Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are many kinds of industries which use powered industrial trucks. In the recycling industry, internal combustion powered forklifts are generally utilized. Lift truck operation need operators who are well trained. Within North America, training is a requirement, and for a really good reason. A forklift can inflict personal injury or serious damage to property if not safely utilized. A forklift that is loaded can weight three times as much as a car. Lift trucks are responsible for a huge percentage of industrial accidents, either as the primary or the secondary source of the accident. Reports of fatalities or injuries which involve operators or pedestrians are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators should be developed and implemented by employers. Also, 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 specific hazards of the workplace and the general safety requirements, based on OSHA. Training combines both practical and formal components. 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 operating a lift truck safely.