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Hazard Def:

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Something that may cause harm or injury.

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Risk

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What could happen to you when exposed to hazard.

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Duty of care

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Take care of your own safety.
Take care of others safety.

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If we work in a unsafe manner

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Suspend your HRWL
Cancel your HRWL

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If you don’t know the forklif

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Training
Instructions

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Source of safety information

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Operators Manual
OHS Policies.
Australian Standras.

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Talking about hazards:

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Supervisors.
Co-workres.
Site Managers.
Its important to be aware fo the hazards

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Employer

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Provide a safe working enviroment.
Porivde safe working equipment.
Provide training and instructions.

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Hazards in a forklift operating area

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Powerlines
People
Poor Lighitng.
Damaged Raks
Wet surface.
Blind corners.
Vehicle traffic.

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Powerlines distance

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Live insulated volts 1000 0.5
Live un-insulated volts 1000 1m
Live powerlines between 1000-33000 3m.
Live powerlines exceding 33000 (6m).

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When your forklift hit powerlines

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Warn others people to stay away.
Try to break contact from powerline.
Stay in the forklift if it is safe. if not, jump or shuffle with the feet together.
Report to supervisor, safety regulator and local power company.
Check forklift before re-use

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Powerlines voltage

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Call the local power company

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Hazard controlmeasures to ensure people safety.

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1 Warning signs
2 barriers.
3 walkways.

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Powerlines visibility

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Tiger tails.
Warning signs.

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Forklift in dark areas

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adequate lighting.

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forklife on fuele in limited air flow

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Fumes can kill you.
use Electric one instead.

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Operating on wet surfaces

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Drive slowly
Brake slowly.

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Planning for the weather will ensure we use

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suitable risk control.

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Rear end swing

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Creates a risk of hitting people or objects.

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Electric forklift should be charged ventialted

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Release explosive gases and prevent explosions.

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Fuel powered forklift are dangerous to refuel when the enginees running

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The fuel could ignite.

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Communicating with personel wildst operating foklift

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Using horn
2 ways radio.
Hand signals.

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Before operate the forklift pre-start checks

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Tyres
Fluids
Fork
Mast
Seat
Mirrors.

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If you cant hear

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Stop the forklift and clarify last signal.

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FAult has been discovered
Tag out of service.
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A professional forklift operators plans their day extensively for things such as:
Load weight Location of the load. Rout to get the load. Forklift type. Forklift capacity.
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Weather Hazards
Wet and slippery conditions. Cold an strong winds. Uv rays from the sun.
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Filled tyres has to be even
To keep the forklift stable.
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All forklift attachments affect the forklift capacity by
Lowering the capacity.
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Pre-start check (tyres)
Large pieces of rubber missing. Flat tyres. Uneven tyres. Damaged rims
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Forklift guards
Load guard to protect the mast and operator. Overhead guard: To protect the operator from falling objects
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If you are not sure about the attachments
Operators Manual
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When you setp into the forklift and start it up you need to do your operational checks
Steering Brakes lights.
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Before attempt to pick up a load. you need to check it's weight via
PAperwork. Calculations. Labels on the load.
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Most forklift are designed to travel on a sloper or rump., Load allways facing
up the ramp.
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Sometimes your load obstructs your view so
Travel in reverse. Use a spotter.
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Turning on a slope or ramp
You could lose the load. YHou could tip the forklift.
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Sometimes your loead moves about during the travle. Check de movement
To keep the forklift and load stable.
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People are always at trisk near operating forklift. IF you raise or lower the load near people it could reults on
risk on injury or death if load falls.
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Forklift for two people
When its designed to
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Nedless to say its veri dangerous to carry the load in only one load
Tipping the load Tipping the forklift
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Travelling with the loads to high
The forklift could tip over
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Attachmnets
Jib Slippers Carpet spike.
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The best to travel with the load
At axle height or As low as possible
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Causes could cause the forklift to tip over forwards
Overloading. Braking to fast. Driving with the load to high.
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Causes forklift to tip over sideways
Turning too fast. Turning with the load to heavy. Turning in a ramp.
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Why keep the central when travelling
To keep the forklift and the load stable
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Most of forklift are equiped with a seabelt
To stop you falling out in the event of a tip over
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To stack multiple items
A Flat surface Heavy goods on the bottom. A stable stack.
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Fulcrum point
Triangle in the middle of the wheel.
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Avoid gaps between back of the truck and the loading dock
Dock plate
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If i'm not sure about the forklift capacity
check the plate.
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Load centre
Middle of the load to heel of the forks.
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Hazard of JIB
Swinging load
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If start to tip over
Stay in the forklift. Brace yourself.
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Brakes or hydraulics fail
Stop th eforklift Tag "out of service"
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Common load centre
600mm
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If the load is not pushe to the back of the heel of the fork
The forklift could tip over.
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Keys
To prevent unauthorised use.
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Where not to park
In front of emergency exit. In front of fire extinguishers. In front of first aid.
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Parking
Remove the key Hand brake on. Tilt forks to the ground.
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Load width/lenght /2
load centre distnace. 1400/2 = 700 (100mm over the limit9.
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