OSHA Safety: Introduction to Powered Industrial Trucks

Approximately 100 fatalities and 20,000 serious injuries in general industry and construction occur annually due to powered industrial truck related accidents. With such staggering statistics, an employer is morally and legally obligated to take every safety precaution possible when dealing with powered industrial trucks. This course focuses not only on the OSHA standards for properly training employees to operate industrial trucks, but also the rules and regulations that must be followed to safely operate forklifts.

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Course Details

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify the common safety features and working dimensions of forklifts
  • Describe how forklifts operate
  • Recall general safety considerations associated with forklift operation
  • Describe tasks that are performed during typical forklift startup and preventive inspections
  • Explain the basic principles and theory of forklift stability and describe how they affect forklift operation
  • List general guidelines for handling loads safely with a forklift
  • Identify required operating training requirements

Specs

Course Level Fundamental
Languages English
Compatibility Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

Dan Hannan

Dan Hannan is a certified safety professional – a designation awarded through the Board of Certified Safety Professionals – and an OSHA-authorized outreach trainer. For the past 28 years, he has provided professional environmental, health and safety services to the oil and gas, construction, manufacturing and ethanol industries. His work has included project safety management, compliance auditing, risk assessment, training and program development.

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