December 2022 IVES Update e-Newsletter

Check out our latest news: Revision Notice Reminder: New Operator Practical Evaluation Forms, Product Feature: Models, Incident Report: Company fined $165k USD after worker loses fingers in Forklift accident, a question about tip overs in forklifts, interesting articles, and testimonials from our wonderful customers!

In this issue, we will be covering:

Revision Notice Reminder: New Operator Practical Evaluation Forms.
Product Feature: Models.
Upcoming Program Calendar.
Incident Report: Company fined $165k USD after worker loses fingers in Forklift accident.
Ask Bob: Our tech guru answers a question about tip overs in forklifts.
A selection of interesting articles.
New testimonials from our wonderful clients.

But first, check out all the places we are delivering training this month...

With the holiday season in full swing, the IVES team would like to wish all of our clients a Happy Holiday season!

We thank you for your continued support for the past year and wish health and happiness to all in the New Year.

Please note that our offices will be closed on December 26 in observance of the Christmas Day holiday, and on January 2 for New Years Day.

The IVES Team

We are very pleased to announce the release of brand new, completely redesigned Operator Practical Evaluation forms.

Compliance packages shipped on or after December 5, 2022 will include the new revised version.

This marks the first time the form has been significantly revised since way back in early 1997, more than twenty-five years ago!

We think you are really going to appreciate the new design, layout and ease of use of the new form. The simplified procedure for completing it means that you, as the evaluator, can keep more of your attention focused on the operator rather than the form during the course of an operational evaluation.

In addition, there is no further need to calculate a score at the end of the evaluation as there are only two possible outcomes; “Competency Demonstrated” or “Additional Training Required.” Either of which can be determined at a glance.

“Everybody that has seen or used this form absolutely loves it,” says IVES’ Director of Training, Rob Vetter, who went on to say, “This change has been a long time coming. In fact, various versions of it have been around for years, but we had to be sure we had it right and we really had to make sure it would be an easy transition for trainers before making the jump. The practical evaluation is an extremely important part of the process and, in my personal opinion, the Practical Evaluation form is the most important piece of documentation generated during the entire process of training and qualifying an operator. It’s a huge shift, but it’s clean, simple and efficient. I really think we got all aspects it right.”

Orientation videos offering familiarization with the layout and guidance on the use of each of the three new Operator Practical Evaluation forms, for Forklifts, MEWPs and Earthmovers (loaders) respectively, are available for viewing in the Members section of the IVES website.

Additionally, the affected pages of the equipment inserts in the Trainer’s Manual, are also available for download. These pages include selected pages from Section 3, Practical, Hands-On Training and all of Section 4, Practical Evaluation Methods, in its entirety. In some of the inserts, minor changes unrelated to the new Practical Evaluation form were made and those pages are also included for download.

We’re sure you will enjoy using the new Operator Practical Evaluation and will also appreciate the added level of ease and simplicity it brings to the trainee evaluation and documentation process!

Related Revisions

As is usually the case, revisions made to one item often affect another and this one is certainly no exception. The other affected items beyond those mentioned above are:

1. Operator Requalification Notepads - As those of you that have used our Notepads for operator refresher/requalification know, Practical Evaluation forms are included within them. In instances where Notepads are shipped with previous versions of the Practical Evaluation forms within them, they will be accompanied by the new versions of the form within the shipment.

2. Equipment Pre-use Inspection forms - This form now appears on the back side of the new evaluation forms and, as usual, is also available for free download from our website. The revision to the Pre-use Inspection form is the addition of an area at the bottom to record confirmation of inspection by up to five additional operators that may use the same unit during a shift.

Sample versions of the previous Pre-use Inspection forms that appear in the Digital Training Aids, Operator Reference Manuals and Operator Requalification Study Guides have been updated as well and Spanish-language versions are also on the way.

3. Operator Lesson Plans - Several revisions to the lesson plans were made to ensure that all information within them that is related to the practical evaluation form or process harmonize with the new materials.

Be sure to check out the orientation videos available for viewing on our website for a detailed walk-through of the new Practical Evaluation form and remember that you can still use any existing materials you may have on hand as these new revisions do not make previous versions of anything mentioned here obsolete.

IVES Training Group

We have an extensive line of die cast scale models available for forklifts, mobile elevating work platforms, loaders and excavators.

Each equipment model is made using heavy die cast with working components, realistic exterior and interior detailing.

Available for CAT, Clark, Toyota, JLG, Bobcat, Genie, and BT brands. Also available, our CASTLE Multifunction Model to help demonstrate capacity, stability and leverage to your operators.

These die cast training aids are a terrific visual for every trainer to use as a training aid in their operator class.

Inventory will vary and specific models may not be available.

NEW Boomlift Model available now!

This 1:38 scale Aichi (Toyota) SP460CJ Boomlift Model makes an excellent training aid for aerial boomlift operator classes.

Made using die cast and ABS, with working components and realistic detailing, this model is a terrific visual for every trainer to use as a training aid in their operator class.

This is available now in the MEWP Trainer Power Pack, the Aerial Boomlift Trainer Power Pack and on it’s own.

Click to browse or purchase Models.

A small Perth-based company has been fined almost a quarter of a million dollars after a teenage worker had seven fingers severed by forklift chains.

PT Supplies Group pleaded guilty after a trial to failing to provide a safe work environment which resulted in serious harm to one of their staff.

The company was fined a total of $240,000 and ordered to pay $30,581 in costs when sentenced in Perth Magistrates Court on Monday.

In February 2018, workers were working at a property in Banjup, when the 19-year-old was told to use a forklift to clear a firebreak of pallets of bricks and debris.

He had been given no official training in safe work procedures and also did not have a licence to operate a forklift.

The teenager worked into the early evening, until it was almost dark.

As he was driving the forklift, he noticed the chains had become slack and leaned forward to grab them with both hands and lift them back up onto the wheel.

The chains tensioned suddenly when he grabbed them and his hands became caught.

Paramedics were called, but were unable to free the worker’s hands from the chains.

Firefighters eventually managed to free the teenager.

Seven of the worker’s fingers were amputated in the incident.

Surgeons managed to reattach two, but their movement was severely restricted, and the worker has been left with severe and permanent injuries.

WorkSafe commissioner Darren Kavanagh said the employer had failed to provide a safe workplace in a number of ways, and failed to report the injury for more than a month.

“This young man suffered devastating and permanent injuries, but PT Supplies did not notify me forthwith as is required by law, and this resulted in a sizeable fine of $20,000 [being added to the overall total],” he said in a statement.

“The young man involved in this incident will live with a severe disability for the rest of his life as a result of an incident that could readily have been avoided.”

Source: WA Today

Free technical support for all IVES Certified Trainers!

Question:

Hi Bob,

One of my students recently asked what action should be taken during a tip over in a class 2, Narrow Aisle Forklift.

He told me that he was originally instructed to simple step out of the cab.

Thank you!

Answer:

Thanks for checking in with us.

Getting out of the machine in a tip over can be a tricky one.

Since Class 2 forklifts vary in design significantly, the unit could be a reach truck, order picker, turret truck or other specialized machine, so the answer for each could differ.

In some machines the operator wears a harness and lanyard, so trying to step out and away from a tipping machine is not possible and will not keep the operator safe.

In the case of standup reach trucks, for most tip over situations, stepping back and out of the operators compartment is recommended, but ultimately, I would suggest defaulting to the operator's manual for your specific unit.

The manufacturer knows their machine best and how to keep the operator that is using it safe in a tip over situation.

Bob

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