Forklift Safety. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed a total of $119,500 in fines against an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based delivery carrier, for alleged willful, repeat and serious safety violations following an inspection at the company’s Manchester, N.H., service center.

The inspection was prompted by an Oct. 3, 2007, accident in which an employee died when he was crushed beneath the forklift he was operating after it went off the edge of a loading dock. OSHA’s inspection found that the employee had not been using the forklift’s seatbelt, and the company had not trained him and other forklift operators to follow the manufacturer’s guideline that seatbelts be used during operation. Read the rest of this entry »

Forklift Safety: Steer Clear of Hazards PowerPoint & Booklet Kit

Forklifts are valuable tools in the workplace because they allow you to move heavy or bulky materials easily and efficiently. They are important and commonly used vehicles—but they are also dangerous.According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), there are approximately 35,000serious injuries involving forklifts each year. That’s why OSHA created a standard (20CFR 1910.178) that spells out regulations and requirements.This new PowerPoint kit gives you a training class and comes with interactive take away 16-page booklet that involves your employees and holds their attention with photos and real-life situationsafter the training class is over. Covers all of OSHA’s key forklift training points and basic safety precautions.

Topics include:

OSHA Standard

Forklift Design

Inspection Procedures

Loading / Unloading Characteristics & Procedures

Rules of Operation

Hazardous Conditions

This easy-to-use kit makes training convenient, fast and thorough. It includes everything you need:

Fully customizable 30-slide PowerPoint presentation with comprehensive speaker’s notes

20 employee booklets and a voucher to purchase unlimited copies at an additional 10% savings

Training certificate that you can personalize, print, and customize with your company’s specific requirements

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Forklift Safety Training Video and other powered industrial trucks are indispensable to most companies. They are rugged, powerful tools that save time, money and effort. But the same qualities that make them helpful can also make them dangerous. Using powered industrial trucks results in over 100 fatalities and over 35,000 serious injuries each year. When used incorrectly, or if forklifts and other trucks are not properly maintained, they can do significant damage.

MARCOM’s Forklift/Powered Industrial Truck Safety training products have been specifically created to assist facilities in complying with OSHA’s Powered Industrial Truck Standard. Topics covered in these products include:

• OSHA’s certification process.
• The seven classes of industrial trucks.
• Equipment checkout and maintenance.
• A forklift’s stability triangle.
• Safe operating procedures.
• Lifting and lowering loads.
• Trucks and loading docks.
• and more!

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