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Safe use
Reduce the speed if the visibility is obscured. Also reduce the speed if
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the floor is slippery to avoid the truck skidding or tilting.
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Be attentive about other personnel and other trucks, as well as protrud-
ing parts from racking, shelves and walls. Be prepared to stop!
Keep a safe distance from all vehicles ahead.
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Always keep a safe distance from the edges of loading bays and loading
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ramps.
Be attentive to indicated risk areas.
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Always give way to a loaded truck at junctions and in confined aisles.
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Before the truck is driven on to a loading ramp ensure that the ramp is
correctly secured and has the necessary load bearing capacity. Drive
slowly and carefully across the ramp keeping a safe distance to the
edge.
Before you drive the truck on board another vehicle, you must make
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sure that the other vehicle is steady and its breaks are safely applied.
Before you drive into an elevator you must first ensure that the elevator
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is approved for the total weight (of the truck, the load and the weight of
the operator). Drive in with the load first. Do not allow other people to be
inside the elevator.
Drive with the load behind, if it obscures the visibility, or let someone dir-
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ect you.
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