"The operator training program should include the user's policies for the site where the trainee will operate the truck the operating conditions for that location, and the specific truck the trainee will operate. The training program shall be presented to all new operators regardless of previous experience." ASME B56.1 1993 Adopted by Reference

EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FORKLIFT - "Employee #1, a clerk assigned to the marine terminal, was walking on the wharf alongside a container top lift machine. A forklift truck, with a squeeze attachment carrying two rolls of paper, was traveling in the same direction as employee #1. The forklift truck continued forward and apparently the load (which was approximately 11 inches higher than the steering wheel) obstructed the driver's forward view. He struck and crushed employee #1 beneath the load." OSHA "Selected Fatalities Investigated in 1998"

CRUSHED BY FORKLIFT - "Victim was driving a stand up forklift into a tractor trailer to start unloading when the truck driver pulled away from the dock. The forklift fell back onto the forklift driver, striking his head, and apparently breaking his neck." OSHA "Selected Fatalities Investigated in 1998"

OSHA estimates that the new standard "will prevent 11 deaths and 9,422 injuries per year. OSHA estimates that the annualized cost of this rule is approximately $16.9 million for all affected industries." OSHA FED 1998 1201 Summary