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Safety
Definition of terms used for responsible persons
Definition of terms used for responsible persons
Operating company
The operating company is the natural or legal
person that operates the industrial truck or
in whose employment the industrial truck is
used.
The operating company must ensure that
the industrial truck is used only for its proper
purposes and in compliance with the safety in-
structions in these operating and maintenance
instructions.
The operating company must ensure that all
users read and understand the safety informa-
tion.
The operating company is responsible for the
scheduling and correct performance of regular
safety checks.
We recommend that the national performance
specifications are adhered to.
Specialist
A specialist is considered to be someone
whose technical training and experience
have enabled them to develop an appropri-
ate knowledge of industrial trucks and who
is sufficiently familiar with the applicable na-
tional health and safety regulations, accident
prevention regulations, directives and gener-
ally recognised technical conventions (stan-
dards, VDE regulations, technical regulations
of other member states of the European Union
or other countries that are signatories to the
treaty establishing the European Economic
Area) as to be able to assess the condition of
industrial trucks in terms of health and safety.
Drivers
This industrial truck may only be driven by
suitable persons who are at least 18 years
old, who have been trained in driving, have
demonstrated their skills in driving and han-
dling loads to the operator or an authorised
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