This course provides essential training on motorized pallet truck safety, ensuring employees understand how to operate electric pallet jacks (walkies and walkie riders) safely and efficiently. Participants will learn about potential hazards, OSHA regulations, and best practices for handling loads and maneuvering in various work environments.
Key Learning Points:
- Introduction to Motorized Pallet Trucks: Learn about the different types of electric pallet jacks, their uses, and their advantages over forklifts in confined spaces.
- Hazards and Safety Risks: Understand the dangers of operating pallet trucks, including collisions, instability, tipping, and pedestrian safety concerns.
- OSHA Regulations and Compliance: Gain knowledge of OSHA’s Powered Industrial Truck Standard and the required training for safe operation.
- Pre-Operational Inspections: Learn how to inspect pallet jacks before use, check for damages, and ensure proper functionality.
- Safe Operating Procedures: Explore best practices for handling loads, maneuvering in confined spaces, maintaining stability, and using the correct travel direction.
- Pedestrian and Traffic Awareness: Understand the importance of giving pedestrians the right of way, using horns at intersections, and avoiding blind spots.
- Loading and Unloading Best Practices: Learn how to properly position, lift, and lower loads to prevent tipping, falling objects, and equipment damage.
- Navigating Loading Docks and Ramps: Discover specific safety protocols for working on inclined surfaces and dock areas to prevent trailer creep and rollovers.
- Proper Parking and Storage: Understand the correct procedures for parking and securing a pallet truck to prevent trip hazards and accidental movement.
By the End of This Course, You Will Have Learned:
- How to safely operate an electric pallet jack while minimizing workplace hazards.
- The importance of conducting pre-use inspections and following OSHA safety guidelines.
- Best practices for maneuvering pallet trucks in tight spaces and near pedestrians.
- Techniques for handling and securing loads to prevent instability and tipping.
- Safe procedures for working on loading docks, ramps, and other high-risk areas.
This training equips employees with the knowledge and skills needed to safely and effectively use motorized pallet trucks, reducing the risk of workplace accidents and injuries.