Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are many kinds of industries that make use of powered industrial trucks. In the recycling industry, internal combustion powered forklifts are generally used. Lift truck operation need operators who are well trained. Within North America, training is a requirement, and for good reason. A forklift can inflict personal injury or serious damage to property if not safely utilized. A forklift which is loaded could weight three times as much as an automobile. 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 very commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators should be developed and implemented by employers. Additionally, the program should be based on four factors: the kinds of vehicles being utilized 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 formal and practical 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 specific subject matters which apply to operating a lift truck safely.