Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are numerous kinds of industries that use powered industrial trucks. In the recycling industry, internal combustion powered forklifts are popular. Lift truck operation requires well trained operators. Within North America, training is a requirement, and for a really good reason. A forklift can cause personal injury or serious damage to property if not operated safely. A forklift which is loaded can weight three times as much as a motor vehicle. Lift trucks are responsible for many industrial accidents, either as the secondary or the primary source of the accident. Reports of injuries or fatalities involving both pedestrians or operators are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators must be developed and implemented by employers. Furthermore, the program must be based on four factors: the types of vehicles being used in 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 training's completion, operators need to pass an assessment showing they have the ability to operate the truck correctly. OSHA also requires that powered industrial truck operators must be trained in certain specified topics that apply to safe lift truck operation.