FIRE, HEALTH,SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT

  CHECKLIST FOR INSPECTION OF ELECTRICAL FORKLIFT / REACH LIFT The following are the points to be considered when designing weekly/monthly checklist for Material Handling Equipment’s (MHE) ·          3rd party inspection certificate for MHE   ·          Overhead Guard - Are there broken welds, missing bolts, or damaged areas?   ·          Hydraulic Cylinders - Is there leakage or damage on the lift, tilt, and attachment functions of the cylinders?   ·          Mast Assembly - Are there broken welds, cracked or bent areas, and worn or missing stops?   ·          Lift Chains and rollers - Is there wear or damage or kinks, signs of rust, or any sign that lubrication is required?   ·          Forks - Are they cracked or bent , worn, or mismatched?   ·          Tires - Are they cracked or worn?   ·          Battery - Are the cell caps and terminal covers in place?   ·          Are the cables missing insulation?   ·          Is load chart displaye

R164 - Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, 1981 (No. 164) Preamble The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Sixty-seventh Session on 3 June 1981, and Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to safety and health and the working environment, which is the sixth item on the agenda of the session, and Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a Recommendation supplementing the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981, adopts this twenty-second day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighty-one, the following Recommendation, which may be cited as the Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, 1981: I. Scope and Definitions §   1. §   (1) To the greatest extent possible, the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981, hereinafter r