Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are many types of industries that utilize powered industrial trucks. In the recycling industry, internal combustion powered forklifts are popular. Lift truck operation need operators who are well trained. Training is a requirement within North America, and for good reason. A forklift could inflict personal injury or serious damage to property if not operated safely. A forklift which is loaded could weight three times as much as a car. Lift trucks are accountable for a large percentage of 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
Employers should develop and apply a training program for operators based on four factors: the types of vehicles being used within the workplace, the general principles of safe truck operation, the particular hazards of the workplace and the general safety requirements, based on OSHA. Training includes both practical and formal parts. At the training's completion, operators must pass an assessment showing they have the ability to properly operate a truck. OSHA also requires that operators of powered industrial trucks must be trained in certain specific subject matters that apply to safely operating a lift truck.