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I'm doing some work for a warehousing company that use a number of different types of pallet handling equipment; one of which is a ride-on (motorised) pallet truck. These are low level trucks which can only raise the forks enough to give sufficient ground clearance to maneuver the pallets. We are disagreement as to whether these trucks fall under LOLER. I believe they do, but would value another, independent, view.
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Manual pallet trucks are covered under PUWER not LOLER. Im guessing ride on's will be the same if only lifting pallets a few inches
http://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/loler.htm
George Originally Posted by: Nej447 
I'm doing some work for a warehousing company that use a number of different types of pallet handling equipment; one of which is a ride-on (motorised) pallet truck. These are low level trucks which can only raise the forks enough to give sufficient ground clearance to maneuver the pallets. We are disagreement as to whether these trucks fall under LOLER. I believe they do, but would value another, independent, view.
Edited by user 16 November 2018 11:13:28(UTC)
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The HSE ACOP refers to "high lift pallet trucks, both manual and powered, that have the ability to raise the forks above 300mm" as being the type of equipment that falls under LOLER.
The conclusion would therefore be that anything that lifts less than 300mm is exempt. The British Industrial Truck Association has this view.
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Hi,
See link below to HSE guidance which has a table on page 61 which gives clear definition as to type and whether it is PUWER, LOLER or both:
The type of lift truck you are refering to is defined as low lift which is lifting suffiently enough to permit horizontal travel and therefore PUWER only applies (although always refer to the manufacturer's instructions).
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Thank you for the responses. I have a copy of the ACOP, but I haven't seen the 300mm statement anywhere.
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To those that responded, thank you. Woolf13's response was most helpful, just what I was looking for, thanks.
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Page 11 in the ACOP - paragraph 28.
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Mr Insurance, perfect, thank you. I didn't realise the version I have is not the latested i.e. with 2018 amendments.
thanks again
Nej
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