IS there a limit to the amount of hours you can drive a forlklift in a day or work week in Illinois?

Question

my employer is makeing us work 6 days a week driveing forklifts and people are getting tired and falling asleep at the wheel of there lift trucks is there anything we can do about it or someone we could contact? Thanks for the hlp .. :)

Answer 1

I would contact the department of labor or OSHA they should be able to assist you.  I am sure that there is some type of safety guideline or law.  We wouldn’t want you to get hurt because you were tired and driving machinery.  Here are their website with contact information.

http://www.state.il.us/Agency/idol/

http://www.osha.gov/

This link has all kinds of information on construction and large machinery you  might find what you are looking for here.

http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/searchre...

Good Luck sorry I could not help more!