Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Labor and Economic Opportunity
MIOSHA
General Industry and Construction Safety and Occupational Health Standards
General Industry Safety Standards
Part 21 - POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS
Section R. 408.12109 - Definitions; O, P

(1) "Operator" means an employee who has been trained, tested, and authorized by the present employer to operate a powered industrial truck.

(2) "Order picker truck, high-lift" means a high-lift truck controlled by the operator stationed on a platform movable with the load engaging means and intended for manual stock selection. The truck may be capable of self-loading or tiering or both. (Appendix A, Figure 9).

(3) "Overhead guard" means a framework fitted to a truck over the head of a riding operator.

(4) "Overall lowered mast height" means the maximum vertical dimension from the ground or floor to the extreme top point of the mast with the fork carriage in the fully lowered position and unloaded.

(5) "Pallet truck" means a self-loading low-lift truck equipped with wheeled forks of dimensions to go under a single faced pallet or between the top and bottom boards of a double faced pallet and having wheels capable of lowering into spaces between the bottom boards so as to raise the pallet off the floor for transportation. (Appendix A, Figure 4).

(6) "Parking brake" means a device to prevent the movement of a stationary truck.

(7) "Powered industrial truck" or "truck" means a mobile, power driven vehicle used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack, or tier material.