This guidance is relevant for anyone with responsibility for the safe operation of lift trucks, eg employers, controllers of worksites, managers, supervisors or operators. Other people involved with lift trucks, eg TU health and safety representatives, may also find it useful. The guidance does not, however, replace formal training. The main areas covered are: the law; types of lift truck; lift truck operators; training; authorisation to drive; the working area; protecting pedestrians and operators; operation of lift trucks; trailers and loading platforms; maintenance; and two appendicies covering training bodies and medical standards for lift truck operators.

Written for the more than 1.5 million powered industrial truck operators and supervisors in general industry, as well as those in the construction and marine industries, this Second Edition provides an updated guide to training operators in safety and complying with OSHA's 1999 forklift standard. This edition of Forklift Safety includes a new chapter devoted to the new OSHA 1910.178 standard and new information regarding dock safety, narrow aisle trucks, off-dock incidents, tip-over safety, pallet safety, and carbon monoxide.