OSHA mandates using blue safety lights in dimly lit areas and while operating a forklift at night. Installing these lights in your forklifts means meeting OSHA lighting standards for safety. By adhering to regulatory standards, you mitigate the risk of fines or penalties for non-compliance, thus protecting your employees and assets. Moreover, creating a safety-compliant workspace protects your employees and assets and demonstrates your commitment to responsible business practices. Thus, safety compliance attracts top talent and improves public perception, fosters positive relationships with stakeholders, and aligns your company with valuable core values, further strengthening your brand reputation in the industry.

Driver’s Instructions to Boost Safety with Forklift Safety Lights 

Just installing red & blue safety lights is not enough to make your operations safe. Drivers should also know how to use the safety features effectively. Guide the forklift operators with the following instructions to boost safety with forklift safety lights. 

Keep the beam of red/blue light on ground level. 

While using warning lights, point the beam towards the ground to ensure that your worker’s visibility is not impaired due to the bright light. Maintaining this practice contributes significantly to accident prevention and overall workplace safety standards.

Stay alert and avoid distractions. 

Stay aware of the industrial surroundings, especially while driving the forklift through busy work areas. Remember to give visual cues with red and blue safety lights. If the forklift operator does not understand how to operate a red/blue forklift safety light, ensure to train him in its application and create a norm of regularly using it at the workplace. Maintain high alertness and awareness of the risks associated with forklift operations. This will encourage the drivers to carefully assess their routes and adapt their driving techniques to ensure maximum safety.

Do regular maintenance checks.

Inspect the red and blue safety lights regularly to ensure they function correctly. Seek maintenance immediately if you find any issues or malfunctions. Prompt and timely action can prevent mishaps and disruptions. Therefore, implement a regular inspection schedule for the forklifts and ensure timely maintenance to uphold safety standards. 

Don’t overload the forklift.

Overloading a forklift is dangerous as it can be risky for the operator and the forklift alike. Sometimes due to overloading, the load could fall off, and the operator could lose control of the forklift. Additionally, it creates a blind spot for the operators. This could be threatening to pedestrians as the forklift might run over them. Moreover, heavy loads can hamper the regular speed of forklifts, and operators may not be able to make accurate judgments. So, follow a standard for loading of forklifts to avoid damage to the forklift and injuries for the operator and pedestrians.

Conclusion

Equipping your forklifts with red and blue safety lights can significantly reduce the risk of accidents in your workplace. These lights enhance visibility and warn pedestrians about the movement of forklifts. However, whether these lights alone are sufficient to prevent accidents depends on your workplace and the nature of your operations. 

So, to ensure comprehensive safety in your facility, consider implementing a complete safety solution tailored to your specific needs. At SharpEagle, we offer expert consultation services to help you choose the right safety solutions for your business.‍

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Related FAQs

What are the red and blue lights on a forklift?

The red and blue lights on a forklift are safety lights designed to enhance visibility and prevent accidents in manufacturing units, transportation facilities, construction sites, and industries that use forklifts for daily operations. The blue lights are typically mounted on the front and back of the forklift, while red lights are positioned on the sides. Both the lights enhance workplace safety and reduce collisions occurring due to forklifts. 

What lights are required on a forklift?

According to OSHA's powered industrial truck standard, you need headlights, tail, and warning lights. Headlights provide illumination for the operator to see clearly in low-light conditions, while tail lights indicate the rear of the forklift to other workers. OSHA regulations also specify these lights' minimum brightness and placement requirements to ensure adequate safety measures at your workplace. 

What does the red light mean on a forklift?

The red light on a forklift indicates a "halo zone" around the vehicle. It means that the workers should not enter that zone as there is a risk of heavy objects falling off the forklift and causing injury.  It warns the workers to stay clear of the indicated boundary line. Hence, it reduces the risk of injuries for workers. 

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[shadowjackery]

Departing from Antarctica

We land at Williams International, to transfer to the train that will take us south to Orion First Starport. Just another generic big airport, everywhere pandemic posters and ads for McMurdo Ski Lodge, very few windows.

At the train station, we see groundskeepers spraying to kill the wild grasses and flowers that have sprouted in the bare patches exposed by global warming. They're invasive species, you see, and some kill penguins. A few fat, molting rockhoppers, sullen like gang members, block access to the wastebins and charge anyone carrying Moon Fries, hissing. Someone sprayed "FUCK penguins" on a junction box in hi-vis orange, and a group of tourists loudly agree.

