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It is permissible to overload the truck by 25% if additional counterweights are used.

When parking your truck, make sure forks are left high enough to clear obstructions.

Operators should check their trucks at the beginning of each shift.

Operators must face the directions in which the machine is traveling.

Not observing the “rear end swing” is a probable cause for a majority of damage to finished goods.

Repairs to industrial trucks should be made only by personnel trained and authorized to make them.

If you are not able to see because of a large load in front of you, it6 is better to drive backwards than try and see around it on one side.

If they ask, maintenance or repair people may be lifted on the forks to reach their work.

Under no condition should anyone be permitted under the elevated forks or loads.

When loading a highway truck or trailer, its wheels should be checked or blocked even though the driver says the brakes are set.

Smoking is permissible in refueling areas providing you see no leaking fuel.

It is common practice to go up a ramp with the forks and load up front.

It is permissible to let another person operate your truck if they say they know how.

The operator should know what materials are being handled, how much it weighs, and how high it should be stacked.

Plant personnel are always aware of your presence and will watch out for you.

The truck operator does not have to pay much attention to utilities such as wiring, piping, sprinkler heads or electrical boxes.

Even well-trained industrial truck drivers with many safe years of driving experience can make an error if they allow their emotions to get the best of them.

Who do you contact FIRST in the event of an incident while operating a Forklift?