In the effort to achieve OH&S forklift compliance, you can’t just take the machine itself into consideration. During the course of your daily operations, you should also be paying attention to load handling attachments (those devices fitted to forklifts to enable the safe handling of specific types of loads). These include but are not limited to:
Forklift attachments will affect the load bearing capacity of the forklift itself. Individual load capacities which include any attachments should be shown on a name plate attached to the forklift, indicating the maximum load an operator should be lifting with attachments.
Forklift attachments are commonplace within industry warehouses, and carry with them multiple safety-enhancing benefits such as:
However, if not used correctly – or if not correctly labelled – then you could compromise your OH&S forklift compliance. Therefore, any and all forklift attachments you use should be identified with:
Individual load capacities which include any attachments should be shown on a name plate attached to the forklift, indicating the maximum load an operator should be lifting with attachments.’