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bigGlittlestar:

Your OSHA trainer is in the wrong business. He should be selling bridges.

Industrial Truck Standards Development Foundation (ITSDF), Safety Standard for Low Lift and High Lift Trucks, B56.1-2005, 5 - Operating Safety Rules and Practices. 5.3. - Traveling. 5.3.8: "Ascend or descend grades slowly, and with caution. (c) 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."

OSHA 1910.178, Powered Industrial Trucks, Traveling, (n)(7)(iii): 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."

Canadian Standards Association (CSA), Safety Standard for Lift Trucks, B335-04. 4 - General Requirements. 4.9.8 - Ramps and Grades: "Operators shall ascend or descend grades slowly and with caution and shall adhere to the following requirements: (c) On all grades the load-engaging means shall be tilted back, if applicable, and raised only as far as necessary to clear the road surface."
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  • Michigan, United States

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