['Forklifts and Powered Trucks', 'Contingent Workforce']
['Temporary Employees', 'PIT Training Requirements']
06/04/2024
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Employers employing new operators or temporary labor operators who claim prior training must evaluate the applicability and adequacy of prior training to determine if all required training topics have been covered. Factors to consider include the following:
- The type of equipment operated,
- Amount of experience on that equipment,
- How recent was this experience, and
- The type of environment in which the operator worked.
The employer may, but is not required to, use written documentation of the earlier training to determine whether an operator has been properly trained.
The operator’s competency may also simply be evaluated by the employer or another person with the requisite knowledge, skills, and experience to perform evaluations. The employer can determine from this information whether the experience is recent and thorough enough, and whether the operator has demonstrated sufficient competence in operating in the powered industrial truck to forego any or some of the initial training. Some training on site regarding specific factors of the new operator’s workplace is likely always to be necessary.
Under the OSHA multi-employer worksite policy, citations may be issued to employers using temporary employees as forklift operators. A warehouse employer who supervises temporary employees would have the responsibility to ensure safe powered industrial truck operations.
A temporary employee involved in an instance of unsafe operation, an accident, or a near-miss incident at a warehouse employer’s worksite would require refresher training before being allowed to resume driving a forklift vehicle.
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