WAC 296-307-52035. Lifting employees on the forks of trucks

Employees may be lifted on the lifting carriage or forks of a powered industrial truck under the following conditions: (1) The truck is equipped with vertical only, or vertical and horizontal controls elevatable with the lifting carriage or forks. (2) A safety platform is firmly secured to the lifting carriage and/or forks. (3) Employees on the platform have a mechanism to shut off power to the truck. (4) Employees on the platform are protected from falling objects according to the operating conditions.