Currently, I am dealing with a particular operator who thinks it is fine to navigate tight areas with the forks 10+ feet in the air with a load. Trying to find a regulation that says you should not do that.
Our own internal and external training we have received for driving forklifts says we should not travel at more than 8 inches.
Osha states you should travel at a safe height and that height is 4 to 8 inches but doesn't actually state a regulation.
Any help would be appreciated.
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This should really be a matter of common sense.
Of course you may have to travel with an elevated load to clear an obstacle albeit at a drastically reduced speed.
Generally fork travel height varies depending who you talk too but generally under 12".
The most logical ive heard was between ankle and knee height. If someone'**** with a fork your talking a serious injury and the 2 straight bones in your lower leg are a **** site easier for a surgeon to piece back together then an ankle or knee joint and less chance of a permanent life changing injury - morbid but does make sense.
Really you should just be travelling with the forks as low as practical but we can't surround everything with a set 'number' in legislation.
The driver has been lifting the load above 2 stacked gaylords to navigate around a pole. The Gaylords in question could and should be moved to allow normal access to the area.
In some cases it is required to travel with load elevated to clear obstacles. This would be out of the normal operating standard. I have not seen a specific regulation for traveling while elevated. It should not be needed if the driver has a brain. 4 to 6 inches is in most all training information for the safe travel lift height. It sounds like this person should not be operating a lift truck.
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