Guideline for the Safe Operation and Maintenance of Powered Lift Trucks
Health and Safety Guidelines
Issued: July 1999
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See also:
Clark Models ECS and GCS Forklift Trucks
Table of Contents
Foreword
- Introduction
- Legal Requirements
- Safety Program
- Hazard Identification
- Training
- Supervision
- Operating Procedures
- Maintenance and Repair Procedures
- Facility Design
- Lift Truck Selection Criteria
- Competency
- Competence of Maintenance Technicians
- Competence of Operators
- Maintenance
- General Safety Inspection and Maintenance
- Load-Handling Capacity
- Competence
- Inspection Frequency
- Recordkeeping
- Roles of Employers and Maintenance Contractors
Appendices
- Appendix I: Legislation
- Appendix II: Industrial Truck Association (ITA) Truck Classes
- Appendix III (a): Training Objectives–Knowledge to be Acquired
- Appendix III(b): Training Objectives–Skills to be Acquired
- Appendix IV: Maintenance Checklists
- Appendix V: Safe Workplace Associations
- Appendix VI: Ministry of Labour Regional Offices

