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Be a Safe Driver
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Be a Safe Driver continued
WATCH OUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE
• Slow down. Yield or stop for pedestrians. Use your
horn when you come to a crosswalk or intersection.
• Be careful that you don't pin or crush someone.
For example: Never drive your truck toward anyone
standinginfrontofaxedobject.
• Watch out for power unit swing.
• Never allow passengers on your truck.
• Keep others away from your truck while you're
working. Don't ever allow anyone on or under the
load or forks.
• Don't let anyone use your truck unless they are trained
and certified.
• Never lift anyone with the forks unless they are
using an approved platform. Even then use
extreme caution:
• Use a securely attached and approved
safety platform.
• Make certain lifting mechanism is operating properly.
• Have load backrest vertical (never tilt when elevated).
• Make certain truck is in neutral and brake is applied.
• Lift and lower slowly.
• Watch for overhead obstructions.
• Be sure you can see and hear the person being lifted.
• Never transport anyone on the platform from one
location to another.
WHEN OPERATING OUTDOORS
• Slow down when traveling on slippery roads or slippery surfaces.
• Avoid traveling in areas which are flooded or where there are bumps, holes, or
loose material that can cause the truck to tip or swerve.
• Do not drive your truck on soft ground, or on road shoulders which can be soft and
may collapse.
• Stay away from curbs, rails, and ditches.
• When entering buildings, check floor weight limits.
AVOID FALLS AND TIPOVERS
• Stay with your truck. Don't jump from a moving or
falling sit-down, counterbalanced truck.
• Stay away from the edge of docks and ramps.
• Check that bridgeplates and dockboards are secure.
Be certain that either the trailer wheels are chocked
or the trailer is locked to the dock. Check capacities.
Be sure your truck, with load, isn't too heavy for
where you are driving.
• Make sure the load you are moving is stable. Spread
the forks as far as you can and center the load. Insert
forks as far under the load as you can. Be even more
careful with long, tall, or wide loads. They can be
less stable.
• Use forward tilt only when you have the load in a
rack, over a stack or close to the floor. Use minimum
fork tilt to pick up or place a load. When lifting or
lowering outside a rack, keep the load backrest
vertical or tilted back slightly.
• When moving loads on grades or ramps, drive with
your forks pointed upgrade. Without a load, drive
with forks downgrade. Slow down, and don't turn
on grades or ramps.
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