Lift Truck Training
A lot of industries use powered industrial trucks for material handling. In the recycling business, internal combustion powered forklifts are popular. Lift truck operation requires well trained operators. Training is a requirement within North America, and for a very good reason. A forklift can cause personal injury or serious damage to property if not utilized safely. A forklift which is loaded could weight three times as much as a motor vehicle. 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 pedestrians or operators are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators must be developed and applied by employers. Additionally, the program should be based on four factors: the kinds of vehicles being utilized in the workplace, the general principles of safe truck operation, the certain hazards of the workplace and the general safety requirements, based on OSHA. Training combines both practical and formal parts. At the training's completion, operators should pass an assessment showing they have the ability to operate the truck correctly. OSHA also requires that powered industrial truck operators must be trained in certain specified topics that is applicable to safely operating a lift truck.