Material handling

Before attempting to lift any material,

• Look for any protruding nails, wires, or sharp edges

• Use a safety harness

• Ask your supervisor for help

• Ensure the stacking ratio is no greater than 3:1

What is the proper procedure to lift objects

• Lift with your arms,keep your legs straight and keep your head up

• Lift with your legs ,keep your back straight and keep your head up

• Lift with your back,keep your legs straight,and keep your arms up

• Bend over with your knees straight,feet together and then lift

When stacking bags of material that are the same width, step back and cross key the bags

• Until the stack reaches 4 feet

• Every 10 bags high

• All the way to the top of the pile

• In each tier above 7 feet

NEVER stack or store materials

• In cabinets

• On pallets

• Outdoors

• On scaffolds

The knot shown in the figure provided is a

• Square knot

• Bowline

• Clove hitch

• Half hitch

When moving a material cart on an inclined or declined surface, be sure the

• Load does not exceed labeled capacity

• Load is cushioned with moving pads to prevent slippage

• Hydraulic ram has been removed

• Hand brake is within your reach

What device may have a rotating table surface and/or spikes on the table surface for better grip?

• Pallet conveyor

• Accumulating conveyor

• Pallet jack

• Roller skid

To work with motorized material-handling equipment,a worker must be

• Experienced and knowledgeable

• A job foreman or supervisor

• Licensed to drive

• Trained,certified,and authorized

To prevent a tip over when driving a round terrain forklift,keep the load

• Light

• Heavy

• High

• Low

The forklift hand signal for everything dog everything Means

• To pause

• To creep forward

• To tilt the mast back

• To lower the tines