Forklift Safety

Forklift Safety
Since a large percentage of accidents and fatalities are due to operator inexperience, powered industrial truck operators must be trained and competent. The following are resources and regulation for their safe operation.

OSHA Safety and Health Topics: Forklifts-Powered Industrial Trucks 
Each year, tens of thousands of injuries related to powered industrial trucks (PIT), or forklifts, occur in US workplaces. Many employees are injured when lift trucks are inadvertently driven off loading docks, lifts fall between docks and an unsecured trailer, they are struck by a lift truck, or when they fall while on elevated pallets and tines.

SafetyInfo.Com: Forklift Safety 
This chapter applies to all powered industrial tucks, hoists & lifting gear. The information in this chapter shall be used to train prospective industrial truck operators and provide the basis for refresher and annual retraining. OSHA reference for Powered Industrial Trucks is 1910.178.

Safety Meeting Presentation: Forklift Safety
About 100 workers are killed each year as a result of forklift accidents. About 1/4 of these fatalities are caused by overturning. Other common causes are workers being struck by materials, workers being struck by the forklift, and workers falling from the forklift.

Safety Issues while working with Forklifts 
Forklifts are made to facilitate peoples work. But what are they, exactly? Well, forklifts are industrial vehicles made to replace manual lifting and manual work. It has arms or "forks" located at the front of the vehicle that are used to lift, lower, stack and unstack heavy loads.

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Because Industrial Trucks are such powerful and heavy pieces of equipment, when one is involved in an accident, it is usually serious.
Industrial Trucks can inflict a great deal of damage and cause major injuries. Forklift/Powered Industrial Truck Safety Each of the sections covers important information in one topic area, providing employees with the basis for understanding the basic concepts of Forklift/Powered Industrial Truck Safety