Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are many kinds of industries that utilize powered industrial trucks. In the recycling industry, internal combustion powered forklifts are normally utilized. Lift truck operation requires operators who are well trained. Within North America, training is a requirement, and for good reason. A forklift can inflict serious property damage or personal injury if not safely utilized. A forklift which is loaded can weight three times as much as a car. Lift trucks are accountable for many industrial accidents, either as the secondary or the primary source of the accident. Reports of injuries or fatalities that involve operators or pedestrians are all very commonplace.
Training Requirement
Employers should develop and implement a training program for operators based on four factors: the general principles of safe truck operation, the types of vehicles being used in the workplace, the specific hazards of the workplace and the general safety requirements, based on OSHA. Training includes both practical and formal components. At the completion of the training, operators should pass an assessment showing they have the ability to correctly operate a truck. OSHA also requires that powered industrial truck operators must be trained in certain specific subject matters that is applicable to safe lift truck operation.