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Equipment damage hazard.
Injury or equipment damage may result if the attachment
does NOT operate smoothly.
Do not take malfunctioning equipment on the job. Check
with your supervisor about needed repairs.
3.15 Industry Standards
ANSI/ITSDF B56.1-2016 is the published sequence and direction standard for lever-
and hand-type controls.
NOTICE
The chart on the following page shows industry standards.
Your equipment may be different. If you do not routinely
operate this equipment, refresher training is recom-
mended. You must reacquaint yourself with this manual
and the equipment before starting, and then proceed
slowly.
Special controls such as automatic devices should be identified, preferably according
to the recommendations in Figure 3-6.
When a function is controlled by a pair of push buttons, they should operate in the
same sense as the lever controls. For example, pushing a button located to the rear
(relative to the operator's position) should serve the same function as moving a control
lever to the rear.
3.16 Clamp Open Control
Effective October 7, 2010, safety standard ANSI/ITSDF B56.1, Section 7.25.7 covers
all lift trucks with a load bearing clamp (paper roll clamp, carton clamp, etc.), and
requires the driver to make two distinct motions before opening or releasing the clamp.
For example, you must press a switch and then move a lever to unclamp the load.
This requirement applies to new and used attachments being mounted on trucks which
shipped from the factory after October 7, 2010, and is a recommended feature to be
installed on dealer orders and existing applications.
