Engineering Plant Guide
LIFT AND CRANE
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Pallet Trucks
- Description
- This type of equipment is used in a variety of industrial and commercial environments. Typically, pallet trucks are used for the movement of palletised loads in locations such as factories, warehouses and distribution centres.
Principal component parts include: front end loading forks, hydraulic lifting assemblies and underside carriage roller sets.
- Applicable Legislation
- PUWER
- Periodicity of Inspection
- 12 months
- Why Inspect It
- The main hazards associated with such equipment are loss of stability of equipment due to overload or underside carriage roller failure.
The mechanical failure of critical load bearing components can compromise safety to persons, both operating and in the vicinity of the equipment.
