Forklift 1  Forklift Safety Training 

Accident Avoidance Think Safety!

1. Be familiar with your safety system, its rules, and comply with them.
2. Know who is in charge; know your safety officer, in every situation.

3. Safety is everyone’s responsibility, but primarily yours:
1. Protect yourself; you are your company's, your family's most valuable asset
2. Watch out for others around you
3. Protect those under your supervision

4. Know what disciplinary action applies in safety violations and enforce your areas of responsibility.
5. When working, pace yourself- not too slow, not too fast.
6. Accidents happen when you least expect them, when you are tired, emotionally upset, not concentrating on the job, working when tired or on overtime, when you are in a hurry and when you think you know it all or are showing off.
7. Approach every piece of equipment with the same question: Is it safe?
8. Check out equipment before operating it, just like you would your personal car or some object given to your child.
9. When leaving any equipment unattended, make sure it is shut-down and secured.
10. Be thoroughly trained in your companies Lockout and Tag-out procedures.
11. Never work under the influence of any alcohol or drugs.  Remember even non-prescription drugs have side effects, e.g. can make you drowsy. Alcohol and drugs often make you feel more capable then you really are, whereas they universally impair your motor responses. They also may take many hours or even days to fully leave your system.
12. Avoid "Walk-mans," dark sunglasses or anything that impairs your sight or hearing.
13. Observe special care when new on the job, doing a new job, or con­versely, when you are bored.
14. Keep up-to-date on changing rules and requirements.
15. Equipment: Never operate it unless you’ve been properly instructed.
16. Never assume any equipment is safe.  All equipment is potentially dangerous. Take proper precautions check: for yourself, whenever possible.
17. Prepare in advance for emergencies.  Have proper safety equipment, use safety equipment, have first aid readily available, know procedures.
18. Do not "short-cut" safety.  Don't take chances.
19. If you are ever uncertain, don't do it.
20. Know your equipment's capabilities and limitations, safety features and hazards.
21. Remember:  Safety really does pay, both in terms of health, lives and money.
22. It is very seldom advisable to modify equipment.
23. Special precautions are usually advisable when carrying passengers on any equipment or raising a person to work aloft.
24. These safety rules are general in nature, because it is impossible to be trained for all situations.  You are better prepared if you can apply these general rules with your specific instructions.

You can get trained and certified right Here, right Now. Certifications for Operators cost $59. Trainers get both Operator and Trainer certifications for $95. Email me at usaforklift@yahoo.com Pay with Zelle or suggest a way you prefer. You don't have to pay first. I'm happy to explain the procedures, send you materials, and help you make sure it's right for you. No problem. It's my job! Thanks. Tom. 

The U.S. Department of Labor in SHIB 03-09-30 prohibits most youth under the age of 18 from operating forklifts – powered industrial trucks.