1. POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCK TRAINING THE NEW PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARD

2. WHY? n WILL PREVENT 11 FATALITIES n 9,500 INJURIES n EMPLOYER COST SAVINGS OF $135 MILLION –83 million medical, wc, lost production –52 accident property damage

3. WHEN? n FINAL RULE EFFECTIVE MARCH 1999 n TRAINING ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 1999 FOR EXISTING EMPLOYEES WHO OPERATE POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS n AFTER DECEMBER 1, 1999 PRIOR TO ASSIGNING EMPLOYEE TO TRUCK

4. STEPS TO IMPLEMENTATION n IDENTIFY AND LIST THE TYPES OF VEHICLES AND ATTACHMENTS USED n IDENTIFY VEHICLE OPERATORS n IDENTIFY HAZARDS

5. STEPS cont’d n ASSESS HAZARDS n CONTROL HAZARDS, ELIMINATE OR REDUCE RISK n IMPLEMENT TRAINING

6. HAZARDS n UNIQUE TO VEHICLE n LIFT HEIGHT n SPEED n STABILITY n STEERING n VISIBILITY

7. HAZARDS n AISLES n VIEW n FLOORS n BLADES n LIGHTING n PEDESTRIANS

8. HAZARDS n MATERIALS HANDLING n VEHICLE CONDITON n WORK PRACTICES

9. ADMINISTRATION n ONLY PERSONS WITH VALID DRIVERS LICENSE n LIMIT NUMBER OF FLT DRIVERS n ISSUE PLANT FLT LICENSE

10. ADMINISTRATION n FLT INSPECTION PROGRAM n MONITOR DRIVER PERFORMANCE n DEMERRIT SYSTEM

11. RE-TRAINING n DRIVING UNSAFELY n ACCIDENT OR NEAR-MISS n DOES NOT PASS EVALUATION n CONDITIONS CHANGE IN WORKPLACE

12. RE-TRAINING n ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT TYPE OF TRUCK n EVALUATE OPERATOR’S PERFORMANCE EVERY 3 YEARS n Refresher course every 3 years (not required)

13. CERTIFICATION n EMPLOYER MUST CERTIFY THAT EACH EQUIPMENT OPERATOR HAS BEEN PROPERLY TRAINED AND EVALUATED