Training - Toyota 7FBCU20 Owner's Manual

II. SAFETY INFORMATION
OPERATOR AND OWNER TRAINING & SAFETY INFORMATION
TRAINING
Even simple hand tools can't be used efficiently or safely by people not trained or
experienced with them. Lift trucks are complicated industrial machines that can be
dangerous if used by people who are not trained. Lift trucks are not all the same.
Even if you are trained on one type it does not mean you can operate any machine
or do any job.
OSHA and ANSI require that formal training, specific to the place where you work,
must be given to lift truck operators. On-the-job training must be a part of any
training program, but it must really be training with close supervision, not just driving
around or being assigned to a potentially dangerous job without gradual increases
in difficulty.
Increased safety and fewer accidents are major benefits of proper training, but so
are decreased costs due to better efficiency, decreased maintenance costs, and
lower product damage rate.
When people successfully complete the training course, gwe them recognition for it.
Issue authorization cards or jacket patches that show they are authorized operators,
and if possible assign them to one truck that they have the responsibility for.
Contact your Toyota dealer and battery manufacturer for help in putting together a
training course suited to your operation and think about the following areas as they
apply to the work you do:
How and where to perform daily truck inspections (OSHA regulation for every
shift in multiple shift operations).
Specialized trucks or attachments that you use (for example, roll clamp, ASME
LP tank).
Particular areas where hazards to pedestrians are created (for example, lunch
room, entrance doors).
Hazards that can't be eliminated (for example, outside ramp with ice in shadow,
low overhead clearance).
Loading docks, rail cars or containers (for example, loading container with
portable ramp).
Plant traffic rules (for example, speed zones, right-of-way, one-way aisles)
Procedures for reporting truck maintenance or repair problems (for example,
forms, out-of-service tags)
Special procedures for charging or changing batteries.
Fire hazard areas restricted to some lift trucks (for example, acetone barrels,
cotton warehouse)
The examples above are intended to be thought joggers, not necessarily all of the
things that need to be taught to your operators. Before putting your tralnlng course
together, walk around the plant, look at your operations, and ask people who work
there if they know of ways to teach operators how to become safer and more
efficient.