Powered Industrial Trucks (PITs) General Awareness. BGSU ..

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Powered Industrial Trucks (PITs) General
Awareness

• BGSU
• Environmental Health and Safety Department

5/25/2006
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Outline

• Importance of the PIT Program and Procedures
• OSHAs PIT Standard
• BGSUs PIT Program
• EHS Assistance

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PIT Definition

• An industrial vehicle that carries, pushes,
  pulls, stacks or tiers loads.
• Include fork trucks, platform lift trucks,
  motorized hand trucks, and other specialized
  industrial trucks powered by electric motors or
  internal combustion engines.
• Excludes vehicles that are used for earth-moving
  or over the road hauling and compressed air or
  nonflammable compressed gas-operated industrial
  trucks

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Importance of PIT Program Procedures

• PIT accidents cause approximately 100 fatalities
  and 36,340 serious injuries in general industry
  and construction annually.
• Approximately 20-25 of the accidents are caused
  by inadequate training.
• Reference http//www.osha.gov

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Importance of a PIT Program Procedures
June 4, 2003 A man died from injuries suffered in
an accident involving the forklift he was
operating. He leaned out of the front of a
"Bobcat" type of loader to retrieve an item off
the ground and the tool belt he was wearing got
caught on a lever, activating it. This caused the
front forks of the vehicle to lower, pinning him
between the forks and the body of the forklift.
Reference www.safteng.net
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OSHAs PIT Standard29CFR1910.178

• Design requirements
• Safe operation requirements
• Fire protection requirements
• Maintenance requirements including daily
  inspections

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OSHAs PIT Standard29CFR1910.178

• Operator training program including classroom and
  hands-on training
• Refresher training as needed
• Operator evaluations every three years
• Operator certification
• Appendix A Stability information

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BGSUs PIT Program

• Initial classroom and hands-on training was
  offered in 1999.
• The training was provided by an outside
  consultant who has since gone out of business.
• In order to provide a more cost effective, easily
  accessible training program, EHS will work with
  departments on campus to develop department
  specific PIT training sessions consisting of a
  combination of classroom and hands-on training.

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BGSUs PIT ProgramIntroduction

• Occupational Safety and Health Specialist
  Responsibilities include
• coordinating the PIT program
• assisting departments with implementation and
  training and
• updating and evaluating BGSUs PIT Program.

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BGSUs PIT ProgramIntroduction

• Supervisor Responsibilities include
• attending training offered by EHS
• designating an employee in each department that
  has the knowledge, training, and experience to
  provide hands-on training for PIT operators
• locating and keeping PIT instruction manuals
• completeing required documentation for each PIT
• ensuring all employees under their supervision
  have received training and comply with
  requirements and
• providing hands-on training for PIT operators.

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BGSUs PIT ProgramIntroduction

• PIT Operator Responsibilities include
• attending required training and completely
  adhering to the requirements of this program and
• performing powered industrial truck inspections
  for every eight-hour shift.

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BGSUs PIT ProgramWorksite Specific Info

• Work site specific information will be gathered
  by the Occupational Safety and Health Specialist
  in conjunction with the area supervisor using the
  following forms found in Appendix B.
• Site Specific Operating Environment
• Site Specific Load Information
• Site Specific Controls and Instrumentation List
• Examples Located in Tab 2.

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BGSUs PIT ProgramOperating Procedures

• Operation
• Traveling
• Load Lifting and Carrying
• Fuel Handling and Storage
• Battery Charging
• Carbon Monoxide Awareness
• Pedestrians
• Trucks
• Vehicle Inspection (Sample form found in Appendix
  D)
• Maintenance

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BGSUs PIT ProgramTraining

• PIT Part 1 (This Session)
• PIT Part 2
• Classroom Training
• To be developed in conjunction with individual
  departments and provided by EHS and will be more
  specific.
• Hands-on Training
• Provided by a designated employee in each
  department that has the knowledge, training, and
  experience to train operators and evaluate their
  competency using the sample obstacle courses and
  on-truck checklists located in Appendix E.
• Certification
• A complete list of licensed operators and a copy
  of the BGSU license is located in Appendix E.

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BGSUs PIT ProgramRefresher Training

• An operator has been observed to operate the
  vehicle in an unsafe manner or
• the operator has been involved in an accident or
  near miss or
• the operator is assigned to a different truck or
• the conditions change in an area where the PIT is
  operated or
• a new truck is brought into use or
• the operator has received an evaluation that
  reveals he/she is not operating the PIT safely.

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BGSUs PIT ProgramTraining

• Operator Evaluations
• Must be completed once every three years.
• A sample form is located in Appendix G.
• Accident Reporting
• Accident reporting must be completed using the
  BGSU Accident Investigation form and if needed
  the BGSU Injury/Illness Report if an operator is
  involved in PIT accident or near miss.

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BGSUs PIT ProgramAppendices

• A Definitions
• B Site Specific Information Forms
• C PIT Inventory
• D PIT Pre-Operation Checklist Forms
• E Obstacle Courses and On-Truck Checklist
• F PIT Licensed Operators and Certification
  Card
• G PIT Operator Evaluation Forms

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EHSs Assistance

• Environmental Health and Safety will assist
  departments with
• Worksite Specific Information
• Training
• Contact Environmental Health and Safety at
  372-2171 for a department consultation.