Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are many types of industries that utilize powered industrial trucks. In the recycling business, internal combustion powered forklifts are popular. Lift truck operation need well trained operators. Training is a requirement within North America, and for a very good reason. A forklift could cause personal injury or serious property damage if not used safely. 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 both pedestrians or operators are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators should be developed and implemented by employers. Moreover, the program should be based on four factors: the kinds of vehicles being utilized in the workplace, the general principles of safe truck operation, the specific hazards of the workplace and the general safety requirements, based on OSHA. Training includes both formal and practical components. At the training's completion, operators have to pass an assessment showing they have the ability to operate the truck correctly. OSHA also requires that operators of powered industrial trucks should be trained in certain specified topics which is relevant to safely operating a lift truck.