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Powered industrial trucks are commercial (whether or not modified) fork trucks, platform lift trucks, crane trucks, tow tractors, personnel and burden carriers, and other specialized industrial trucks powered by electric motors or internal combustion engines.
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6.4.1. Powered Industrial Truck Standards. All powered industrial trucks shall be verified to meet the design and construction standards of ANSI B56 series safety standards and bear identifying mark(s) evidencing the same.
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6.4.2. Powered Industrial Truck Designations. All powered industrial trucks shall be approved for fire safety purposes by a nationally recognized testing laboratory (for example, UL, FM) using nationally recognized testing standards, bear mark(s) evidencing testing, and bear the appropriate designation (i.e., D, DS, DY, E, ES, EE, EX, G, GS, LP, LPS).
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6.4.3. Powered Industrial Truck Operations
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6.4.3.1. Only qualified and trained personnel shall operate powered industrial trucks.
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6.4.3.2. Operations of all powered industrial trucks shall be operated in accordance with the safety rules and practices of NASA-STD-8719.9, Standard for Lifting Devices and Equipment; and ANSI B56 series safety standards.
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6.4.3.3. Use in NFPA 505 Hazardous Area Classifications shall be restricted to powered industrial trucks with the appropriate designation per UL 558, UL 583, or a comparable nationally recognized testing laboratory.
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6.4.3.4. Powered industrial trucks shall not be used in the proximity of critical hardware where inadvertent operation could result in damage of the hardware.
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6.4.3.5. If external attachments, such as special lifting adaptors, are attached to the forks for lifting, the attachment components shall have the proper load rating and meet the appropriate testing requirements in this publication.
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6.4.3.6. Lift trucks shall be derated to 75 percent of rated capacity for critical loads.
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6.5.1. Passenger elevators not designed in accordance with Volume 5 criteria for freight shall not be used for propellant or other hazardous materials.
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6.5.2. Freight elevators used for the movement of ordnance that has been removed from the original shipping containers, toxic propellants, or other hazardous materials shall be controlled remotely.
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6.5.3. Personnel shall not ride in elevators during movement of the materials listed in 6.5.2.
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