The Starport Express arrives, and we embark. Across the land we go, a perfectly straight path, periodic lights stretching forward into the long night. It's a full moon tonight, but cloudy, as it often is down here. The land goes dark, then dim again, then dark, then momentarily bright, then dark again. A long cargo train rumbles past on the return line.

We must have missed seeing the fortified gate to the branch line, but during one bright period, we catch on the horizon the lurking silhouette of the Fuel Depot. Somewhere in there are the peaceful nuclear bombs. I keep watch for the steward while you use your binoculars app -- it's against the rules! Later, I help you identify the dug-in tanks and artillery that surround the armored bunker, the spiderweb of covered trenches that presumably hold shivering infantry. Here and there, twin flags flutter over a strongpoint -- the blue of the UN, and whichever army happens to be in that sector. It seems Italy had the honor this week to be closest to us.

Then it's down the tunnel to the Starport Concourse. Another airport, except the parts we get to see are entirely underground, save for the observation deck, topside, which is overpriced. Down one tunnel is the commercial quarter we've seen in photos, the fields and hangars of standard orbital cargo containers. Down another tunnel is Quarantine. And, it is rumored, yet another tunnel has more military.

But we don't board our launch here. No, after final luggage and health checks, we turn off and stow our devices, don the required bunny suits and face masks, wrap our carry-ons in disposable baggies, then board the bus. It's lead-lined, too heavy for its engine, and lurches slowly into motion, belching the smell of Moon Fries, penetrating even through the masks.

Across the field we roll, the headlights of maintenance vehicles weaving around us. Another horizon away are the lights of our waiting ship. Kids bounce around the cabin. People keep getting up to use the toilet in the back of the bus; last call before launch.

We arrive at the gantry, and they hustle us aboard so we don't slow up the loading of the next cargo container. They spray us down, and we drop the suits, masks, and baggies in the designated receptacle at the passenger lock, keeping the tags as a souvenir. Then we fumble into our cabin, and I doze through the steward's safety video while you take nervous mental notes. But I'm always awake in time for launch.

Your choice of video channels for the festivities: cameras all along the ship, the camera at the distant Control Bunker, or peaceful nature scenes. You tell me it seemed to take forever for the trucks and forklifts to clear the field, scurrying to their safety pits or rattling back over the horizon, and I nod. The steward checks that we're strapped in, scolds us for failing to properly stow and latch one bag and a pair of headphones, sets the air to standard, leaves us again. You switch the AC back on.

Countdown, and the first bomb kicks us in the back. After that, it's easy.

To keep our minds off things, we get into an argument over how much each Orion launch raises global cancer rates and kills penguins, and lament that we're not allowed wifi during takeoff to look up our numbers.

Ageless minutes later, we're orbital. I took my SAS pills because I know free fall makes me hurl. You didn't, because you didn't, and so you do, but it's not too bad, and you even start to feel hungry once we're under acceleration again.

As always, the first dance on the first night out is to the Blue Danube Waltz, as the Moon spins past the ballroom wallscreens, and only a few nerds like us know why.

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Go Back To The 80s With The Hungry Plaice....

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The 80s....What a Decade! I don't mind admitting we are big 80s lovers at The Hungry Plaice, it was the decade of our childhood filled with cheese and the start of the video game revolution and if we could go back in time that's where you would find us, I would love to go back to experience the feelings of being back there but with alot more appreciation for what we had as we didn't have a clue back then how fab that time was. There are loads of 80s revivals around, 80s pop stars relaunching their careers and touring again and TV shows picking up on the 80s themes. We love our 80s vans so much that we currently have two these are our Vintage Fish and Chip Vans Betty and Beryl, we try not to look around and see if there are any more for sale as we would be quite happy to fill up our driveway with more of these beauties!

