How to Prepare Your Warehouse for an OSHA Inspection
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) plays a central role in establishing and enforcing workplace safety regulations that protect workers. Warehouses are often filled with potential safety hazards — high shelves, heavy machinery and moving equipment can all be dangerous. With so many hazards around, OSHA inspections are a way to ensure every warehouse…
The Top 12 Most Important Safety Tips for Forklift Operators
Forklifts are critical components of many projects, and they are also potentially dangerous pieces of heavy equipment. In 2022, forklifts were related to 73 workplace deaths and nearly 25,000 Days Away From Work, Job Restriction or Transfer (DART) cases. Transportation incidents were the leading cause of all incidents. Protect your team, pedestrians and machinery with…
Forklift Technician Apprentice Program
Paid Hands-on Training. Competitive Compensation. Opportunities For Rapid Advancement. These are just a few of the many benefits of Eastern Lift Truck Company’s (ELTC) unique and exciting Forklift Technician Apprentice Program. The goal of our Forklift Technician Apprentice Program is simple: attract, train, and develop talent for our Service Department, throughout our seven-state Mid-Atlantic region….
Materials Handling & Storage Glossary: 7 Classifications of Forklifts
Understanding the 7 classifications of forklifts will help you to decide which one to use and best utilize for your daily operations.
Industrial Battery Maintenance and Storage during Extended Downtime
Proper industrial battery maintenance is critical to keep electric lift trucks running at optimum performance levels.
Ongoing Training is Important to our Team
Safety and continuing education are ingrained into our culture at Eastern Lift Truck Co.
National Forklift Safety Day 2020 and On-Line Training from Eastern Lift Truck Co.
Tomorrow is National Forklift Safety Day. This annual event is hosted by the Industrial Truck Association (ITA) and held in Washington D.C.
Industrial Truck Association and Forklift Classifications
The Industrial Truck Association (ITA) is headquartered in Washington, DC, USA, and is the leading organization of industrial truck manufacturers and suppliers of component parts and accessories.
UL Ratings and Industrial Lift Truck Classifications
Find Out If Your Equipment Is UL Approved Within Your Facility
Safety Procedures for Fork Extensions (Handling long, light loads)
Fork Extensions increase the versatility and load bearing power of equipment.
National Forklift Safety Day 2019
Today is National Forklift Safety Day, a day designed to remind and encourage anyone who works on or around forklifts to utilize on-going training and safety initiatives to keep operators and pedestrians safe.
Proud To Provide Powered Industrial Truck Training to Dept of Veterans Affairs
Eastern Lift Truck Co., Inc. was honored to provide Powered Industrial Truck Training to members of the Department of Veteran Affairs.
