Forklift Safety

Forklift Safety provides comprehensive training for first time operators. The program uses broadcast-quality video, graphics, and animation to explain how a forklift works. This highly interactive course provides in-depth discussion on inspection, load handling, rated capacity, stability, and how to maintain a forklift s center of gravity.
The last lesson in this course consists of numerous participation exercises that evaluate your worker s knowledge of forklift safety. In all, your workers will participate in over twenty-five interactions by the time they complete the course.
A related course for annual re-certification is available for retraining and testing experienced forklift operators. Forklift Annual Refresher is based on the complete content of this course.
TOPICS
The course presents interactive instruction
covering the following topical areas:

Stability
How a Forklift Works
Rated Capacity
The Stability Triangle
Testing the Load
Inspection
Before Start-up: Basic Parts
Before Start-up: Battery-Operated Trucks
Before Start-up: LP Trucks
Before Start-up: Fuel Tanks
After Start-up
Inspection Forms
Operation
Picking Up a Load
Traveling: Fork Positioning
Traveling: Poor Visibility
Traveling: Driving on Inclines
Traveling: Traffic Rules
Traveling: Stopping
Traveling: Traveling: Parking
Putting Down a Load: Basic Procedures
Putting Down a Load: Stacking Procedures
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
This course will measure mastery on each of the following performance objectives. Upon completion, workers will be able to...
Maintain a forklift s stability
1. Define Rated Capacity .
2. Identify the three factors influencing the ability of a forklift.
3. Locate a forklift s rated capacity.
4. Assess the stability of a forklift by applying the stability triangle concept.
5. Judge a forklift s ability to handle various loads at differing load centers.
Perform required forklift inspections
1. Recall forklift parts requiring inspection.
2. Locate places to check for leaking fluids.
3. Identify equipment start-up inspection procedures.
4. Explain the use of inspection forms.
Safely pick up a load
1. Choose steps to properly pick up a load.
Safely travel with a load
1. Explain the need to tilt the mast back to stabilize the load.
2. Agree to never raise the load while moving.
3. Choose the correct fork position while traveling.
4. Identify proper driving procedures.
Safely stack a load
1. Describe proper stacking procedures when putting down a load.
2. Identify dangers of high stacking.