Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are numerous types of industries that 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 can inflict personal injury or serious property damage if not safely operated. A loaded forklift can weight three times as much as an automobile. Lift trucks are accountable for many industrial accidents, either as the secondary or the primary source of the accident. Reports of injuries or fatalities involving pedestrians or operators are all very commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators should be developed and applied by employers. Also, the program must be based on four factors: the general principles of safe truck operation, the types of vehicles being utilized in the workplace, the general safety requirements, according to OSHA and the certain hazards of the workplace. Training combines both formal and practical components. At the completion of the training, operators have to pass an assessment showing they have the ability to operate the truck correctly. OSHA also requires that powered industrial truck operators should be trained in certain specific subject matters that is relevant to safe lift truck operation.