1. Health & Safety Awareness Training for Rider Operated Forklift Trucks
Forklift Training
Health & Safety Awareness Training for Rider Operated Forklift Trucks

2. Therefore the purpose of this course is to:
Forklift Training
Therefore the purpose of this course is to:
Raise your awareness of the risks involved in using an FLT
Point out the dangers that you may encounter on a daily basis
Heighten your understanding of the responsibilities of an FLT operator
Leave you with better knowledge and understanding of the job of being a Warehouseman and Forklift Operator

3. Competence of operators
To be designated as a competent forklift operator you must know the following:
How to operate the particular class of vehicle that they have
been assigned to
To be aware of all of the hazards associated with the work
that they have been asked to do
To be able to operate and be effective in the operations of
the truck in a manner that protects both their own safety
and the safety of all others around them
Look at the following pictures and discuss what is wrong and
or how an event happened

4. Perhaps we should be saying; More like an accident waiting to happen?
Accident Prevention
Perhaps we should be saying; More like an accident waiting to happen?

5. The law – Lifting operations
There are a number of different laws that apply to working with FLTs the main one’s being;
The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 regulations
Managing for Health & Safety
Provision & Use of Work Equipment (PUWER) regulations
Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment (LOLER) regulations
Workplace Health & Safety & Welfare regulations
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) regulations

6. H.S.E Prosecutions
The Health & Safety Executive can and will prosecute both the employer and the employee for any contravention of their duties Should they prosecute for any reason you can expect A fine of up to £20,000 or a jail sentence of up to 1 year or both in a Magistrates court. The fine is unlimited and Jail can be up to 2 years in a Crown Court

7. Reasonably Practicable
Earlier in the presentation we saw the words reasonably practicable but what do these words mean in real terms? They mean that to be reasonably practicable you must make a balancing act and make an assessment of the risk, against the time, trouble and cost of compliance

8. Capacity Plate
What do the words Capacity Plate mean to you? What do the words Load Centre mean to you? What do the words Stability Triangle mean to you? The capacity plate shows the operator what the specifications of the truck are. How much it can safely lift to a specific height It also shows where the load should be placed (the load centre) upon the forks for maximum stability This is the area of maximum safety when the forklift is working both loaded and unloaded

9. Rated Capacity 2000kg @ 500mm Load Centre
Capacity Plate SWL
Fulcrum (Balancing) Point
Combined Centre of gravity
Rated Capacity 500mm Load Centre

10. Lifting and Transporting
Was the load weight
thought about?
Was the lifting capacity of the trucks thought about?
Did they think about
the security of the
load?
What are the dangers
here to these workers?