Transcription of ANSI B56.1: Safety Standard for Powered Industrial Trucks
1 By Authority Of THE UNITED STATES OF america . Legally Binding Document By the Authority Vested By Part 5 of the United States Code 552(a) and Part 1 of the Code of Regulations 51 the attached document has been duly INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE and shall be considered legally binding upon all citizens and residents of the United States of america . HEED THIS NOTICE: Criminal penalties may apply for noncompliance. e Document Name: ansi 1969, Safety Standard for Powered Industrial Trucks CFR Section(s): IBR approved for (c).
2 Date of Action: 39 FR 23502, June 27, 1974. Official Incorporator: THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER. WASHINGTON, .. E: " - - l"uu".., ""~- .. - ENGINEERING DOClJMllNTS. Wi~, The Pcnnission or ASME. SUPERSEDED Under Royally AgrecmCllI. J. USA' S TAN DAR 0 , ~ ". \. ~ \Best Copy Available '\. Comes Off Film '~UPfRSEiJFJJ BY lATER lSSIJE" -, . "''//. ".. ~'. Safety $tandard for o Powered Industrial Trucks USAS - 1969. o o SpOltJOI. The American Society""of'Mechanical Engineers Pllb!
3 ;J!teJ b'J. o '.I ". ~-~, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY Of MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. United Engineering Center East 47th Street New York, N. Y. 10'017. USA Standard . This USA Standard is one of nearly 3000 standards approved as American . 1heAmetican Standards. association . On August 24, 1966, the ASA was reconstituted as the United States of america Standards Institute. Standards approved as American Standards are now designated USA Standards. There is no change in their index indentifi- cation or technical content.
4 Any part of this Standard may be quoted. Credit lines read: "Extracted {rom USA Standard Sa{ety Standard (or Poweredlndustrial Trucks (USAS ). with the permission of the publisher, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, United Engineering Center, 345 East 47th Street, New York, New York 10017.". Copyril\ht. @ 1969 by THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. Printed in .. o o Foreword I. N June, 1946, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers adopted a resolution to develop a Safety code on Powered Industrial Trucks .)}}
5 On August 7,1947, the American Standards association approved AS}"IE's sponsorship of this Standard . The organizational meeting was held on May 20, 1948. Comments from the first draft, dated April, 1949, were incorporated in a final draft, dated November, 1949, which was submitted to sectional committee members for letter ballot vote and was unanimously affirmed. In June, 1950, ASA approved the Standard as submitted. In accordance with ASA procedure to review publications every five years, o the first revision was completed on March 8, 1955, and the second revision on August 18, 1959.
6 The third revision was started under the review procedure of ASA. It was completed under the newly constituted (September 1, 1966) United States of america Standards Institute on September 10, 1969. o o ._--------- .. ---- o USA Standards Committee 856, .. Safe;ty . Standard .for ~ Indu stria I True ks o. Officers C. H. Powers, Chairman John Bayuk, Secretary USA Standards Committee A~IERICAN INSURANCE association ..J. o H. Eiermann, Royal-Globe Insurance Group, New York, New York J. N. Schindler, Alternate, Royal-Globe Insurance Group, New York, ~ew York A~lERICA~ ~!
7 UTUAL INSURANCE ALLIANCE. F. H. Deeg, American ~lutual Alliance, Chicago. Illinois A~IERICA~ SOCIETY OF ~IECHANICAL ENGI~EERS, THE. W. W. Olsen, Eaton Yale & Towne, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsyhuniu C. H. Powers, Clark Equipment Company, Battle Creek. ~Iichigan M. J. Rowan, ~Iodern Materials Handling, 80ston, ~lassachusetts L. J. Wenstrup, Jr., Alternate, Eaton Yale 8: TO~'ne, Inc., Batavia. Ne~' York A~IERICA~ SOCIETY OF Safety ENGINEERS'.. Represenrative To Be Appointed A~IER ICA~ TRVCKING association .
8 INC. Edward Minick, Spector Freight System, Inc., Secaucus, New Jerse~'. D. G. ~IcDougalI, Alternate, The Operations Council of the American Trucking association , Inc., o A. ~'ashington, A~IERICA~ WAREHOUSE~lE;-':'S ASSOCIATIO~. ~1. Lownsbury, Central Detroit Warehouse Cumpan}', Detroit, ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF A~IERICA, INC., TilE. ~Iichigun A. L. Schmuhl, The Associated General Contractors of Americ". Inc., \rolshin,!:1ton. ASSOCIATlO~ OF A~IERICA:.i RAILROADS. J. T. Andrew, Great Northern Railway Compan}', St.
9 Puul, ~Iinnesota R. E. ~Iann, ~e:w York Central System, iliew York. ~cw York AL'TO~IOB[LE ~IA~I:FACTURERS ASSOCIATIO~. K. S. Iledges, General ~Iotors Corporation, Detroit. ~[ichig:ln ~ ~IA:-';L'FACTL'RERS [:\STITL'TE, [~C. William Atkinson, Jr., Continental Cun Company, ~ew York, New York o lJEPAln~IE~T OF Or: C:O~NECTICL'T. Edmund .\\d laic, State: or Conne:cticut, Labor !Jepuccmcnt, Ilu~r ord, C:onnccticut IV. t II loIlIj .. ~ .~. DEP.\RT!I!E)lT OF LABOR A:\D I:\Dt.:STRIES-STATE OF WASlIl:\GTO:\.]]]]
10 R. W. Minick, Dcp<trtment of Labor &: Industries, Division of Safety , Olympi;, \\"ashington W. II. Hahne, Alternate, Department of Labor &: Industries, Division of Safety , Olrmpia, Washington ." ")0. ~. '., ~. \RT~lDiT OF LABOR-ST:\.TE OF RHODE ISLAND '.~. F. W. ~Iarcaccio, Department of Llbor, Providence, Rhode Island \sn!A~ KODAK CO:"IPANY. E. V. Clancey, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York GE:\ERAL SER VICES AD~IlNISTR:\ TION. "- '.'", Ward Collings, General Sen ices Administration, Washington, EQUIP~IENT.
