Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are many kinds of industries that utilize 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 very good reason. A forklift can inflict serious damage to property or personal injury if not safely used. A loaded forklift could weight three times as much as an automobile. Lift trucks are accountable for numerous industrial accidents, either as the secondary or the primary source of the accident. Reports of injuries or fatalities involving pedestrians or operators are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators must be developed and applied by employers. Moreover, 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 certain hazards of the workplace and the general safety requirements, according to 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 which apply to safe lift truck operation.