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Training
- Powered Industrial Trucks.
OSHA, (1999). Includes downloadable outreach training materials for the powered industrial truck
operator training standard.
- National Ag Safety Database (NASD)
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Forklifts. Includes summaries of regulations and evaluations of
accidents involving forklifts.
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Forklifts and Pallet Jacks. Lists video abstracts that are relevant to agricultural
safety.
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Forklift Safety.
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Provides
resources and regulations for truck operator safety.
- Ten Steps to Forklift Safety. Navy Safety Center, 152 KB PDF, 3 pages.
Presents ten main forklift safety rules in a downloadable training brochure.
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Office of Hazardous Materials Safety. US Department of Transportation
(DOT),
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).
- How to Use the Hazardous Materials Regulations CFR 49 Parts 100 to 185.
217 KB PDF, 30 pages.
Provides a simple overview of the complex set of hazardous materials
regulations and includes a compliance checklist.
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Training Requirements. Defines a HAZMAT employee as someone who works for a HAZMAT employer and directly affects HAZMAT transportation safety, including:
An owner-operator of a motor vehicle which transports HAZMAT; a person (including a self-employed person) who:
- Loads, unloads, or handles HAZMAT;
- Tests, reconditions, repairs, modifies, marks, or otherwise represents packagings as qualified for use in the transportation of HAZMAT;
- Prepares HAZMAT for transportation;
- Is responsible for safety of transporting HAZMAT; or
- Operates a vehicle used to transport HAZMAT.
HAZMAT employer means a company with employees involved in:
- Transporting HAZMAT in commerce;
- Causing HAZMAT to be transported or shipped in commerce; or
- Representing, marking, certifying, selling, offering, reconditioning, testing, repairing, or modifying packagings as qualified for use in the transportation of HAZMAT.
(The term "HAZMAT employer" also includes any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, a State, a
political subdivision of a State, or an Indian tribe engaged in offering or transporting HAZMAT in commerce).
Note: To find additional
material, perform a search using the keywords "forklift
safety" or "forklift training" with any search engine to
find many private companies who provide forklift safety
training services, including videos, written programs,
operation training, and more.
Other Resources
OSHA Cooperative Programs
OSHA cooperative programs support agency outreach and assistance efforts. OSHA's
consultation projects, partners, and allies serve as ambassadors for OSHA, disseminating information and best practices.
OSHA cooperative programs include:
- Alliance Program
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OSHA Renews Alliance with the Industrial Truck Association. OSHA Trade News Release,
(2006, April 27).
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OSHA and International Warehouse Logistics Association Renew Alliance. OSHA
Trade
News Release, (2006, March 2).
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OSHA Aligns with International Warehouse Logistics Association. OSHA Trade News Release, (2004, February 17). Focuses on protecting employees’ safety and
health, including hard-to-reach and youth workers, by addressing material
handling, forklift safety and Hazard Communication (HAZCOM).
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OSHA, Industrial Truck Association form Alliance. OSHA Trade
News Release, (2004, January 15). The Alliance encourages and
promotes the training of operators based on the agency's operator
training standard and also focuses on issues concerning youth workers.
- Find a Cooperative Program
- Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP).
Identifies a select group of facilities that have
designed and implemented outstanding health and safety programs. Star participants meet all VPP requirements. Merit
participants have demonstrated the potential and willingness to achieve Star program status, and are implementing
planned steps to fully meet all Star requirements.
The following are VPP participants that are
major users of powered industrial trucks:
Current Sites in the VPP by Industry (SIC)
As of July 31, 2008
Trucking and Warehousing
SIC 42
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4210 |
USPS Baton Rouge Processing & Distributing Ctr., Baton Rouge, LA (Star) |
4213 |
Westpoint Stevens Valley, AL (Star) |
4220 |
PACTIV Logistics
Operations Temple, TX (Star) |
4221 |
Frito-Lay, Inc. Gothenburg, NE (Star) |
4226 |
Westway Jacksonville, FL (Star) |
4226 |
DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Bayou Choctaw Plaquemine, LA (Star) |
4226 |
IP McBean Woodyard Waynesboro, GA (Star) |
4226 |
DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations, Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Freeport, TX (Star) |
4226 |
IP Dry Creek Woodyard Prattville, AL (Star) |
4226 |
IP Riverdale Wet Storage Selma, AL (Star)
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4310 |
USPS Glens Falls Post Office Glens Falls, NY (Merit) |
Wholesale Trade
(Durable Goods)
SIC 50
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5031 |
Weyerhaeuser Service Center Cleveland, OH (Star) |
5031 |
Georgia Pacific Lawrenceville, GA (Merit) |
Wholesale Trade
(Non-Durable Goods)
SIC 51
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5147 |
Aurora New City Packing Company North Aurora, IL (Star) |
5149 |
Tropicana Linden, NJ (Star) |
5170 |
DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Winnie, TX (Merit) |
5170
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DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations West Hackberry, LA (Star) |
5191 |
CF Industries Peru, IL (Star) |
5191 |
CF Industries Aurora, NE (Star) |
5191 |
CF Industries St. Louis, MO (Star) |
5191 |
CF Industries Seneca Terminal, Seneca IL (Star) |
5191 |
Occidental Chemical Cincinnati, OH (Star) |
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