Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are numerous types of industries which use powered industrial trucks. In the recycling industry, internal combustion powered forklifts are popular. Lift truck operation need operators who are well trained. In North America, training is a requirement, and for a very good reason. A forklift can inflict personal injury or serious damage to property if not safely operated. A loaded forklift 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 that involve operators or pedestrians are all very commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators should be developed and applied by employers. Moreover, the program should be based on four factors: the general principles of safe truck operation, the types of vehicles being used within the workplace, the certain hazards of the workplace and the general safety requirements, according to OSHA. Training includes 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 powered industrial truck operators should be trained in certain specific subject matters which apply to operating a lift truck safely.