Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are numerous types of industries that utilize powered industrial trucks. In the recycling business, internal combustion powered forklifts are generally used. Lift truck operation requires operators who are well trained. Training is a requirement within North America, and for a really good reason. A forklift could cause personal injury or serious property damage if not safely operated. A forklift which is loaded 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 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 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, based on OSHA. Training includes both formal and practical parts. At the completion of the training, operators need to pass an assessment showing they have the ability to correctly operate a truck. OSHA also requires that operators of powered industrial trucks should be trained in certain specific subject matters that apply to safely operating a lift truck.