Toyota BT lifter LHM075H Operator's Manual page 124

2 Safe use
• Badly anchored loading ramps or foundations with insufficient carrying
capacity.
• Careless driving that will make the truck tilt.
• Load falling off due to bad anchoring or packing.
• Insufficient attention to personnel and other trucks nearby. Persons that
stay within the work area of the truck must be informed about possible
risks.
• Poor visibility due to inadequate or improper lighting. The truck may only
be used in lighted areas so that the machine can be operated safety in
all situations as regards good visibility of people, material and the sur-
roundings. If the truck must be operated in areas with inadequate light-
ing, supplementary equipment must be used.
• Safety precautions has not been followed.
2.6 Truck modifications
Any modification of the truck must be approved beforehand. No modification
of truck may be performed that may influence the capacity, stability and
safety of the truck without prior written approval from the manufacturer, its
representative or successor.
In the case of the manufacturer no longer being in business and there being
no successor, the user of the truck may arrange for modifications on the pre-
condition that the user;
• makes sure that an engineer with expert knowledge of industrial trucks
and their safety designs, tests and implements the modification,
• files all documentation of the design, tests and implementation of the
modification,
• approves and makes the applicable changes to the capacity plate, ad-
hesive labels, markings and manuals
and
• affixes a permanent and well visible sign to the truck stating how the
truck has been modified, together with the date of the modification and
the name and address of the company that carried out the modification
work.
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