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