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2. When ascending or descending grades in excess of
10 percent, loaded trucks shall be driven with the load
upgrade.
3. On all grades the load and load engaging means
shall be tilted back if applicable, and raised only as far as
necessary to clear the road surface.
E. Loading
1. Only stable or safely arranged loads shall be hand-
led. Caution shall be excercized when handling off-
center loads which cannot be centered.
2. Only loads within the rated capacity of the truck shall
be handled.
3. The long or high (including multiple-tiered) loads
which may affect capacity shall be adjusted.
4. Trucks equipped with attachments shall be operated
as partially loaded trucks when not handling a load.
5. A load engaging means shall be placed under or to
the load as far as possible; the mast shall be carefully
tilted backward to stabilize the load.
6. Extreme care should be used when tilting the load
forward or backward, particularly when high tiering.
Tilting forward with load engaging means elevated shall
be prohibited except to pick up a load. An elevated load
shall not be tilted forward except when the load is in a
deposit position over a rack or stack. When stacking or
tiering, only enough backward tilt to stabilize the load
shall be used.
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F. Operation of the Truck
1. If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be
in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the
truck shall be taken out of service until it has been
restored to safe operating conditions.
G. Maintenance of Industrial Trucks
1. Any power-operated industrial truck not in safe
operating condition shall be removed from service. All
repairs shall be made by authorized personnel.
2. All parts of any such industrial truck requiring replace
ment shall be replaced only by parts equivalents as to
safety with those used in the original design.
3. Industrial trucks shall not be altered so that the
relative positions of the various parts are different from
what they were originally received from the manufac-
turer, nor shall they be altered either by the addition of
extra parts not provided by the manufacturer or by the
elimination of any parts. Additional counter-weighting of
fork trucks shall not be done unless approved by the
truck manufacturer.
4. Industrial trucks shall be examined before being
placed in service and shall not be placed in service if the
examination shows any condition adversely affecting the
safety of the vehicle. Such examinations shall be made
at least daily. When industrial trucks are used on a
round-the-clock basis, they shall be examined after each
shift. Defects when found shall be immediately reported
and corrected.
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