Werkgevers gids voor het veilig gebruiken van transportwerktuigen

Handlungshinweise für die Praxis

Table of contents

1    Introduction   
2    Definitions and abbreviations
2.1    Definitions   
2.2    Abbreviations   
3    Selecting the right industrial trucks for the specific purpose   
3.1    General   
3.2    Description of the industrial truck, the implements and the ancillary equipment   
3.3    Areas of use   
3.3.1    Dimensions   
3.3.2    Gradients and slopes   
3.3.3    Overhead guard / driver's cab   
3.3.4    Industrial trucks in explosive atmospheres   
3.3.5    Use on public roads   
3.3.6    Industrial trucks with internal combustion engines in completely or partly closed rooms   
3.3.7    Industrial trucks in low temperature areas   
3.3.8    Industrial trucks in high temperature areas   
3.3.9    Industrial trucks with trailers   
3.3.10    Towing wagons   
3.3.11    Use in narrow aisles   
3.3.12    Use in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry   
4    Prerequisites for the safe operation of industrial trucks   
4.1    Risk assessment   
4.2    Users of industrial trucks   
4.2.1    Suitability, training, instruction  and assignment   
4.2.2    Rights, obligations and rules of conduct   
4.2.3    Forbidden use for unauthorised persons   
4.2.4    Shoes and clothing   
4.2.5    Safety devices and driver restraint devices   
4.3    Driveways and working areas   
4.3.1    Driving on public roads   
4.3.2    Hazard zones   
4.3.3    Operation on gradients and slopes   
4.3.4    Operation in narrow aisles   
4.3.5    Battery charging stations   
4.4    Risks from physical exposure   
4.4.1    Noise   
4.4.2    Vibration   
4.4.3    Electromagnetic compatibility   
4.5    Explosion protection   
4.6    Operating industrial trucks with internal combustion engines in completely or partly closed rooms   
4.7    Implements   
4.7.1    Fastening   
4.7.2    Load bearing capacity   
4.8    Changes to the industrial truck or implement   
4.9    Contents of the operating instructions   
5    Operating industrial trucks   
5.1    Operating instructions and user manual   
5.2    Visibility   
5.3    Handling loads   
5.4    Special usage   
5.4.1    Driving in containers, wagons, trucks and   swap bodies   
5.4.2    Driving in elevators   
5.4.3    Using industrial trucks with working platform   
5.5    Handling batteries   
5.5.1    Changing batteries   
5.5.2    Charging batteries   
5.6    Refuelling the industrial truck   
5.6.1    Permitted fuels   
5.6.2    Handling fuels   
5.6.3    Fuel cell industrial trucks
5.6.4    LPG or CNG tanks   
5.6.5    Changing the LPG gas cylinders   
5.7    Industrial trucks with lifting driver's stand   
5.7.1    Rescuing people from blocked lifting gear   
5.8    Accident situations   
5.8.1    Collision accidents   
5.8.2    Getting into and out of the industrial truck   
5.8.3    Crushing and shearing injuries   
5.8.4    Industrial truck tips over   
5.8.5    Industrial truck crashes   
6    Transport, initial commissioning and storage   
6.1    Transport and loading   
6.2    Inspection before initial commissioning   
6.3    Additional inspection for initial commissioning in explosive  atmosphere   
6.4    Maintenance, servicing, inspection and cleaning   
6.4.1    Measures during maintenance and servicing   
6.4.2    People for regular inspection   
6.4.3    Cleaning    46
6.4.4    Additional requirements for servicing and regular inspection of ex-protection industrial trucks   
6.5    Environment   
6.5.1    Emissions   
6.5.2    Disposal   
Annex A: Index   
Annex B: List of quoted directives   
Annex C: List of quoted standards and regulations   
Annex D: Example of a risk assessment