Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are numerous types of industries which utilize powered industrial trucks. In the recycling business, internal combustion powered forklifts are popular. Lift truck operation requires well trained operators. Training is a requirement in North America, and for good reason. A forklift can cause personal injury or serious property damage if not used safely. A forklift that is loaded could weight three times as much as a motor vehicle. Lift trucks are accountable for many industrial accidents, either as the secondary or the primary source of the accident. Reports of fatalities or injuries involving both operators or pedestrians are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators should be developed and implemented by employers. What's more, the program must be based on four factors: the kinds of vehicles being used in the workplace, the general principles of safe truck operation, the general safety requirements, according to OSHA and the certain hazards of the workplace. Training includes both formal and practical components. 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 powered industrial truck operators should be trained in certain specified subject matters which is applicable to safe lift truck operation.