OSHA Requirements for Fork Truck Training

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mlaurie

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I was told that OSHA requires anyone operating a fork truck must be trained to do so. I went to the OSHA site but could not find the requirement. I?ve searched this blog and only found post on ?Who? can train. I ask because this could be an auditable offense against my AS9100 system. Does anyone specifically know the regulatory requirement or have any insight if it could be an NC?
Thanks Sarasota Mike
 
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You may also want to check with Florida. Here in Michigan, the rules are set by our own version of OSHA (MIOSHA). There may be specific forms that Florida will want you to use.
 
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mlaurie

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Am I not in compliance with the OSHA regulatory requirement?

It is a violation of Federal law for anyone UNDER 18 years of age to operate a forklift or for anyone OVER 18 years of age who is not properly trained and certified to do so. https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/poweredindustrialtrucks/.

Or is the AS9100 standard referring only to regulatory requirements that directly relates to product? And if I get a NC can I win the dispute with my registrar?!
 
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mlaurie

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We were at lunch after the close down and talking about training when she brought it up. I thought she was giving me a heads up for the next surveillance audit. Looking at the standard, 5.1,a could be the basses for an NC. Do you think she was off base on this?
 

Randy

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We were at lunch after the close down and talking about training when she brought it up. I thought she was giving me a heads up for the next surveillance audit. Looking at the standard, 5.1,a could be the basses for an NC. Do you think she was off base on this?
Bogus tripe, unless you can tie Forklift training into quality such as with preservation/protection of product


Regardless of AS9001, if you're operating forklifts with personnel that have not taken and passed the requirements set forth by OSHA you're in violation of the law, and now that you know it's to called a willful/negligent violation.

My suggestion is to find a local safety professional to come in and help you out. Do a Google or Bing search, but do it today.
 

Big Jim

Super Moderator
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I have not been able to find anywhere in AS9100 or ISO 9001 that requires fork lift training. There are a lot of auditors that seem to like writing that nonconformance, but I believe they are over-reaching.

Another bogus topic I see from time to time is expired fire extinguishers.

Both of these are things that any company should fix if they are not right, but there is nothing in either AS9100 or ISO 9001 that provides an auditor the authority to write nonconformances over them.
 

TPMB4

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I have one thought, surely the employer would want to ensure the health and safety of their operatives by making sure all FLT operators were trained, qualified and competent to operate the machine they are using/hired to use????

Irrespective of any NC with regard to a quality standard I would have thought safety considerations take precedence. Also here in the UK there are requirements according to the law for this. I would have thought a hefty fine is another incentive to sort this out.
 
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