For your safety you must:
● know the reach stacker’s size
● know the reach stacker’s operating capacity
● know how to operate the reach stacker
● know what safety features are available
● know the safe operating procedures at your work site
● check the reach stacker daily for proper operation
● use every safety feature
● follow safe operating procedures
● be alert and use common sense
Death or serious injury may result from improper operation of a machine.
Many safety features are designed into reach stackers to help protect you (the
operator), your fellow workers, and the property in the area where you work.
Remeber, NO safety feature and NO safety equipment is effective unless you
operate the machine properly – every time!
The instructions in this manual, the OSHA Standards, and ASME/ANSI B56.1 are all
intended to advise how to operate this vehicle safely.
These instructions are primarily directed at one or the other of the two basic
modes of reach stacker operation:
a. Loading or stacking mode,
b. Traveling mode.
The transitional operation between these modes must be accomplished with extreme
care. Regardless of all the safety features we build into our equipment, safe operation
still largely depends upon the operator’s safe, cautious observance of safety rules.