Ch. 13 Material Handling Safety

Which type of manual material handling equipment is a two-wheeled cart with a metal frame that has a handle on one end and a shelf with two wheels on the other end?

• Forklift

• Hand truck

• Pallet jack

• Dolly

What do you call the person who attaches a load and operates a hoist?

• Rigger

• Hoister

• Journeyman

• Forklift operator

A rigger should always be present at the hoist or crane controls while the load is suspended.

• True

• False

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires ___ forklift safety inspections.

• hourly

• daily

• weekly

• monthly

If the load obscures the view forward, the operator should ___.

• drive slowly

• reduce the load

• drive the forklift truck in reverse

• lower the load

The ___ is responsible for making sure no one is hurt during the lift

• crane operator

• rigger

• construction foreman

• supervisor

When is it ok to use a hoist to lift something that weighs more than the rating on the hoist?

• When the load is lifted carefully

• When it does not exceed 10 percent of capacity

• Never

• When it does not exceed 5 percent of capacity

To safely lift a load, it must be secure and ___.

• balanced

• suspended

• lowered

• rigged

Cranes can only be operated by a(n) ___.

• safety engineer

• forklift truck driver or crane operator

• certified crane operator or a supervisor

• certified crane operator

If an inspection reveals a problem with a forklift, the forklift must be ___ until the problem is fixed.

• monitore

• tagged

• put out of service

• used as little as possible