Toolbox talks by topic · English
Mobile Equipment
5 talks on this topic. Each prints as a one-page talk plus a sign-in sheet with the topic and citations already filled in, and each is also published in Spanish.
Toolbox Talk · About 10 minutes to deliver
Struck-By: Staying Visible Around Equipment
You are invisible to an operator until they prove otherwise. Blind spots, backing, spotters, and swing radius.
29 CFR 1926.601 · 29 CFR 1926.602
Toolbox Talk · About 10 minutes to deliver
Backing Up and Spotters
Why reversing kills people on foot, what the standard actually requires, and how to be a spotter who does not get run over.
29 CFR 1926.601 · 29 CFR 1926.602
Toolbox Talk · About 10 minutes to deliver
Forklifts and People on Foot
A loaded forklift does not stop, does not steer like a car, and tips before it warns you — for operators and for everyone walking near one.
29 CFR 1910.178
Toolbox Talk · About 9 minutes to deliver
Skid Steers and Attachments
The machine with no dedicated standard, a lift arm that crushes, and the interlocks people defeat to save two minutes.
29 CFR 1926.602 · 29 CFR 1926.600 · 29 CFR 1910.147
Toolbox Talk · About 8 minutes to deliver
Forklift Batteries and Propane
Charging makes hydrogen, batteries carry acid and enough current to weld a ring to your hand, and a propane cylinder gets changed outside.
29 CFR 1910.178 · 29 CFR 1910.110
Toolbox talks are not the training
A ten-minute talk raises awareness on one topic. It does not satisfy an OSHA training requirement on its own, and it is not a substitute for the training your people are actually required to have. When you need that, it is what we sell.
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