Lighting powered truck operation

OSHA does not have a requirement that forklift vehicles be equipped with a backup alarm or warning light (although these features are standard on most new equipment). Aforklift must have, at minimum, some type of sound-producing device that an operator can use at cross aisles and blind intersections where vision is obstructed to warn pedestrians and other forklift drivers that they are approaching. The sound-producing device mentioned in the Powered Industrial Truck standard is a horn. 

OSHA s powered industrial truck standard does not specifically address vision/hearing requirements for operators. Flowever, even though OSFIA doesn t specifically address it in the regulation, there are obviously some potential concerns and safety issues and these need to be evaluated in light of the specific operations. In fact, in an October 20, 1976 (edited 2000) Letter of Interpretation, OSFIA says that an employer must determine if full vision is mandatory for the operations and advises that appropriate medical personnel be consulted. 

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