Twenty questions on powered industrial trucks, with every answer traced to the paragraph of 29 CFR 1910.178 it comes from — stability and load center, pre-shift examination, travel and pedestrian rules, unattended trucks, battery charging. Your employer's training and hands-on evaluation on the truck you will actually use remain required; this test only helps you review.
20 questions about 15 min
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Frequently asked questions
No. Under 29 CFR 1910.178(l) your employer must train you, evaluate your performance on the type of truck you will operate in the workplace where you will operate it, and re-evaluate you at least every three years. An online test cannot replace the hands-on evaluation, and nothing is issued for taking this one.
1910.178(l)(2)(iii) requires training to be conducted by a person who has the knowledge, training and experience to train operators and evaluate their competence. That is usually a qualified employee or a contracted trainer — it is the employer who remains responsible, and the employer who must document it.
1910.178(l)(6) requires the employer to certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated, and to record the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person or persons who did the training or the evaluation.
The questions come from 29 CFR 1910.178, which covers powered industrial trucks in general industry, including rough terrain forklifts used in warehouses and yards. Telehandlers on construction sites are also covered by 29 CFR 1926.602 and, when they are configured to hoist and place loads with rigging, by the crane standard 29 CFR 1926 Subpart CC. Check which rule applies to your machine and your worksite.
There is no fixed interval for refresher training itself. 1910.178(l)(4)(ii) lists the triggers: unsafe operation, an accident or near-miss, an evaluation showing the operator is not operating safely, assignment to a different type of truck, or a change in workplace conditions. Separately, 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) requires an evaluation of each operator at least once every three years.
There is no official OSHA test. OSHA sets what the training must cover and requires the employer to evaluate the operator in the workplace; it does not publish or grade an exam. This free practice test is not affiliated with OSHA or the Department of Labor.