Sandia Forklift Rodeo highlights safety, accuracy

Media interested in attending this event should call Stephanie Holinka at (505) 284-9227

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Various activities will be featured at Sandia’s seventh annual Forklift Safety Rodeo.

Various activities will be featured at Sandia’s seventh annual Forklift Safety Rodeo.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia hosts the seventh annual Forklift Safety Rodeo, which highlights the skills of more than 85 forklift operators from Sandia, Kirtland Air Force Base, Honeywell, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

The event scheduled for Aug. 6-9 will take place at the former Coronado Club parking lot area on Kirtland Air Force Base. The event allows participants a 30-minute block of time to run through a forklift obstacle course.

Contestants are graded according to a scoring system that assesses the drivers’ driving time, agility, and as well as penalizing their scores for violating any specific forklift driving rules.

The rodeo will culminate in a grand championship the morning of the final day when 15 top-ranked operators will compete for first place. The final rounds will be from 7:30 – 11 a.m. on Aug. 9, with the awards ceremony and lunch at the conclusion of the event.

 

Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. Sandia Labs has major research and development responsibilities in nuclear deterrence, global security, defense, energy technologies and economic competitiveness, with main facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California.

Sandia news media contact

Stephanie Holinka
slholin@sandia.gov
505-284-9227