PDFWAC 296-307-52035
Lifting employees on the forks of trucks.
Employees may be lifted on the lifting carriage or forks of a powered industrial truck under the following conditions:
(1) The truck is equipped with vertical only, or vertical and horizontal controls elevatable with the lifting carriage or forks.
(2) A safety platform is firmly secured to the lifting carriage and/or forks.
(3) Employees on the platform have a mechanism to shut off power to the truck.
(4) Employees on the platform are protected from falling objects according to the operating conditions.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 20-21-091, § 296-307-52035, filed 10/20/20, effective 11/20/20. WSR 97-09-013, recodified as § 296-307-52035, filed 4/7/97, effective 4/7/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040, [49.17.]050 and [49.17.]060. WSR 96-22-048, § 296-306A-52035, filed 10/31/96, effective 12/1/96.]