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Posted By Steve Coen
I've been tasked with Risk Assessing the practice of a fork lift truck loading 500kg pallets onto a narrow tail lift, which a driver then has to move into the rear of the vehicle with a manual pump truck. The tail lift is kept on the level of the vehicle floor, about 1.5 meters off the ground.
This is done out in the open, not sheltered from weather, in daylight.
Any opinions?
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Posted By Martyn Hendrie
Is there some reason why the tail lift can't be used in the normal way?
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Posted By Steve Coen
No reason at all, apart from time. To load with a forklift straight to the raised tail lift is aprox 3 times quicker than raising and lowering the tai llift,which can be a many as 12 pallets.
The space constraints and the physical stress on the individual can be significant,manouvering a half ton pallet in a restricted space.
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Posted By Stuart Nagle
Steve.
The only problems I can see would I expect have already been considered by yourself, namely;
overloading of the tail lift (max weight) by loads and/or the forks adding to the weight on the tail lift, and;
Man in van moving the goods. Is it on a level surface so pallets cannot 'run-away' either off or into the load space crushing feet, hands legs etc....
Is there a light in the rear of the van? would one be needed?
can the FLT contact the back of the van/tail lift too hard, shunting the van and causing driver to fall....?
Any danger of loads coming off pallet in manual loading and injuring driver etc...
can the driver slip. trip andfall from the tail lift whilst moving the heavy loads about as they get progressively nearer the tail lift during the loading...?
Regards...
Stuart
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