Enhance your operational safety and maintain full compliance with our comprehensive Forklift Training resources. Because powered industrial trucks (PITs) operate under unique physical principles like the stability triangle, specialized operator training is the most effective way to prevent tip-overs, collisions, and pedestrian injuries.
Our category archives provide expert guidance on essential forklift safety topics, including:
– OSHA §1910.178 Compliance: Understanding the mandatory triad of formal instruction, practical demonstrations, and workplace performance evaluations.
– Load Manipulation & Stability: Best practices for handling unbalanced loads, determining center of gravity, and calculating rated capacity.
– Workplace Hazards: Strategies for navigating narrow aisles, high-traffic pedestrian zones, and obstructed intersections.
– Inspection & Maintenance: Daily pre-shift routines to identify faulty hydraulics, worn forks, and malfunctioning safety devices.
– Refresher Training: Identifying the critical triggers for retraining, such as near-miss incidents, equipment changes, or workplace alterations.
Whether you are preparing a new hire for certification or managing a three-year re-evaluation, these resources offer the actionable training data needed to protect your team and ensure a zero-incident warehouse environment.
Forklifts, or powered industrial trucks, are essential tools in many workplaces. These machines can lift, carry, and maneuver heavy loads with ease, making jobs faster and safer, if operated correctly. But when they’re not? Cue the chaos. In this guide, we’ll break down OSHA’s Powered Industrial Truck Standard, 29 CFR 1910.178, and give you safety …
OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) estimates that, prior to its inception in 1971, some 14,000 workers were killed on the job each year. Though the most recent accident statistics are not yet complete, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show just 4,679 workplace deaths in 2014, up a little from 2012 (4,628) …
It doesn’t take much to convince someone that forklift safety is vital in preventing forklift injuries and even deaths. The truth of the matter is that forklifts are heavy pieces of dangerous equipment that require safe operation and maintenance. That said, a forklift safety program is vital for companies that typically use forklifts in their …
