A reach truck is a Class II electric forklift built for narrow warehouse aisles. Its forks extend (or “reach”) out to place and retrieve pallets in high racking, which makes...

Warehouses run on powered industrial trucks — electric counterbalanced forklifts (Class I), narrow-aisle reach trucks (Class II), and motorized pallet jacks (Class III). Anyone operating them needs OSHA-compliant certification. OSHA...

An order picker (also called a stock picker or cherry picker) is a Class II forklift where the operator rides a platform that rises with the forks to pick individual...

Studying for your forklift certification test? Below are common forklift test questions with the correct answers and short explanations, covering the OSHA safety topics you’ll be tested on. Want to...

People search for a “forklift license” all the time — but technically, there’s no such thing. There is no government-issued forklift license the way there’s a driver’s license. What the...

If you operate or employ forklift operators, you’re covered by OSHA’s powered industrial truck standard, 29 CFR 1910.178(l). Here are the requirements in plain English. 1. Training has three required...

Getting forklift certified is faster and more affordable than most people expect. Under OSHA’s rules, certification has three parts — formal instruction, hands-on training, and a workplace evaluation — and...