The 80s was filled with fun, fun and loads more fun from the Neon leggings we all wore to the Arcades full of cool games that we used to play, things back then just seemed so much easier and we were still in the days when it was safe for us kids to be playing out all day without our parents knowing where we were rather than being stuck in your bedroom glued to a game, we enjoyed fresh air and freedom and as long as we were back for tea our parents didn't worry about us. We didn't have rules like we do nowadays, Health and Safety was in it's infancy and as kids we could do pretty much what we wanted, we had metal bars we would swing on in the playground at school with huge concrete stepping stones you'd jump across, I got a scar from banging my nose on one of those in my Primary School and I still think it was character building. At home we had a metal framed bunk bed I'm sure was from MFI, there was a metal netted bottom that the mattress sat on top of, I always used to get my hair tangled up in that and I'm sure I've probably got bald patches from where I had to be cut out to be freed. We had a pampas greenish coloured bathroom set in my childhood home which would be considered Vintage today and lots of brown 80s things around the house like pull down coiled lights in the ceilings. My parents were delighted when they had the chance to put an eye level oven in the kitchen and ditch the freestanding gas oven where you had the grill at the top and try to burn your hands when you were cooking your fish fingers, we did have a microwave at some point and that lead to a rebellion on proper cooking! I remember using libraries alot when I was younger, it was a treat going and picking out books you could take away home, there was a limit to the number that you could have and you had to be careful not to get a fine for taking it back late. Information had to be researched and you couldn't do that from the comfort of home, for school I had to go there to find books on certain subjects and I remember being fascinated when having to use those terminals to look at old newspapers. The music was so much better back then, there was a happiness to songs that just made you want to dance not full of rude words and sexual references like today, we had an array of one hit wonders and big massive stars like Madonna and Kylie, Duran Duran and Wham! The songs still get played today but they sound more superior as we no longer listen to them on cassette tapes.

Cassette Tapes.....they were the days, I forgot how you had to rewind them to the beginning to get to the start and you could use a pencil if the tape pulled out and how there are pauses between songs and of course whilst you can try to to rewind and forward wind you'll never find the start of a song, we are spoilt now that we can do that just by pressing a button. The most embarrassing bit was when I asked my husband if something was wrong with the tape as the pause was going on just a bit too long....he gently reminded me that it was the end of the tape and it needed to be turned over haha!! Of course we all had those high tech Pre MP3/IPod/CD Players to play our music with a set of headphones with the fuzzy ears, my brother had one of the early Sony Walkmans and never let me even see it, I bet that's worth something these days I bought a cheap one off Ebay recently I couldn't help myself! Toys were actual toys there were a few electronic ones around such as Speak & Spell or a talking doll where you had a pull a bit of string and it only said about three words, we really actually played with physical things I had Sindy and some Barbie Dolls in fact I had so much of it I'd carry it all in one of those old large blue plastic shopping bags funny there were sold by Tesco to put into your trolley when they introduced self scanning it seems the technology died a death all those years ago but it now all the range. My brothers had Action Men and loads of model cars, we had a huge floor mat that had map on it with roads and a town that you would drive your model cars around all day on. There were Garbage Pail Kids, Care Bears, Rubix Cubes Train Sets and Scaletrix and as we were a bit more money savvy in those days you'd only get something for your birthday and Christmas not just because your parents wanted you to be quiet!

TV Back in the 80s

When we wanted to watch something on TV we only had a few channels I remember the time before Channel 5 and we had one huge Brown TV in the Lounge where you had to press the buttons on the front to change the channel, I reckon you would have needed a forklift to move the damn thing it was so huge and took up half the room. Days were filled with whatever my parents wanted to watch, there was Rainbow and Playschool when I was little, I remember watching the very first episode of Eastenders (a bad TV habit I dropped a few years ago), programmes were quite limited back then but it wasn't a huge deal because we entertained ourselves as kids, sometimes watching a Film would be a big treat and made special times like Christmas were more exciting sitting down together as a family and watching a film just released on TV that we had never seen before. We didn't mind adverts if we were watching ITV or Channel4 they didn't drag on like you get these days.

I don't remember exactly when Video Recorders came on the market but I know there were Betamax and VHS, we had VHS machine, you could record programmes off the TV and playback at your leisure and you always knew someone who was copying VHS to VHS that would sell you some films. I still used VHS tapes when my daughter was little so they were around all the time I was growing up. Buying a VHS tape was a real treat, you might have been lucky enough to have seen a film in the cinema but there was always a really big delay until they were released on Video or so it seemed. Of course for a really special treat you would go Blockbusters to rent a video but they were quite strict if you forgot your video card I guess computer systems weren't able to let you confirm any of your account details you had!

