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Lift Truck Training

For handling materials, there are numerous kinds of industries that use powered industrial trucks. In the recycling industry, internal combustion powered forklifts are popular. 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 cause personal injury or serious damage to property if not safely operated. A forklift which is loaded can weight three times as much as a car. Lift trucks are responsible for many industrial accidents, either as the secondary or the primary source of the accident. Reports of injuries or fatalities which involve operators or pedestrians are all very 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 kinds of vehicles being used within the workplace, the general safety requirements, based on OSHA and the specific hazards of the workplace. Training combines both practical and formal parts. At the training's completion, operators should pass an assessment showing they have the ability to operate the truck properly. OSHA also requires that powered industrial truck operators must be trained in certain specified topics which is applicable to operating a lift truck safely.

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