Crellin offers two types of forklift safety training:

1. Train The Trainer: This class is designed for a key individual on your staff to gain the safety knowledge needed to design a site-specific curriculum for your operators. We conduct this class once a month. Train the trainer is beneficial to a company that has a high employee turnover rate. This will allow you to train new employees without the cost of travel time and class fees.
2. On-Site: This class is designed for individual operators to gain the knowledge needed to safely operate your forklifts. We come to your facility, which saves you the cost of travel time. It also reduces the time your employees are away from the job. Onsite training is best for a company that doesn’t have an employee they can designate to train their other employees.

Participants can also purchase an operational safety training kit, including a video, for an additional fee. The training kit gives you the tools you need to perform a class, without the hassle of creating your own curriculum. Class members will receive a signed and dated certificate upon completion to post in the workplace in the event of an OSHA inspection. 
    

     The death of a forklift operator at a Rhode Island Wal-Mart hits close to home with the reason why OSHA Forklift Safety Training is so important. According to the United States Department of Labor, approximately 100 people die every year in accidents involving forklifts while another 80,000 are injured. Every fatality or injury has repercussions that go far beyond the accident itself in terms of grieving families, monetary penalties, increased insurance rates and lost productivity.
     One of the misconceptions about OSHA Forklift Safety Training is that it only has to be done once when, in fact, the regulations stipulate that operators have to be evaluated every three years. Other situations that require "refresher" training include:
       1.  The operator has been observed to operate the vehicle in an unsafe manner.
       2.  The operator has been involved in an accident or near-miss incident.
       3.  The operator has received an evaluation that reveals that the operator is not operating the truck safely.
       4.  The operator is assigned to operate a different type of truck.
       5.  A condition in the workplace changes in a manner that could affect safety operation of the truck.
     Some employers prefer to evaluate their employees annually to make sure their safety record stays constant so their insurance rates are low. Since some of the most common forklift mishaps occur when an experienced operator travels from point A to point B, it makes sense to repeat the training at regular intervals so that safe practices are reinforced.

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