80s Fashion

Then there was the fashion in the 80s.....wow it was great and brilliant all neon neon neon and bright colours, I had one of those multi coloured white and purple shellsuits and Hi-Tec Trainers. There were punk hairstyles and coloured dyed hair and clothes that didn't match, famous stars created looks from throwing clothes together like Madonna and Boy George. Colours like pink, yellow and blue where everywhere, we had shoulder pads and polka dots, tracksuits and fitness gear, an explosion of trainers and dungarees. There are brands that have come back into fashion nowadays like Kappa and Champion, I wish to god I had kept them all to have them now! We would shop in the local high street and independent fashion shops, I lived in London and would go markets at the weekend, Wembley market was a huge favourite. We had BHS and C&A and a shop called Madhouse in the High Street at the top of the road, I don't really remember when the supermarkets starting selling clothes and the rise of the bigger fashion names back then we were quite limited to only a few shops. I have to mention Woolworths of course, we had one in our high street and I would enjoy just walking around looking at the everything they had including the glorious pick and mix!

Rumbelows.... I remember when you wanted something electrical you could shop at Currys and Comet and even Rumbelows, you always had to go out to buy something and bigger electrical items were never in stock and always had to be ordered and delivered weeks later, we really don't know how lucky we are to have the internet and the ability to order online it saves so much time and give us the freedom of choice to buy from so many different places. Of course the reason we couldn't buy online was because we didn't have the internet in our homes, no mobile phones, I got my first when I was 18 and had to ask permission to call anyone from the house phone, if you wanted to meet your friends you had to arrange it all before you went out and you couldn't check if they were on their way to see you unless you have 10p and phone box nearby. You were lucky if you had a Games Console let alone a Computer....

Gaming in the 80s, well what can I say it put gaming on the map and if it wasn't for those early days I doubt the gaming industry would be what it is today. We had a Spectrum Sinclair 48k first, I'm not even sure what a 48k would be today in terms of processing or storage even a single Word document can be bigger than that. It was bought as a shared present in the family one Christmas and I rarely got to play on it. All I remember is that we had a small black and white TV that we would connect to the computer and you'd have a cassette player connected to, for the Sinclair 128k we had later on I know there was a cassette player connected to the right hand side of the keyboard. Anyway you'd press play and then hear this whizzing buzzing noise whilst the game was loading and the TV would go all fuzzy, sometimes it would take ages and if you had a copy your mate recorded it might not load properly, talk about building your anticipation and then letting you down! The games we had included Daley Thompson, Hungry Horace and Jet Set Willy, I've seen the Spectrum emulator and its a great reminder of the games we had in the days gone by, they now download in seconds....just think what we could have done with all that time we sat staring at a screeching cassette tape player waiting for games to load. We would use the keyboard to play or a joystick if that sort of thing was sold with the Computer you had and your parents could afford one, it was quite easy....left, right, up, down and fire. Us kids would normally have one type of computer, ours was the Spectrum and I know someone on our road had the Commodore and I think there was a Binatone in someone's house, you were royalty if you were lucky enough to have more than one Computer. Handhelds were around then like the Game and Watch ones I don't remember all the different ones they made there were so many sold, we had an early Donkey Kong split screen it was orange on the casing of course I hardly got to play that either, the newer generation of Gaming Consoles like the Sega Megadrive was a big surprise to us kids that you could just put your game in and not long after be playing your game how did that happen! We also had the launch of the Nintendo Gameboy at the end of the decade which changed our gaming lives forever! Another side of gaming that you don't really see today was the Arcades, they were places you hung out with your mates for hours and hours playing Street Fighter and Pac Man, we had a shop on the high street which only had one or two I think it might have been a cafe, when you scored a high score you'd put your three initials in, arcades are mostly for the seaside holidays today full of the boring 2p push machines and fruities, as we know the game industry moved from those high street arcades to bedrooms.... So next time you complain about having to wait whilst you're downloading that highly sophisticated game with the controller I would need a degree to understand how to use think about us kids and our gaming....!

The 80s....wow what a decade

what a time, full of colour, lights and fun, I do wish I could get in a time machine and go back there and have some fun but I know we will never go back to those easy days we will keep moving forwards so instead I'll enjoy our road trips in the vans with the crackling radios....

