Forklift - Inspection and Maintenance
Learning objectives
- Describe your potential scope of responsibilities for forklift inspection and maintenance and give examples of inspection items that are pre-operational, operational, and specific to a particular forklift type
- Describe the hazards associated with refueling or recharging a forklift and list the steps to complete those tasks
- List the steps to remove a forklift from service, explain why facilities typically use professional services to complete most maintenance and repair tasks, and describe a few maintenance and repair tasks your employer might ask you to do
Course overview
This lesson is the fifth lesson in a five-lesson curriculum designed to provide workers with an awareness of the federal safety regulations for operating a forklift. The curriculum serves as the formal-instruction component of forklift operator training, and generally precedes hands-on operator training and site-specific training. The regulations for operating a forklift are outlined in 29 CFR 1910. This lesson will present basic information on how to inspect and maintain a forklift, including information on how to refuel an internal combustion engine forklift and how to recharge an electric forklift.
- 22 minutes
- Format: Online Interactive
- English
Course Outline
- Forklift Inspections
- Refueling or Recharging
- Maintenance and Repairs
Regulations
- 29 CFR 1910 - Subpart N - Materials Handling and Storage
- California Code of Regulations, Subchapter 7, General Industry Safety Orders, Group 4, General Mobile Equipment and Auxiliaries, Article 25, Industrial Trucks, Tractors, Haulage Vehicles, and Earthmoving Equipment, Sections 3650, 3664, Industrial Trucks, General Operating Rules