New Mexico Worker Safety Forklift

June 5th, 2007 Posted by Amelia

The forklifts can enhance their usefulness with the installation of some accessories. These attachments can be boom extensions, drum grippers, hoppers, cylinder caddies, rug rams, drum rotators, and drum carriers. In the manufacturing industry is common to see some of these changes.

Any accessory installed modifies the safety rating of the forklift, and must be know by employers and workers. When they add attachments to the equipment, they alter the maintenance and operating instructions. The manufacturer must approve these changes and the instructions labels must be update to show the new safety procedures to be follow. For example, if we add accessories we reduce the forklift total capacity to load. The fork extension and the weight of the attachment is considers part of the load.

According to New Mexico OSHA standards, periodically must be evaluate the operator skills. They are also required to retrain from time to time. If the worker operates the forklift in a negligent manner or is involved in an accident, they are required to undergo forklift instruction again.

The incorrect operation of forklifts is the topic of a recent state publication. In the US there are about 1.5 million of forklift operators. Also known as fork trucks or Powered Industrial Trucks (PITs), the publication said that forklifts are one of the most common sources of hurts and even deaths among employees.

Although these machines are simple to use, they are a danger at work. The safety consultant author of the OSHA article recommends some ways to minimize injuries and fatalities with forklifts. The most common cause of accident is the forklift tipping over because of unbalanced load.

To reduce accidents, the OSHA standards require a special training of operators, considering four main factors. They are the operator skills, the operator’s prior knowledge, the type of forklift to operate and the dangers in the workplace.

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New Mexico Labor Law Board

August 4th, 2006 Posted by Kimberly

The New Mexico Labor Law Board is one in which most of us that live in this state do not think much about. If you are a business owner, you may need to know more about this department of the government, though. The Department of Labor has a very important role in the everyday function of most businesses out there. In fact, if you wish to employ people to work in your business, you will need to have at least some dealings with the New Mexico Labor Law Board. No matter what you may know about them, the fact is that this board is one in which the employment aspects are quite crucial to follow.

As a business owner, one of the first things that you will want to do is to obtain the necessary licenses for running your business within the state. This information is provided to you by the New Mexico Labor Law Board. In addition, this board provides for other helpful tips including such things as helping you to employ people that are educated as well as trained. In some cases, there is help in the way of apprenticeships as well.

Yet, it is also important to follow the laws that are set in place by the New Mexico Labor Law Board as a business owner. In this case, this board is the one that sets the laws in regard to that of child labor laws, minimum wage laws, work week laws and even the laws governing the safety of those that you employ at your establishment. This can seem like quite a bit to take in, but the Department of Labor provides for these laws in order to provide a safe as well as fair work place for all of those that work within our state.

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