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This course covers the following information:

Forklift Safety Industrial Counterbalance Lift Trucks: What Makes Forklifts "Different"

  • How "driving" a forklift is different from driving a car.
  • What can affect a forklift's stability.
  • Why it's important to calculate a forklift's "stability triangle".

Forklift Safety Industrial Counterbalance Lift Trucks: Driving a Forklift Safely

  • Why it's important for you to be ready to drive safely before you operate a forklift.
  • How these procedures help maintain the stability of the forklift.
  • What to do if your forklift begins to tip over.

Forklift Safety Industrial Counterbalance Lift Trucks: Using the Mast and Forks

  • How maneuvering a forklift's mast and forks can affect its stability.
  • The hazards that can result from maneuvering a forklift's mast and forks improperly.
  • The specific procedures for lifting, transporting and lowering loads safely with a forklift.
  • How to lift coworkers safely using a forklift.

Forklift Safety Industrial Counterbalance Lift Trucks: Operating Safely in the Workplace

  • The hazards that you can encounter when operating a forklift in the workplace.
  • The procedures that you need to follow to avoid these hazards.
  • The safe practices that you can use to operate a forklift at an intersection, on an incline, on trucks, trailers and railcars, and among pedestrians.
  • How to use a dock-plate safely.

Forklift Safety Industrial Counterbalance Lift Trucks: Inspecting a Forklift

  • Why it's important to inspect a forklift before you use it.
  • What you should check during an inspection of different types of industrial counterbalance lift trucks.
  • The procedures that you can use to keep a forklift in good shape.
  • What to do if you find problems with a forklift.

Forklift Safety Industrial Counterbalance Lift Trucks: Refueling and Recharging Safely

  • The hazards that are associated with recharging and refueling different types of forklifts.
  • What procedures to use to safely refuel forklifts that run on gasoline and diesel fuel.
  • What procedures to use to safely refuel forklifts that run on compressed gas.
  • What procedures to use to safely recharge forklifts that run on electricity.