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  2. Forklift - Wikipedia

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    A forklift (also called industrial truck, lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various companies, including Clark , which made transmissions , and Yale & Towne ...

  3. Material-handling equipment - Wikipedia

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    A counterbalanced lift truck (sometimes referred to as a forklift truck, but other attachments besides forks can be used) can transport and stack pallets and allows the operator to ride on the truck. The weight of the vehicle (and operator) behind the front wheels of truck counterbalances weight of the load (and weight of vehicle beyond front ...

  4. Construction site safety - Wikipedia

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    Construction safety has been considered as a hot topic in academic research. As per the latest research. the largest number of published construction safety documents were published by scholars from the US and China; the total number of published articles by these two countries was 1,125, at 56% of the 2000 articles that were published.

  5. European Materials Handling Federation - Wikipedia

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    Insufficient market surveillance in the EU has been identified as a major risk for the industry. Indeed, whereas a lot of regulations and directives apply to materials handling products, some competitors do not comply with the rules thus creating an unfair market and affecting the environment, workers' health and products'safety.

  6. Material handling - Wikipedia

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    Improved safety: When manually handling goods, there are a lot of risks of injuries experienced e.g fall from heights. When unit load formation equipment is factored in, all these risks are reduced to almost zero.

  7. Powered industrial truck - Wikipedia

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    In legal terms of the United States, a powered industrial truck (PIT) is a specialized motor vehicle defined in several standards: ANSI B56.1-1969 (PIT is a “mobile, power propelled truck used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack, or tier material.”), the OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 “Powered Industrial Trucks” regulation [1] and its standard interpretations [2] depending on industry type ...