powered industrial truck

By Mark A. Lies, II and Patrick D. Joyce

iStock_000059911458_Large.jpgTake a look around you. There’s a good chance you work at a facility that uses a Powered Industrial Truck (PIT).

OSHA defines a PIT as “any mobile power-propelled truck used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack or tier materials.” Most people think of PITs as forklifts.  Though forklifts come in
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