16
January2024
A comprehensive approach to powered industrial truck safety.
The objective of the Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) program is to provide the fundamentals for the operation, use and maintenance of PIT’s. This program applies to mobile, power-driven PIT used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack, or tier material. Maritime PITs may include fork PITs, container top handlers, container reach stackers, side handlers, front-end loaders, excavators, combination vacuum lifts, sweepers, yard tractors, and other specialized equipment. The policies and procedures in this program are to be used to control the hazards employed with material handling activities throughout the workplace.
Other News Stories
Leadership Safety Series- Steps To Safety Excellence 15 Jul 2024 In a perfect world all risks would be engineered out, but this is not practical. Improving safety performance can be achieved with focus on a few concrete steps, most of which require no monetary investment or facility changes but necessitate the personal commitment and time of all stakeholders.New Solutions at Work: Supervisor Work Condition Cards, MONNIT Remote Temperature Monitoring & WCS Pinning Stations 15 Jul 2024 What is it? Solutions-at-Work or “SAW” are individual ideas where a Member of the Mutual looked at an existing hazard and, through their employee’s years of experience, knowledge, or creativity, developed a Solution to the problem that eliminated or reduced the hazard to employees and the chance of injury.
New Focus on Safety: Ladder Safety, Chemical Safety, Fall & Fall Protection, and Electrical Safety 15 Jul 2024 The SMIA Safety Committee and Signal Safety Team have created a library of topics for Safety Meetings, or Toolbox Talks called Focus on Safety
Safety Toolkits 10 Jul 2024