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