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More Than Meets the Eye #14- Everything’s Coming Up Overlord

Our issue opens up with a prologue.

Two miles below the surface of the moon, two miners are going at it, as they discuss the merits of their respective tools. As the guy with the pickaxe hits the floor below him, he exposes a bright green light hiding in the ground.

The miners, amazed, make a call to their boss, Momus; the very same Momus who would one day become a Senator and eventually be killed by the Senate for his Decepticon sympathies.

Momus, once made aware of the situation, makes his own call to the Functionist Council, siting that a Code 113- because of COURSE it is- is taking place. The Council responds by shutting down the mine and sending a representative to check things out. The representative claims his name is Three of Twelve, but I know The One Electronic when I friggin’ see him.

The green light, once authenticated, is scheduled for retrieval and “nurturing”. Because Momus is in charge of the mine, and this green light is a super big deal, Three of Twelve grants him the status of Alt-Mode Exempt; he can basically do whatever the hell he wants, free of Functionist meddling. Dang, Whirl should have tried digging one of these things up! Would’ve saved him a lot of heartache.

Guys, c’mon, it’s Momus! You ought to know by now that he’ll fuck you, but he doesn’t fucking need you. You ain’t getting a thing, and you also won’t have any time to unionize, because you’re going to be dead by the end of the day.

That green light turned out to be a spark, the sort of “soul” that a Transformer has at the core of their being. That murderous little ball of light is a robot zygote.

…They really let the guy with the well-documented thing with pregnancy handle the reproductive aspect of the world building, huh?

Anyway, it’s time to see what Milne’s take on Last Stand of the Wreckers looks like.

Wow, that is just the uncoolest line. I mean, wow.

Make note of Overlord’s lips here. We’ll be seeing a lot more of them once the lady robots make an appearance.

Overlord makes quick work of Springer, punching him into the dirt, and we see someone who most certainly was NOT present for the events of Last Stand.

We do that, jumping to the part where Ironfist explodes Overlord with his mind.

He didn’t say that! My immersion in this story about giant space robots is broken!

This obviously leads to Overlord being reduced to a flaming skeleton, and he screams at Chromedome to scoot his boot so he can get at Verity. Chromedome refuses, antagonizes the guy who’s at least three times his size, then initiates a scene change with a literal snap of his fingers.

Lot of good reference material for Chromedome in this issue. Artists take note.

Here is our first taste of mnemosurgery on someone who isn’t dead or dying, as well as our first taste of Chromedome having something resembling self confidence.

Outside of Overlord’s brain foyer, Chromedome stands on a forklift, with both of his horrid, needly hands punched into his patient’s head. Overlord is still very much in the position we saw him in issue #6, hooked up in a full body harness in something called a slow cell.

Overlord, still very sad that he got stood up by Megatron, tells Chromedome to kill him. Chromedome refuses, saying that he wouldn’t even if he could.

Hey, Chromedome. Maybe don’t tell this guy you can’t kill him. Just seems like maybe not the best idea.

Chromedome gets back to work, getting perhaps a bit too comfortable as he pulls himself up a chair from- I dunno, Overlord’s brain aether.

This really is your element, isn’t it, Chromedome? You’re just straight-up power tripping right now. No wonder Rewind has to literally beg you to not do this.

We jump into another one of Overlord’s memories, where’s he’s getting his shit absolutely destroyed by Megatron in a gladiator fight. We get our first taste of information creep as a concept, which is referred to as eidetic decay here.

I wanna know what the purple guy with the blue visor’s face situation is. Don’t think we’ve run into anyone like that before. It’s a little concerning, if I’m being honest.

We move on to the next memory, but it looks like “same shit, different day” is a huge part of who Overlord is as an individual, because it’s just more of him getting whaled on by Megatron.

After this uncomfortably intimate moment, Megatron puts his bucket helmet back on and states that Overlord is finally “ready.”

Ready for what, you might ask?

You remember that obscene sort of fascination of Roberts’ that we keep running into? We’re about to delve into some of that right now. But first- the set up.

We’re in a new memory, in a place called the Foundry, and Overlord’s been stripped down to his robotic skivvies and placed in a large glass tank. Megatron walks up, berating Rossom (of Rossom’s Trinity fame) and saying “to hell with safety protocols, I’m Megatron and I say we make Overlord into a Phase Sixer, meh meh meh.” Shockwave is there.

