License Re-Certifications and Assessments
At 9:00 a.m. on June 2, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker were constructing a carport. Employee #1, working from a basket attached to the forks of a rough terrain forklift, was placing purlins on top of the carport.
His coworker was operating the forklift. Employee #1 needed to move forward to extend the purlins. His coworker began to move the forklift forward. The coworker then inadvertently hit the accelerator when he meant to hit the brake.
Employee #1 was caught between the steel support and the forklift, and his head and neck sustained crushing injuries. Employee #1 was killed.
What is the Operator Doing Incorrectly?
In the videos below, what are the operators and employees doing incorrectly?
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Excessive speed?
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Failure to use the horn?
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Repeatedly looks away while the truck is in motion?
What else do you see? These videos are perfect examples as to why OSHA requires a re-evaluation of an operator's performance every three years.
Are these types of operations something that a supervisor or manager should have identified and corrected?
Would these types of operations lead to potentially devastating impacts to people's lives? Could this lead to some critical financial impacts to the business?
It's critical that your forklift and equipment operators are evaluated and re-certified as OSHA requires in their 29 CFR 1910.178 standard?
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What Does
OSHA Require?
Forklift license re-certification and operator assessments are required by OSHA every three years to ensure your operators maintain the requisite knowledge and skillset to continue to operate the equipment safely.
It does not matter to OSHA if your employees are operating sit-down forklifts, stand-up forklifts, electric walkie riders, boom lifts, order pickers/cherry pickers, swing reach trucks, or any other type of powered industrial truck.
OSHA requires employers to re-evaluate and, if necessary, re-train their equipment operators to ensure competence to operate equipment safely.
There are other training / re-training requirements spelled-out, such as if anything changes within the employee's work area, if the employee is involved in an accident or incident, or if the employee switches to a different type of equipment, or if something changes within the workplace.
Employee Forklift Training provides re-certification evaluation across all types of material handling equipment. A license or operator re-certification evaluation is not an equipment training program.
Employees receive no instruction as it relates to knowledge or skills. It is presumed that the operator maintains the required operator knowledge and skills and the instructor is there to make the necessary assessments on behalf of the employer.
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Why License
Re-certification?
If your business has a group of employees who only require a re-certification of their licenses, we suggest going with our re-certification program.
This keeps training costs low and evaluation times as short as possible. Employees who are trained and can demonstrate the knowledge and skills should not be pulled off the floor to sit through training unnecessarily.
Our forklift and material handling equipment license re-certification program is delivered in two modules.
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Knowledge assessment testing
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Hands-on skills assessments
Employees who fail to successfully pass either module will not receive re-certification and will be required to complete a full training program.
Refunds and training discounts are not available for employees who are required to recycle through the training program.
Employers receive a review of the operator's deficiencies which require improvement to keep the business aligned with OSHA's 29 CFR 1910.178 forklift code.
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
University of Northern Iowa
Forklift Truck Association - UK
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