Lift Truck Safety
Designed for optimal operator and pedestrian safety
Safety is freedom from unacceptable risk of physical injury or damage to the health of people due to damage of property or the environment. Safety is lived out through a combination of functional safety, operator training, and proper equipment maintenance.
Every Hyster forklift truck is designed and built for optimal operator and pedestrian safety. We have a long history of providing lift trucks designed to work safely in many applications. Special options such as the paper application kits; UL types GS, LPS, and EE; environmental packages, and many others enable the forklift to match the application needs.
There are many aspects that affect lift truck safety including:
- Operator Training
- Pedestrian rules and training
- Proper equipment maintenance
- Pre-Operational Inspection
- Fork Inspections
- Lift trucks designed with new technologies offering system-controlled functionality
- Accessories tailored to your application
Our goal here is to give you an overview of lift truck safety and how we can help you meet your goals for safety and the related OSHA requirements. With the links in this section of our website, you can quickly access information on Operator Training, maintenance programs, safety features engineered in our trucks as well as available accessories for your application.
More information regarding these programs and products is available through your local Hyster Dealer.
The information provided here is general and is not meant to change any requirements under OSHA's Powered Industrial Truck Requirements.