POWERED INDUSTRIAL POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCK TRAININGTRUCK TRAINING

THE NEW PERFORMANCE-THE NEW PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARDBASED STANDARD

WHY?WHY?

WILL PREVENT 11 FATALITIESWILL PREVENT 11 FATALITIES 9,500 INJURIES9,500 INJURIES EMPLOYER COST SAVINGS OF $135 EMPLOYER COST SAVINGS OF $135

MILLIONMILLION– 83 million medical, wc, lost 83 million medical, wc, lost

productionproduction– 52 accident property damage52 accident property damage

WHEN?WHEN?

FINAL RULE EFFECTIVE MARCH 1999FINAL RULE EFFECTIVE MARCH 1999 TRAINING ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER TRAINING ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER

1, 1999 FOR EXISTING EMPLOYEES 1, 1999 FOR EXISTING EMPLOYEES WHO OPERATE POWERED WHO OPERATE POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKSINDUSTRIAL TRUCKS

AFTER DECEMBER 1, 1999 PRIOR TO AFTER DECEMBER 1, 1999 PRIOR TO ASSIGNING EMPLOYEE TO TRUCKASSIGNING EMPLOYEE TO TRUCK

STEPS TO STEPS TO IMPLEMENTATIONIMPLEMENTATION

IDENTIFY AND LIST THE TYPES OF IDENTIFY AND LIST THE TYPES OF

VEHICLES AND ATTACHMENTS USEDVEHICLES AND ATTACHMENTS USED

IDENTIFY VEHICLE OPERATORSIDENTIFY VEHICLE OPERATORS

IDENTIFY HAZARDSIDENTIFY HAZARDS

STEPS cont’dSTEPS cont’d

ASSESS HAZARDSASSESS HAZARDS

CONTROL HAZARDS, ELIMINATE CONTROL HAZARDS, ELIMINATE OR REDUCE RISKOR REDUCE RISK

IMPLEMENT TRAININGIMPLEMENT TRAINING

HAZARDSHAZARDS

UNIQUE TO UNIQUE TO VEHICLEVEHICLE

LIFT HEIGHTLIFT HEIGHT SPEEDSPEED STABILITYSTABILITY STEERINGSTEERING VISIBILITYVISIBILITY

HAZARDSHAZARDS

AISLESAISLES VIEWVIEW FLOORSFLOORS BLADESBLADES LIGHTINGLIGHTING PEDESTRIANSPEDESTRIANS

HAZARDSHAZARDS

MATERIALS MATERIALS HANDLINGHANDLING

VEHICLE VEHICLE CONDITONCONDITON

WORK PRACTICESWORK PRACTICES

ADMINISTRATIONADMINISTRATION

ONLY PERSONS WITH VALID ONLY PERSONS WITH VALID DRIVERS LICENSEDRIVERS LICENSE

LIMIT NUMBER OF FLT DRIVERSLIMIT NUMBER OF FLT DRIVERS

ISSUE PLANT FLT LICENSEISSUE PLANT FLT LICENSE

ADMINISTRATIONADMINISTRATION

FLT INSPECTION PROGRAMFLT INSPECTION PROGRAM

MONITOR DRIVER PERFORMANCEMONITOR DRIVER PERFORMANCE

DEMERRIT SYSTEMDEMERRIT SYSTEM

RE-TRAININGRE-TRAINING

DRIVING DRIVING UNSAFELYUNSAFELY

ACCIDENT OR ACCIDENT OR NEAR-MISSNEAR-MISS

DOES NOT PASS DOES NOT PASS EVALUATIONEVALUATION

CONDITIONS CONDITIONS CHANGE IN CHANGE IN WORKPLACEWORKPLACE

RE-TRAININGRE-TRAINING

ASSIGNED TO ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT TYPE OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF TRUCKTRUCK

EVALUATE EVALUATE OPERATOR’S OPERATOR’S PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE EVERY 3 YEARSEVERY 3 YEARS

Refresher course Refresher course every 3 years (not every 3 years (not required)required)

CERTIFICATIONCERTIFICATION

EMPLOYER MUST EMPLOYER MUST CERTIFY THAT CERTIFY THAT EACH EQUIPMENT EACH EQUIPMENT OPERATOR HAS OPERATOR HAS BEEN PROPERLY BEEN PROPERLY TRAINED AND TRAINED AND EVALUATEDEVALUATED