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Lift Truck Training

For handling materials, there are numerous types of industries that make use of powered industrial trucks. In the recycling business, internal combustion powered forklifts are popular. Lift truck operation need operators who are well trained. Training is a requirement in North America, and for good reason. A forklift can cause serious damage to property or personal injury if not operated safely. A forklift that is loaded could weight three times as much as an automobile. Lift trucks are accountable for numerous industrial accidents, either as the primary or the secondary source of the accident. Reports of fatalities or injuries involving both operators or pedestrians are all too commonplace.

Training Requirement

Employers must develop and implement a training program for operators based on four factors: the general principles of safe truck operation, the types of vehicles being used in the workplace, the general safety requirements, based on OSHA and the particular hazards of the workplace. Training combines both practical and formal parts. At the training's completion, operators must 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 subject matters that is relevant to safe lift truck operation.

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