Rossom’s concerned about this project, because A) they’re going to be using the last of their ununtrium to do this, and B) if it works, Overlord’s going to be the strongest motherfucker ever, and he’ll probably try to kill Megatron.

Ununtrium is something that actually exists in the real world, though it in no way works like it does in MTMTE. Ununtrium is actually an outdated name for the element Nihonium, a synthetic chemical element, whose most stable form has a half-life of 10 seconds. It has no known properties or qualities, because it simply doesn’t last long enough to be studied that in-depth. So why use this element in the story? The answer lies in the placeholder name itself. Ununtrium was named so because it’s the 113th element in the periodic table.

In other words, Ununtrium was used because Roberts is a massive nerd.

Because Overlord’s a Point One Percenter, and in fact that murderous little spark we saw at the beginning of the issue, he ought to be perfectly fine. Shockwave has planted a killswitch in the guy’s brain in case he tries something funny on Megatron.

The narrative is interrupted for a moment as Chromedome chastises Overlord for being kind of sleepy in his memories. Then Chromedome lets something slip that he probably really shouldn’t have.

With the contingencies in place, it’s time to get the Phase Sixer show on the road.

Well, there it is.

Oh, and a bit more.

Overlord thanks Rossom for all his hard work by crushing his skull, and thus the story of how he became a Phase Sixer draws to a close.

Megatron, you had literally zero reason to say that. This is how you can tell Roberts wrote this scene to fuck with people.

Back in the white void, Chromedome’s patting himself on the back over a job well done.  In the background, Overlord’s smiling.

It’s never a good thing when Overlord smiles.

If Chromedome had just kept things professional and didn’t keep bringing up their shared history, Overlord wouldn’t be able to have another flashback- this one’s got Starscream and Thundercracker in it! No word on where Skywarp’s gotten to. Skywarp doesn’t get a ton of attention in IDW Transformers.

The three of them are bombing what appears to be a wasteland, on word from Decepticon intel that there’s something worth looking for in the area. Turns out, intel was right.

Chromedome, suddenly antsy, pulls them out of the memory, demanding to know why this is happening. Overlord just smiles.

Oh, hey Brainstorm. What brings you to the New Institute?

Chromedome, your war crimes are showing! Turns out Mnemosurgery and Shadowplay are the same fucking thing.

As Chromedome assists in what appears to be an empurata in progress, he’s shot in the gut, as present-Chromedome screams and reaches for himself.

Overlord and company release Soundwave, who is in no way grateful for the assist. They leave quickly, Overlord taking Trepan as a souvenir, because that’s just the kind of guy he is. He kidnaps people.

As Chromedome in the past lays bleeding out on the floor, Chromedome in the present decides it’s time to share his feelings.

Prowl did Chromedome a solid after Zeta came into Primehood, and got him an internship at the New Institute. The one time Prowl was nice to his partner, and it’s to hook him up with a job that can and will kill him the more frequently he does it.

Chromedome was so good at poking people in the brain, he got a nickname out of it. That nickname? Chromedome.

Yeah, his real name is Tumbler.

Chromedome remembers himself, and the fact that they shouldn’t be seeing any of this, because Overlord is the patient and he wasn’t there for this info dump.

Overlord’s still smiling.

Overlord may be a lot of things, but he’s no dummy. He took Trepan with him to learn mnemosurgery, in an attempt to learn the secrets of the Achilles Virus Shockwave planted in his brain. He didn’t complete his training, because Megatron caught wind, but major smart boy points to you, Overlord.

Now he’s going to use his own mnemosurgery skills to bust on out of here.

Chromedome, Overlord has been killing fools since literally before he was born, and you basically handed him a rope to hang you with.

SMASH CUT TO:

There he is, Cybertron’s #1 Bastard Bachelor! Of course he’s involved with this!

All that stuff Rung told Fort Max in issue #6, about Overlord’s spark being in a whiteout vacuum? A giant ruddy lie fed to the public, to give High Command a chance to figure out what they were going to do with him.

Prowl, they are MARRIED, you giant space ass.

