Forklift Safety Training - Masma Safety

shukrisaidin
Sep 8, 2022
2 min read

Updated: Sep 23

Forklifts are powerful machines that make lifting and moving heavy loads easier and more efficient. However, without proper Forklift Safety Training, these machines pose serious risks to workers and workplaces. In Malaysia, forklift accidents remain a leading cause of workplace injuries, making training a critical requirement for compliance, safety, and productivity

Why Forklift Safety Training is Essential

A forklift may look simple to operate, but it involves principles of physics, mechanical control, and human judgment. Workers without Forklift Safety Training often lack the knowledge to:

Understand how forklifts balance heavy loads
Recognize hazards in confined or busy work areas
Operate safely under different conditions
Maintain equipment in proper working order

Training equips operators with the competency needed to avoid life-threatening mistakes

However, there is great risk of injury or death in forklift safety

Not been trained in the principles of physics that allows a forklift to lift heavy loads,
is not familiar with how a particular forklift operates,
operates the forklift carelessly
uses a forklift that is not safe due to malfunctioning, or missing parts.

The Risks of Operating Without Forklift Safety Training

When operators are not trained, the risk of incidents increases dramatically. Common hazards include:

Overturning forklifts due to improper load handling
Workers being struck by moving forklifts
People crushed between forklifts and other objects

These accidents are preventable when workers complete Forklift Safety Training, which provides both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

Forklift Operators must be trained in Forklift Safety Training Program

Our legislation require that the employer ensure that a forklift operator is competent to operate the forklift he or she is assigned to use. The employer must document operator training and an evaluation of the operator’s performance while using the forklift.

Forklift Safety Training has three parts:

Formal instruction such as a lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, videotape and or written material
Practical training which includes hands-on demonstrations by the trainer and exercises by the trainee
An evaluation of the effectiveness of the training by observing the operator’s performance while doing actual work using the forklift. This evaluation must be repeated at least once every three years

The topics listed must be covered when forklift safety training program