Forklift Grab Questions

Question 1
When should you inspect/check your forklift (including PPE) to ensure it is safe to use?

Question 2
What are three (3) locations within the workplace where you would not park your forklift truck?

Question 3
Whilst carrying out pre- or post-operational checks, you notice a defect or fault that makes the forklift unsafe to use. What do you do? List three (3) steps?

Question 4
What is the allocated distance from a pedestrian that you must be at all times when operating a forklift, according to your workplace policy and/or procedure?

Question 5
Before using any attachment on your forklift, what one piece of information must you check and verify to ensure the forklift is permitted to use that attachment?

Question 6
Everyone in the workplace has a work health and safety duty of care, what is that duty of care?

Question 7
When loading / unloading a truck, where should the truck driver be located?

Question 8
Explain why it is unsafe to turn with a load or forks or attachment raised in the air?

Question 9
When driving a forklift Grab what is a ‘safe’ height to carry the load at?

Question 10
If your vision was obscured by the load, you are about to move, how would you proceed to move the load?

Question 11
When picking up a paper reel, where must the grab clamp pads be placed on the reel?

Question 12
When/where are you required to sound your horn whilst operating a forklift? List 5 instances.

Question 13
If you were to identify a workplace hazard, what would you do? What 3 steps must you take?
(Don’t think of a particular hazard because hazards come in various shapes and forms. Write the steps you would follow in the correct order.)

Question 14
List 5 workplace hazards that you may encounter in your workplace

Question 15
List 5 site traffic rules you must follow when operating a forklift?

Question 16
List 5 actions that may cause a forklift to tip over sideways while traveling?