Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are many types of industries which use powered industrial trucks. In the recycling business, internal combustion powered forklifts are commonly utilized. Lift truck operation need well trained operators. In North America, training is a requirement, and for good reason. A forklift can cause personal injury or serious damage to property if not utilized safely. A loaded forklift can weight three times as much as a car. Lift trucks are responsible for a huge percentage of industrial accidents, either as the primary or the secondary source of the accident. Reports of injuries or fatalities involving pedestrians or operators are all too 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 kinds of vehicles being utilized within the workplace, the specific hazards of the workplace and the general safety requirements, based on OSHA. Training includes both practical and formal components. 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 powered industrial truck operators must be trained in certain specified subject matters that is applicable to safe lift truck operation.