Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are many types of industries that use powered industrial trucks. In the recycling business, internal combustion powered forklifts are normally used. Lift truck operation need operators who are well trained. In North America, training is a requirement, and for a really good reason. A forklift could cause personal injury or serious damage to property if not safely used. A loaded forklift 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 both operators or pedestrians are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators must 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 used within the workplace, the particular hazards of the workplace and the general safety requirements, according to OSHA. Training includes both formal and practical parts. At the completion of the training, operators need to pass an assessment showing they have the ability to operate the truck properly. OSHA also requires that operators of powered industrial trucks should be trained in certain specific subject matters that is applicable to safe lift truck operation.