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