Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are many types of industries that use powered industrial trucks. In the recycling industry, internal combustion powered forklifts are popular. Lift truck operation need well trained operators. In North America, training is a requirement, and for a really good reason. A forklift can inflict personal injury or serious property damage if not safely operated. A loaded forklift can weight three times as much as an automobile. Lift trucks are accountable for numerous industrial accidents, either as the secondary or the primary source of the accident. Reports of fatalities or injuries which involve operators or pedestrians are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators should be developed and implemented by employers. Moreover, the program should be based on four factors: the kinds of vehicles being utilized within the workplace, the general principles of safe truck operation, the general safety requirements, according to OSHA and the specific hazards of the workplace. Training includes both practical and formal parts. At the completion of the training, operators need to pass an assessment showing they have the ability to correctly operate a truck. OSHA also requires that operators of powered industrial trucks must be trained in certain specified subject matters that is relevant to safely operating a lift truck.