High Risk Work Licence - Order-Picking Forklift (LO) key terms

The legal responsibility of a person conducting a business or undertaking to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of workers and others affected by the work.

The legal entity, such as an employer, contractor or self-employed person, that owes work health and safety duties for the work it carries out and the workers it engages.

A test weighing the likelihood and severity of harm against what is known about the risk, the availability and suitability of controls, and the cost and effort of reducing it.

The personal obligation of senior officers to keep informed about hazards and risks, understand operations, ensure resources and controls are used, and verify compliance with safety duties.

The requirement to share information, give workers a reasonable opportunity to express views, and take those views into account when making decisions that affect their health and safety.

A worker elected by a work group to represent its members on health and safety matters, including raising issues, requesting inspections and issuing provisional improvement notices after training.

A death, serious injury or illness, or dangerous incident arising from work that must be reported to the regulator immediately, with the site preserved until inspectors permit otherwise.

A ranked order of risk controls, from eliminating the hazard through substitution, engineering changes, administrative measures and finally personal protective equipment, applied from highest to lowest reliability.

A structured process of identifying hazards, judging how likely and how severe the resulting harm could be, and deciding which controls are needed and whether they are working.

The process of recognising anything in the workplace, including equipment, loads, surfaces, people or procedures, that has the potential to cause injury or damage.

A standard document providing information about a hazardous chemical, including its hazards, safe handling, storage, spill response and first aid, kept accessible to workers who use it.

A procedure for shutting off and physically locking energy sources such as power, hydraulics or gravity before maintenance or clearing faults, so the machine cannot start or move unexpectedly.

A powered industrial truck, also called a stock picker or order picker, designed so the operator rides on a platform that can be raised with the load to reach elevated storage positions.

The section of an order picker where the operator stands or rides, fitted with gates, rails and a fall-arrest anchor point, and raised or lowered by the lifting mechanism.

The vertical assembly of rails, chains and hydraulic cylinders that supports and guides the lifting carriage and operator platform as they rise and descend.

The moving frame on the mast to which forks or the operator platform are attached, travelling up and down to position the load or the person at the required height.

The horizontal tines fitted to the carriage that support and carry the load, sized and spaced so the load sits stable and fully supported across its length.

The horizontal distance from the vertical face of the forks to the centre of gravity of the load, a value used with load charts to determine the safe rated capacity.

A plate or placard on the truck stating the maximum load that may be lifted at given load centres and lift heights, which must be read before any lift.

The maximum load mass a truck is designed to lift safely under stated conditions of load centre and height, as shown on its data plate and load chart.

The reduction of a truck's safe lifting capacity that applies when the load centre is further out, the load is lifted higher, or attachments are fitted, compared with the standard rating.

The three-point area formed by the centre of each front wheel and the pivot point of the steer axle, within which the combined centre of gravity must stay for the truck to remain upright.

The single point through which the total weight of the truck and its load effectively acts; raising it or moving it outside the stability base increases the risk of tipping.

The turning effect of a weight multiplied by its distance from a pivot, so a load held further from the mast creates a larger tipping force on the truck.

A documented check carried out before each shift covering tyres, mast, chains, hydraulics, brakes, steering, horn, lights, guards, harness anchor and controls, with faults recorded and reported.

The process of recording any defect found on the truck or its attachments in the log or tag system and notifying the supervisor so the equipment is repaired or withdrawn from service.

A visible label attached to a faulty or unsafe truck stating it must not be used until repaired and released by an authorised person, preventing accidental operation.

A body-worn assembly of straps, buckles and attachment points that, when connected to an anchor, restrains or arrests a person's fall from an elevated platform.

A designated, rated attachment on the order picker or structure to which a lanyard or self-retracting device is connected to arrest a fall safely.

The combination of guardrails, gates, harnesses, lanyards and safe work procedures used to prevent a person from falling from a raised platform or to limit the consequences.

A planned procedure for retrieving a person stranded or suspended from a raised order-picker platform, using trained personnel, rescue equipment and emergency services without exposing rescuers to falls.

A mobile machine with a platform that can be raised to allow work at height, of which the order picker is a specialised type used for stock picking in warehouses.

The methods, such as wrapping, strapping or ensuring stable stacking, used to stop a load shifting, falling or tipping while the truck is moving or the platform is raised.

The route a truck follows between locations, planned to avoid pedestrians, blind corners, overhead obstructions, uneven surfaces and other hazards while keeping loads low and stable.

A marked or barricaded area around operating trucks where people must not enter, protecting them from being struck, trapped or hit by falling loads.

The use of signs, markings, horns, lights and agreed signals to warn people of truck movements and to indicate hazards, speed limits, exclusion zones and safe routes.

The planned movement of people from a workplace to a safe assembly area when an alarm or hazard, such as fire or a spill, makes staying in the area unsafe.

A written record of an event that caused or could have caused injury or damage, completed promptly and used to investigate causes and improve controls.

The maximum mass that a platform, sling, rack or attachment is certified to hold safely, which must never be exceeded during picking or lifting operations.

A raised lip or barrier at the edge of the operator platform that stops tools, stock or the operator's feet from sliding off the edge.