Labour market · 30/01/1996

Powered Industrial Truck Operator Training

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is proposing to revise the Agency's construction safety standard that mandates the training of powered industrial truck operators. These revisions are being proposed to reduce the number of injuries and deaths that have continued to occur as a result of inadequate truck operator training. The proposal is a follow-up to a parallel proposal to improve truck operator training in the general and maritime industries that was published in the Federal Register on March 14, 1995. The proposed operator training requirements would mandate the development of a training program that bases the amount and type of training on the prior knowledge of the trainee and the ability of that trainee to acquire, retain, and use the knowledge and skills that are necessary to safely operate a powered industrial truck. A periodic evaluation of each operator's performance would also be required. Refresher or remedial training would be required, if unsafe vehicle operation, an accident or near miss, or other deficiencies were identified in this periodic evaluation. Today, OSHA also is publishing a Federal Register notice reopening the comment period for