Lift Truck Training
Many industries utilize powered industrial trucks for material handling. In the recycling industry, internal combustion powered forklifts are commonly used. Lift truck operation need well trained operators. Within North America, training is a requirement, and for a really good reason. A forklift could inflict serious damage to property or personal injury if not utilized safely. A forklift that is loaded could weight three times as much as an automobile. 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 pedestrians or operators are all very commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators must be developed and applied by employers. Also, the program must be based on four factors: the types of vehicles being used within the workplace, the general principles of safe truck operation, the specific 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 must pass an assessment showing they have the ability to operate the truck properly. OSHA also requires that powered industrial truck operators must be trained in certain specific subject matters which apply to safely operating a lift truck.