Details
This online training course can help you:
• Meet compliance-based safety requirements
• Reduce risks of accidents and injury on and off the job
• Lower insurance premiums, workers compensation claims and lost work hours
• Improve employee morale and retention
This course provides academic background; theory and exercises required to understand standard safety practices and habits for the safe operation of forklifts, including: forklift physics, proper operation procedures, rules, forklift safety practices, general maintenance and safe refueling/recharging procedures. Hands-on driver training is required for the specific forklift models in employed.
Learning Objectives:
• Define forklift physics
• Specify proper forklift operation procedures (speed, turns, 8 inch rule, overhead clearance)
• Identify proper forklift safety practices (pinch points, proper use of forks, surroundings, intersections, tip-overs)
• Identify general forklift preventative maintenance practices
• Specify safe refueling and recharging procedures
Intended Audience:
Employees operating and servicing forklifts.
Primary Regulations:
• OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178, Powered Industrial Trucks
Related Regulations:
• OSHA 29 CFR 1910.110, Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases
• OSHA 29 CFR 1910.176, Handling Materials
• OSHA 29 CFR 1910.177, Servicing Multi-piece and Single Piece Rim Wheels
• OSHA 29 CFR 1915.120, Shipyard Employment
• Powered Industrial Truck Operator Training
