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3. Criteria for choosing a manual handling truck
When choosing a manual forklift, the six main criteria outlined in this section should be borne in mind.
3.1 Type of load
The nature of the load of products to be transported can be divided into three main categories:
Bulk products: heavy products are obviously handled using a wheelbarrow with a full boot. Other products that cannot be stored one on top of the other - bottles, unwrapped meat quarters, various cleaning products, dirty linen, etc. - will be transported in box carts;
Homogeneous products: cartons, crates, bags of the same shape, volume and weight can be moved using the full range of platform carts equipped with side panels;
heterogeneous...
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Bibliography
INRS (Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité) publication
R 35 Safety floors
R 111 Staff safety in department stores
R 222 Removals or deliveries of bulky furniture or similar items
R 282 Handling gas cylinders
R 298 Risks related to the use of pallets
R 307 Use of roll-containers in...
Standardization
While the regulations governing manual forklift-trucks are fairly basic, and often not adapted to the equipment currently being manufactured, standardization is very copious, and it is essentially to this that reference should be made.
Wheels and castors
French Standards Association (AFNOR)
- Wheeled containers – Additional tests on castors. - H50-503 - 12-89
- Industrial trucks...
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