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OSHA Cooperative Programs

OSHA cooperative programs support agency outreach and assistance efforts. OSHA's consultation projects, partners, and allies serve as ambassadors for OSHA, disseminating information and best practices. OSHA cooperative programs include:
The following are VPP participants that are major users of powered industrial trucks:

Current Sites in the VPP by Industry (SIC)
As of May 31, 2003

Trucking and Warehousing
SIC 42
4210 USPS
Baton Rouge Processing & Distributing Ctr.,
Baton Rouge, LA (Star)
4213 Westpoint Stevens
Valley, AL (Star)
4220 PACTIV Logistics Operations
Temple, TX (Star)
4221 Frito-Lay, Inc.
Gothenburg, NE (Star)
4226 Westway
Jacksonville, FL (Star)
4226 DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Bayou Choctaw
Plaquemine, LA (Star)
4226 IP McBean Woodyard
Waynesboro, GA (Star)
4226 DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations, Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Freeport, TX (Star)
4226 IP Dry Creek Woodyard
Prattville, AL (Star)
4226 IP Riverdale Wet Storage
Selma, AL (Star)
4310 USPS Glens Falls Post Office
Glens Falls, NY (Merit)
Wholesale Trade
(Durable Goods)
SIC 50
5031 Weyerhaeuser Service Center
Cleveland, OH (Star)
5031 Georgia Pacific
Lawrenceville, GA (Merit)
Wholesale Trade
(Non-Durable Goods)
SIC 51
5147 Aurora New City Packing Company
North Aurora, IL (Star)
5149 Tropicana
Linden, NJ (Star)
5170 DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations
Winnie, TX (Merit)
5170 DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations
West Hackberry, LA (Star)
5191 CF Industries
Peru, IL (Star)
5191 CF Industries
Aurora, NE (Star)
5191 CF Industries
St. Louis, MO (Star)
5191 CF Industries
Seneca Terminal, Seneca IL (Star)
5191 Occidental Chemical
Cincinnati, OH (Star)

Training and Outreach Materials
  • Preventing Injuries and Deaths of Workers Who Operate or Work Near Forklifts. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2001-109, (2001, June). Includes information on forklift fatality data, current standards, case reports, recommendations, and instructs workers in the steps they can take to protect themselves. 
  • Powered Industrial Trucks. OSHA, Office of Training and Education (OTE), (1999). Includes downloadable outreach training materials for the powered industrial truck operator training standard.
  • National Ag Safety Database (NASD)
    • Forklifts. Includes summaries of regulations and evaluations of accidents involving forklifts.
    • Forklifts and Pallet Jacks. Lists video abstracts that are relevant to agricultural safety.
  • Forklift Safety. Washington Industrial Health and Safety Act Services (WISHA). Provides resources and regulations for truck operator safety.
  • Ten Steps to Forklift Safety. Navy Safety Center, 152 KB PDF, 3 pages. Presents ten main forklift safety rules in a downloadable training brochure.
  • Office of Hazardous Materials Safety. US Department of Transportation (DOT), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).
    • How to Use the Hazardous Materials Regulations CFR 49 Parts 100 to 185. 217 KB PDF, 30 pages. Provides a simple overview of the complex set of hazardous materials regulations and includes a compliance checklist.
    • Training Requirements Under the Hazardous Materials Regulations

      A HAZMAT employee is someone who works for a HAZMAT employer and directly affects HAZMAT transportation safety, including:
        An owner-operator of a motor vehicle which transports HAZMAT; a person (including a self-employed person) who:
        • Loads, unloads, or handles HAZMAT;
        • Tests, reconditions, repairs, modifies, marks, or otherwise represents packagings as qualified for use in the transportation of HAZMAT;
        • Prepares HAZMAT for transportation;
        • Is responsible for safety of transporting HAZMAT; or
        • Operates a vehicle used to transport HAZMAT.
      HAZMAT employer means a company with employees involved in:
      • Transporting HAZMAT in commerce;
      • Causing HAZMAT to be transported or shipped in commerce; or
      • Representing, marking, certifying, selling, offering, reconditioning, testing, repairing, or modifying packagings as qualified for use in the transportation of HAZMAT.
      (The term "HAZMAT employer" also includes any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, a State, a political subdivision of a State, or an Indian tribe engaged in offering or transporting HAZMAT in commerce).
Note: To find additional material, perform a search using the keywords "forklift safety" or "forklift training" with any search engine to find many private companies who provide forklift safety training services, including videos, written programs, operation training, and more.

Professional Trade Associations
  • Industrial Truck Association (ITA)
  • National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA)
    • Risk Management. The safety subcommittee provides several resources in the area of forklift safety to help dealers train employees and enhance company practices.
OSHA Publications
  • Longshoring and Marine Terminals: Hazard and Abatement Summaries. Consists of guidesheets that address the most frequent sources of fatalities in the maritime cargo handling industry, including forklift truck operations.
  • Materials Handling and Storage. Publication 2236, (2002) 559 KB PDF, 41 pages.
  • Servicing Single-Piece and Multi-Piece Rim Wheels. Publication 3086, (1998), 443 KB PDF, 29 pages.
  • Shipyard Industry. Publication 2268, (1998), 561 KB PDF, 220 pages.
  • Worker Safety Series - Warehousing. Pocket Guide. Also available as a 277 KB PDF, 15 pages. Includes a section on forklift hazards and solutions.
  • Public Warehousing and Storage. Industry Profile. Also available as a 1 MB PDF, 11 pages. Includes information related to forklifts in the public warehousing and storage industry.
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