Operating a forklift sounds like a piece of cake, you sit behind the wheel, pull some levers and put boxes in trucks and so forth, but that’s not the attitude you ever want to have when tasked with using one. In this quiz we’ll go through all of the different protocols and safety precautions you should always take when you sit down behind the wheel of a forklift. How much do you know?
Have at least 10 years of experience operating material handling equipment.
Be trained and authorized to use the type of material handling equipment you are using.
Have a Class C license.
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Before you use the forklift for work.
Whenever you get a break from the work you are presently doing.
When your company has a scheduled maintenance time.
By someone who has time to look it over.
Supervisors.
Trained and certified workers.
Friends.
Anybody.
Monthly.
Daily.
Weekly.
Before each shift.
Raise the load so you can see under it.
Lower and tilt the load forward so you can see over.
Travel forward.
Travel in reverse.
If they are strapped in.
On the forks, within a special attachment safety platform.
Never.
Towed behind the unit.
Hydraulic system.
Brakes.
Tires.
All of the above.
Half way.
Three quarters.
One fourth.
All the way.
If it is broken down.
If it is in your way.
If the forklift truck in front is driving too slow.
Never.
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Parking brake is applied.
Forks are fully lowered to the floor or ground.
You are familiar with how all the controls function and have read the operator's manual.
All the controls are in neutral or other correct postion.
Truck has received its daily inspection and is ready and safe to operate.
All of these actions should be performed before starting a lift truck.
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