The practice of placing the transmission in neutral and setting the parking brake before lifting a load is also accepted as best practice and encouraged in the United States. It is not uncommon to encounter such directives in the operating/safety manuals of forklift manufacturers.
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) in the U.S. has put such directives in their Construction Safety Manuals for Operating and Maintenance Personnel (Rough Terrain Forklift and Truck-Mounted Forklift) which they developed for their members.
Lifting and Placing the Load
Place the forklift in neutral.
Set the parking brake.
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