• Loading and Unloading Overview
• Compliance
• Training Requirements
• General Hazard References
• Industry Specific Hazards

• 1910.178, Powered industrial trucks
• 1910.305, Electrical, wiring methods, equipment and components for general use
• 1910.157, Portable fire extinguishers
• 1910.132, General requirements (personal protective equipment)
• 1910.23, Walking-working surfaces, guarding floor and wall openings and holes
• 1910.303, General requirements (electrical)
• 1910.147, The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout)
• 1910.215, Machinery and machine guarding, abrasive wheel machinery

• See OSHA Standards for more information.
• See Other Federal Agencies for DOT and other agency regulations.

• 1910.178, Powered Industrial Trucks. OSHA Standard. Includes specific training requirements for forklift operators who load and unload trucks.
• Host employers may require site-specific forklift training of visiting workers. OSHA Standard Interpretation, (1999, October 28). Determines that under the OSH Act and the OSHA powered industrial truck regulation, the host employer is responsible for ensuring that persons who operate forklifts at its worksite have been trained properly. The training and evaluation which the regulation requires are truck-specific and site-specific. The host employer may require outside drivers who come into its workplace to have undergone its training course.

• Frequently Asked Questions: Powered Industrial Trucks. OSHA, (2000).
• Loading/Unloading Inspection. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), (2003).
• Inspection of Suspension-Type Highway Trailers Prior to Loading and Unloading with Powered Industrial Trucks. OSHA Technical Information Bulletin (TIB), (2000, July 31). Also available as a 19 KB PDF, 3 pages.
• Longshoring and Marine Terminals: Hazard Abatement Summaries. OSHA Publication, (2002, October). Also available as a 2 MB PDF, 97 pages.
• Material Handling and Storage. OSHA Publication 2326, (2002). Also available as a 560 KB PDF, 41 pages.
• Related OSHA Safety and Health Topics pages:

• Ergonomics
• Powered Industrial Trucks
• Recordkeeping
• Ventilation

• Baggage Handling. OSHA eTool. Describes many of the common hazards associated with the baggage handling process. Provides possible solutions that are ranked according to their feasibility to the operations.
• Safety. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), (2003). Develops and implements improved tools and processes to facilitate more effective use of safety data, both inside and outside the agency, to help improve aviation safety.

• Beverage Delivery. OSHA eTool. Focuses on hazards associated with beverage delivery. It has sections on Delivery Trucks, Hand Trucks and Water Delivery.

• Grocery Warehousing. OSHA eTool. Describes example ergonomic hazards and solutions related to Order Picking, one of the three main grocery warehouse operations. It has sections on transport, storage, packaging and work practice.

• Logging. OSHA eTool. Identifies logging by many measures as the most hazardous industry in the United States. Included is a section, Log Loading and Transporting, which outlines the required and recommended work practices that can reduce logging hazards to the vehicle operators.
• Truck Driver Dies After Being Struck By Log That Fell From Logging Truck--North Carolina. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), (1995, August). Includes an accident investigation and recommendations by Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) North Carolina.
• Truck Driver Killed when Struck by Log that Rolled off Truck During Loading Operation--Alaska. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), (1993, March). Includes an accident investigation and recommendations by FACE Alaska.
• Truck Driver Dies when a Load of Lumber Falls Over and Crushes Him in California. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), (1996, September 23). Includes an accident investigation and recommendations by FACE California.

• OSHA Assistance for the Maritime Industry. OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page.
• Shipyard Employment. OSHA eTool. Describes common hazards and possible solutions for tasks performed during the maritime industry's ship repair, shipbuilding, shipbreaking, and barge cleaning processes.
• Shipyard Industry. OSHA Publication 2268, (1998), 561 KB PDF, 220 pages. Contains all the safety and health standards specific to the Shipyard Industry contained in Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1915, as of July 1, 1994. Also included are brief discussions on the importance of regular employee training to establish and reinforce employee awareness in the areas of job safety and health; and the elements of a safety and health program that can be used by employers to develop effective programs at their worksites.
• Longshoring Industry. OSHA Publication 2232, (2001). Also available as a 492 KB PDF, 291 pages. Includes standards related to the Longshoring Industry.
• Longshoring and Marine Terminals: Hazard Abatement Summaries. OSHA Publication, (2002, October). Also available as a 2 MB PDF, 97 pages.

• Poultry Processing. OSHA eTool. Focuses on identifying and controlling major hazards that contribute to the high rates of injuries within the poultry processing industry.
   

• Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing. OSHA eTool. Contains an illustrated guide describing potential hazards and their possible solutions, developed jointly by OSHA and the Industry. 

• Motor vehicle accidents are not within OSHA's jurisdiction. OSHA Standard Interpretation, (1992, January 13). Motor vehicle accidents at railroad crossings do not fall within OSHA's jurisdiction; the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has jurisdiction in this matter.
• 29 CFR 1910.178(m)(b) Powered Industrial Trucks; Truck Operations. OSHA Directive STD 01-11-003 [STD 1-11.3], (1978, October 30). Provides guidelines for trucks using door-opening devices for opening or closing railroad freight car doors.