Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are numerous kinds of industries that make use of powered industrial trucks. In the recycling business, internal combustion powered forklifts are commonly used. Lift truck operation need operators who are well trained. Within North America, training is a requirement, and for good reason. A forklift can inflict personal injury or serious property damage if not safely used. A loaded forklift can weight three times as much as an automobile. Lift trucks are accountable for many industrial accidents, either as the secondary or the primary source of the accident. Reports of fatalities or injuries involving both operators or pedestrians are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
Employers must develop and apply a training program for operators based on four factors: the types of vehicles being used within the workplace, the general principles of safe truck operation, the general safety requirements, according to OSHA and the certain hazards of the workplace. Training includes both formal and practical components. 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 should be trained in certain specific topics which is applicable to safe lift truck operation.