Stay clear of all; LOOK WHERE YOU'RE DRIVING; DRIVE CAREFULLY- Page 3

Know the Hazards

Protect Yourself

3   Protect Yourself

LOOK WHERE YOU'RE DRIVING

• Always be alert to the area around you and watch 

where you are driving.  You could be pinned or 

crushed by objects intruding or poking into the operator

area.

DRIVE CAREFULLY

• Keep your hands on the controls and feet on the pedals.

Keep your entire body in the operator area.

• Never stick a foot or any part of your body outside the

operator area, no matter how slow the truck is moving.

You cannot stop 4400 kg (9700 pounds) with any part

of your body.  A foot or hand caught between the truck

and a fixed object will be crushed or even cut off.

• Stay away from the edge of docks and ramps.  Make 

sure dockboards are secure.  Check that trailer wheels

are chocked.  You could be seriously injured or even

  killed in a fall from a dock or dockboard.
• Keep your truck under control at all times.  Drive at a

speed that allows you to stop safely.  Be even more 

careful on slippery or uneven surfaces.  Do not drive 

over objects on the floor.

Know the Hazards

Protect Yourself   4

AVOID FALLS AND TIPOVERS

Falls from docks and tipovers are very serious accidents;

you can be crushed or even killed.  Immediately exit and

move away from the truck in these emergencies.

Note:

End-control rider trucks, such as this SR, are not

like center-control rider trucks, where it is recommended

that the operator stay with the truck.  The best way to

prevent injury is to know where you are at all times and

follow the rules of safe truck operation.

• Be extremely careful when working around docks, 

dockboards and trailers.

• Travel with the load or forks close to the ground and 

tilted back.  Watch for overhead obstructions.  Perform

all truck movements smoothly and at a speed that will

give you time to react in an emergency.

• An unloaded truck can tip over also.  Be just as careful

using an unloaded truck as you are using a loaded one.

USE YOUR TRUCK SAFELY

• Keep your hands and feet away from all moving parts

such as masts, chains, forks or wheels.  Make sure 

the load backrest is in place.

• Never stand on or under the forks, or allow anyone 

else to stand on or under them.  The only way to lift 

people is with an approved platform.  Never allow 

passengers on the truck.  There is no safe place for 

them.

• Before you leave your truck:

• Come to a complete stop and lower forks to the floor.
• Shut the truck off with the key or power disconnect.

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Stay clear of all
moving parts.

Moving parts can
cut or crush hands,
feet, arms or legs.