Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are many kinds of industries that utilize powered industrial trucks. In the recycling business, internal combustion powered forklifts are commonly utilized. Lift truck operation requires well trained operators. In North America, training is a requirement, and for a really good reason. A forklift could inflict personal injury or serious property damage if not safely used. A loaded forklift can weight three times as much as a motor vehicle. Lift trucks are accountable for numerous industrial accidents, either as the primary or the secondary source of the accident. Reports of fatalities or injuries that involve pedestrians or operators are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators must be developed and applied by employers. Additionally, the program must be based on four factors: the general principles of safe truck operation, the types of vehicles being utilized within the workplace, the general safety requirements, based on OSHA and the certain hazards of the workplace. Training combines both practical and formal parts. At the completion of the training, operators must pass an assessment showing they have the ability to properly operate a truck. OSHA also requires that powered industrial truck operators must be trained in certain specific topics that is applicable to safe lift truck operation.