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Safety and Health Topics Powered Industrial Trucks In Focus Forklift Information Each year, tens of thousands of forklift-related injuries occur in U.S. workplaces. Many employees are injured when lift trucks are inadvertently driven off loading docks or lifts fall between docks and an unsecured trailer. Employees are also struck by a lift truck or fall while on elevated pallets and tines. Most incidents also involve property damage, including damage to overhead sprinklers, racking, pipes, walls, and machinery. Unfortunately, most employee injuries and property damage can be attributed to lack of safe operating procedures, lack of safety-rule enforcement, and insufficient or inadequate training.   It is a violation of Federal law for anyone under 18 years of age to operate a forklift or anyone over 18 years of age who is not properly trained and certified to do so. [More...]   What OSHA requirements apply? Specific Requirements | Loading and Unloading | Working with Hazardous Materials | Vehicle Maintenance | Frequently Cited OSHA Standards What other industry standards apply to powered industrial trucks? ASME | NFPA | UL | ISO What other federal agency standards apply? DHHS | DOL | DOT | EPA| NRC Where do I find additional assistance? Cooperative Programs | VPP Sites | Outreach Materials | Trade Associations In Focus Forklift Information: Sample Daily Checklists for Powered Industrial Trucks. These checklists are intended to assist in providing training on OSHA's powered industrial truck operator standards. OSHA wishes to acknowledge that this checklist and related graphics were developed in cooperation with the Industrial Truck Association as part of the OSHA-ITA Alliance. Sample Daily Checklists for Powered Industrial Trucks. These other checklists are also intended to assist in providing training on OSHA's powered industrial truck operator standards. OSHA wishes to acknowledge the UAW-Ford National Joint Committee on Health and Safety for granting permission to use the checklists and related graphics. Protecting Young Workers: Prohibition against Young Workers Operating Forklifts. OSHA Safety and Health Bulletin (2003, 30 September), 4 pages. Also available as a 109 KB PDF. Preventing Injuries and Deaths of Workers who Operate or Work Near Forklifts. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2001-109 (2001, June). YouthRules! Posters and Stickers page offers "No Operators Under 18 Years of Age" forklift stickers that can be downloaded or ordered online. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) FACE Website. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program. The FACE program concentrates on investigations of fatal occupational injuries, including forklifts: Seventeen-Year-Old Laborer at Salvage Lumber Operation Crushed by Forklift That Tipped Over -New York (2001, June). Sixteen-Year-Old Laborer at a Building Supply Center Crushed by Forklift that Tipped Over-Ohio (2000, December). Yard-worker Dies After Forklift Dropped a Unit of Wafer Board on Him While He was Stacking and Straightening Lumber (2002). Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Associated with Use of LPG-Powered (Propane) Forklifts in Industrial Settings- Iowa, 1998. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). 48(49); 1121-4 (1999, December 17).     Revised: 17 September 2004		Safety and Health  Topics     Powered Industrial Trucks   OSHA Requirements   Other Industry Standards   Other Agency Standards   Assistance   Credits
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