Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are many types of industries which make use of powered industrial trucks. In the recycling industry, internal combustion powered forklifts are generally utilized. Lift truck operation requires well trained operators. Within North America, training is a requirement, and for a really good reason. A forklift can cause serious property damage or personal injury if not safely used. A forklift which 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 pedestrians or operators are all very commonplace.
Training Requirement
Employers should develop and implement a training program for operators based on four factors: the kinds of vehicles being utilized within the workplace, the general principles of safe truck operation, the certain hazards of the workplace and the general safety requirements, according to OSHA. Training combines both formal and practical components. At the completion of the training, operators must pass an assessment showing they have the ability to operate the truck properly. OSHA also requires that operators of powered industrial trucks must be trained in certain specified subject matters which apply to operating a lift truck safely.