Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are numerous types of industries that make use of powered industrial trucks. In the recycling business, internal combustion powered forklifts are commonly used. Lift truck operation requires operators who are well trained. Within North America, training is a requirement, and for a really good reason. A forklift can cause 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 responsible for numerous industrial accidents, either as the primary or the secondary source of the accident. Reports of fatalities or injuries involving both operators or pedestrians are all very commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators must be developed and implemented by employers. Moreover, the program should be based on four factors: the general principles of safe truck operation, the types of vehicles being utilized within the workplace, the certain hazards of the workplace and the general safety requirements, according to OSHA. Training combines both practical and formal parts. At the completion of the training, operators should pass an assessment showing they have the ability to operate the truck properly. OSHA also requires that operators of powered industrial trucks should be trained in certain specified subject matters which apply to safe lift truck operation.