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Class III Material Handling & Working Area
Class III Material Handling & Working Area
Siva Shanmugam 1
Lecturer / MED
Material Handling:
Cranes, Conveyors
and Lift Trucks
– Posture
– Vibration
– Impacts
• No riders
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Lecturer / MED
Inspection and Maintenance
• Daily and periodic inspection
• Retain documentation
• Daily checks
– Battery
– Brakes
– Lights
– Horn
– Steering
– Tires
– Hydraulic hoses
– Housekeeping
– Seat belt
– Seat
– Controls
– Fuel andN. oil
Siva Shanmugam
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Lecturer / MED
OSHA Training Requirements
• Truck topics
– Operating instructions, warnings and precautions for a specific truck type
– Differences between the truck and a auto’s operation
– Truck controls and instrumentation
– Engine or motor operation
– Steering and maneuvering
– Visibility due to loads
– Fork and attachment adaptations, operation, and use limitations
– Vehicle stability and capacity
– Vehicle inspection and maintenance that the operator will be required to perform
– Refueling and/or charging and recharging of batteries
– Operating limitations
– Operating instructions, warnings, or precautions in the manual for the specific
truck operated
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Lecturer / MED
OSHA Training Requirements
• Workplace topics
– Surface conditions where the truck will be operated
– Composition of loads carried and load stability
– Load manipulation, stacking and unstacking
– Pedestrian traffic in areas where the truck will be operated
– Narrow aisles and other restricted places where the truck will be
operated
– Hazardous locations where the truck will be operated
– Ramps and other sloped surfaces that could affect the vehicle’s
stability
– Closed environments and other areas where insufficient ventilation
or poor vehicle maintenance could cause a buildup of CO or diesel
exhaust
– Other unique or potentially hazardous environmental conditions that
could affect safe operation
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Lecturer / MED
Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
• Guided by rail, embedded wire, embedded RF markers,
or other means