Standard
UPDATE AVAILABLE
Track updates
AS 5144.5:2015
[Current]Industrial trucks - Safety requirements and verification, Part 5: Pedestrian-propelled trucks
Adopts ISO 3691.5:2014 to specify safety requirements and the means for their verification for the following types of pedestrian-propelled trucks (hereafter referred to as ‘trucks’), equipped with load-handling devices for normal industrial duties, e.g. fork arms and platforms, or integrated attachments for special applications.
Published: 29/06/2015
Pages: 32
Table of contents
Cited references
Content history
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
4.1 General
4.2 Propelling, steering
4.2.1 Push/pull handles
4.2.2 Tiller
4.2.3 Push/pull bars
4.3 Load-handling controls
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Control with a device located on the tiller
4.3.3 Control with a device not located on the tiller
4.4 Lifting systems
4.4.1 Chain system
4.4.2 Wire rope system
4.4.3 Hydraulic system
4.4.3.1 Limitation of stroke
4.4.3.2 Load supporting
4.4.3.3 Pressure relief valves
4.4.3.4 Hydraulic circuit
4.4.3.5 Lowering speed limitation
4.4.3.6 Failure of energy supply of hydraulic circuit
4.4.4 Fork arms and platforms — Stacker trucks only
4.4.5 Fork carriers — Stacker trucks only
4.4.5.1 Disengagement of the fork
4.4.5.2 Fork arm removal slot
4.4.5.3 Unintentional lateral displacement of fork arms
4.4.6 Load-handling attachments — Stacker trucks only
4.4.6.1 Disengagement of the attachments
4.4.6.2 Clamping devices
4.4.6.3 Separate attachment hydraulic system
4.4.6.4 Attachment hydraulic system connected to truck hydraulic system
4.5 Parking brake
4.6 Stability
4.7 Lateral stabilizers
4.8 Protection against crushing, shearing and entanglement points
4.9 Edges and angles
4.10 Protective devices
4.10.1 Wheel guards
4.10.2 Glass guards or screens
4.10.3 Stacker truck load backrest extension
4.10.4 Pallet handling
4.11 Additional requirements for trucks with battery-powered lifting
4.11.1 Lifting
4.11.2 Electrical systems and equipment
4.12 Lifting points
5 Verification of safety requirements and/or protective measures
5.1 General
5.2 Functional verification
5.3 Design verification (type test)
6 Information for use
6.1 General
6.2 Instruction handbooks
6.2.1 General
6.2.2 Concerning the truck/attachment
6.2.3 Operation of the truck
6.2.4 Details for trucks with battery-powered lifting systems
6.2.5 Service and maintenance of the truck
6.2.6 Transportation, commissioning and storage
6.2.7 Truck modification
6.2.7.1
6.2.7.2
6.2.7.3
6.3 Marking
6.3.1 Information plates
6.3.1.1 Trucks
6.3.1.2 Removable attachments
6.3.1.3 Marking of controls
6.3.2 Information plate for trucks operating in special conditions
6.3.3 Other information
6.3.3.1 Marking for lifting or slinging of trucks
6.3.3.2 Pneumatic tyre inflation pressure
6.3.3.3 Filling points
6.3.3.4 Warning signs
6.3.4 Languages
Annex A
A.1 Conditions for test
A.2 Measurement of starting force and rolling force
A.2.1 General
A.2.2 Starting force
A.2.3 Rolling force
A.3 Measurement of load lifting force
A.3.1 Lifting using a tiller
A.3.2 Lifting using a hand lever or a pedal
A.3.3 Lifting using a rotating handle
A.4 Measurement of the steering force
A.4.1 Steering by means of a tiller
A.4.2 Steering by means of horizontal or vertical bars
Annex B
B.1 General
B.1.1 Stacker trucks
B.1.2 Pallet trucks
B.1.3 Scissor-lift pallet truck
B.2 Standard lift height
B.3 Standard load centre of gravity distance
Annex C
Bibliography
Amendment 1
Amendment control sheet
AS 5144.5:2015
Amendment No. 1 (2021)
Correction amendment
AS 5144.5:2015
Amendment No. 2 (2024)
Revised text amendment
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Powered industrial trucks — Safety signs and hazard pictorials — General principles
[Current]
Safety of machinery — Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being reached by upper and lower limbs
[Current]
Safety of machinery — General principles for design — Risk assessment and risk reduction
Content history
[Current]
[Current]
[Current]
[Superseded]
DR AS 5144.5:2015
$161.10
AUD
Inclusive of GST
Available formats
Web Reader
Licence:
1 user
Total
$161.10