Prowl has a theory that Phase Sixers aren’t born, but made. We as the readers, of course, already know this, but we’ve got to know where we’ve been before we can figure out where we’re going. He’s invited Chromedome to his office to ask him to mnemosurgery Overlord up and get the secret Krabby Patty formula Phase Sixer recipe.

Chromedome, doesn’t want to do that, though. He wants to live in a peaceful world, where Rewind doesn’t have to worry about his impending, work-related death.

How exactly mnemosurgery kills practitioners is never exactly explained. I, however, have a theory.

We’ve already established that if you inject enough times, you start getting crossover with your patients’ memories in your own brain. We’ve seen it happen with Chromedome in the Annual, and it was vivid enough that he wasn’t sure if the memory of committing suicide by way of Gideon’s Glue was his own or not.

Because Transformers are very similar in bodily functions to humans- because this isn’t hard sci-fi- it stands to reason that more than just memories reside in the brain module. The brain controls movement, organ regulation, chemical balances, all that jazz. 

Where does the line for memory get drawn? Who’s to say that bodily functions wouldn’t start bleeding through the connection? If you can have memories bleed through and have to double-check with someone on whether or not they’re yours, who’s to say that it can’t happen with other parts of the brain? Like programming for your robotic organs? If a patient clearly remembers how hard their fuel pump was going during a stressful situation, does that stress response translate for the surgeon’s body type, or does it stay at what it had been for the original brain? 

If Chromedome’s fuel pump starts going at a rate designed for a guy the size of Fort Max, it’s probably going to explode. 

Getting back to the story at hand, Chromedome says “thanks, but no thanks” and is walking out of the room, when Prowl does something kind of stupid:

He starts threatening to blackmail the guy who has pointy mind-wiper fingers and doesn’t really like him all that much.

This is one of the larger seeds involved with a dropped story plot, in which it would have been revealed that Chromedome had been part of the mission that led to Dominus Ambus’ disappearance. It was seeded very early on in MTMTE, but never came to fruition, mainly due to the fact that Roberts didn’t want to give Chromedome and Rewind’s relationship that much of a trench to jump over. I mean, how would you even handle that, finding out that your current husband was complacent in the disappearance of your first husband? It’d be messy. Way too messy to be wrapped up cleanly. There’s other aspects of that plot thread that I’ll cover later on, but trust me when I say it would have needed its own spin-off series to be properly handled and resolved. A spin-off series that it wouldn’t have gotten.

As it currently stands, the interpretation of what exactly Chromedome did that would warrant him getting cagey here is wide open. Was he involved with the Ostaros situation in Sins of the Wreckers? Did he have a past with a Decepticon that Rewind wouldn’t have approved of? Was he a Decepticon at some point? Does he not like dogs? It’s up to YOU, dear reader!

Prowl’s threat goes about as well as you’d expect.

I mean, really, what did you THINK was going to happen?

Chromedome wipes the memory of making the threat, as well as the information that made the threat possible, then leaves, and Prowl is none the wiser.

Overlord’s not done yet, though. He moves on to the next memory, which involves a giant, naked human. Chromedome enters Brainstorm’s lab, while he’s hard at work on the holomatter avatars. Brainstorm has stolen Perceptor’s sniper sight and is wearing it on his head. Why does he have it? What purpose does it serve him? Who knows!

Drift is accompanying Chromedome on this little visit, and thus the identity of the mystery door-whisperer from issue #12 is revealed.

Watch out for his hands, Drift.

The mystery of the oddly threatening medical drone is also revealed- Brainstorm had them all loaded up with a speech recognition program that would alert Drift whenever Overlord was mentioned.

With introductions to Project: Total Insanity out of the way, it’s time to get technical.

Five seconds for Overlord is thirty minutes for the rest of the Lost Light. In theory, if he somehow broke loose from his bindings and escaped his cell, they’d have plenty of time to scramble the troops and get ready for him.

Let’s see how that theory works when applied to real world testing, shall we?

Overlord gets the code to the cell, thanks to this merry little jaunt inside Chromedome’s brain he’s decided to take, rips free of his bonds, and makes his exit. Chromedome, temporarily paralyzed and mute from the strain of doing such a long deep reading on Overlord, can only watch as he walks out the door, making a promise to find Rewind first when he starts killing everyone on the ship.

Oh man, this next one’s gonna be a doozy.

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