Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are numerous types of industries which make use of powered industrial trucks. In the recycling business, internal combustion powered forklifts are normally used. Lift truck operation requires operators who are well trained. Within North America, training is a requirement, and for a really good reason. A forklift could cause serious property damage or personal injury if not utilized safely. A loaded forklift can weight three times as much as a car. Lift trucks are responsible for many industrial accidents, either as the secondary or the primary source of the accident. Reports of fatalities or injuries involving operators or pedestrians are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators must be developed and applied by employers. In addition, 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, based on OSHA. Training combines both practical and formal parts. At the training's completion, operators should pass an assessment showing they have the ability to operate the truck properly. OSHA also requires that operators of powered industrial trucks should be trained in certain specified subject matters that is applicable to safely operating a lift truck.