539OccupationalSafetyandHealthAdmin.,Labor§1910.178ReprintsofthechartsareavailablethroughtheOccupationalSafetyandHealthAdministration(OSHA)AreaandRegionalOffices.TheaddressandtelephonenumberofthenearestOSHAofficecanbeobtainedbylookinginthelocaltelephonedirectoryunderU.S.Government,U.S.DepartmentofLabor,OccupationalSafetyandHealthAd-ministration.Singlecopiesareavailablewithoutcharge.Individuals,establishmentsandotheror-ganizationsdesiringsingleormultiplecop-iesofthesechartsmayorderthemfromtheOSHAPublicationsOffice,U.S.DepartmentofLabor,RoomN–3101,Washington,DC20210,Telephone(202)219–4667.[49FR4350,Feb.3,1984,asamendedat52FR36026,Sept.25,1987;53FR34737,Sept.8,1988;61FR9239,Mar.7,1996]§1910.178Poweredindustrialtrucks.(a)Generalrequirements.(1)Thissec-tioncontainssafetyrequirementsre-latingtofireprotection,design,main-tenance,anduseofforktrucks,trac-tors,platformlifttrucks,motorizedhandtrucks,andotherspecializedin-dustrialtruckspoweredbyelectricmo-torsorinternalcombustionengines.Thissectiondoesnotapplytocom-pressedairornonflammablecom-pressedgas-operatedindustrialtrucks,nortofarmvehicles,nortovehiclesin-tendedprimarilyforearthmovingorover-the-roadhauling.(2)Allnewpoweredindustrialtrucksacquiredandusedbyanemployershallmeetthedesignandconstructionre-quirementsforpoweredindustrialtrucksestablishedinthe‘‘AmericanNationalStandardforPoweredIndus-trialTrucks,partII,ANSIB56.1–1969’’,whichisincorporatedbyreferenceasspecifiedin§1910.6,exceptforvehiclesintendedprimarilyforearthmovingorover-the-roadhauling.(3)Approvedtrucksshallbearalabelorsomeotheridentifyingmarkindi-catingapprovalbythetestinglabora-tory.Seeparagraph(a)(7)ofthissec-tionandparagraph405of‘‘AmericanNationalStandardforPoweredIndus-trialTrucks,partII,ANSIB56.1–1969’’,whichisincorporatedbyreferenceinparagraph(a)(2)ofthissectionandwhichprovidesthatifthepoweredin-dustrialtruckisacceptedbyanation-allyrecognizedtestinglaboratoryitshouldbesomarked.(4)Modificationsandadditionswhichaffectcapacityandsafeoperationshallnotbeperformedbythecustomeroruserwithoutmanufacturerspriorwrit-tenapproval.Capacity,operation,andmaintenanceinstructionplates,tags,ordecalsshallbechangedaccordingly.(5)Ifthetruckisequippedwithfront-endattachmentsotherthanfac-toryinstalledattachments,theusershallrequestthatthetruckbemarkedtoidentifytheattachmentsandshowtheapproximateweightofthetruckandattachmentcombinationatmax-imumelevationwithloadlaterallycentered.(6)Theusershallseethatallname-platesandmarkingsareinplaceandaremaintainedinalegiblecondition.(7)Asusedinthissection,theterm,approvedtruckorapprovedindustrialtruckmeansatruckthatislistedorapprovedforfiresafetypurposesfortheintendedusebyanationallyrecog-nizedtestinglaboratory,usingnation-allyrecognizedtestingstandards.Referto§1910.155(c)(3)(iv)(A)fordefini-tionoflisted,andto§1910.7fordefini-tionofnationallyrecognizedtestinglaboratory.(b)Designations.Forthepurposeofthisstandardthereareelevendifferentdesignationsofindustrialtrucksortractorsasfollows:D,DS,DY,E,ES,EE,EX,G,GS,LP,andLPS.(1)TheDdesignatedunitsareunitssimilartotheGunitsexceptthattheyaredieselenginepoweredinsteadofgasolineenginepowered.(2)TheDSdesignatedunitsaredieselpoweredunitsthatareprovidedwithadditionalsafeguardstotheexhaust,fuelandelectricalsystems.TheymaybeusedinsomelocationswhereaDunitmaynotbeconsideredsuitable.(3)TheDYdesignat...
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