Loading and Stacking Guidelines
Knots
Safety Check
100

What should the area that the load is being lowered into be treated as?

Fall zone

100

What kind of knot is this?

Square Knot

100

What safety step was most likely missed if a forklift slipped on gravel during rainy conditions?

Tire condition and inflation check

200

When lower a load, how should you treat it?

The same way you did when picking it up

200

What kind of knot is this 

Bowline Knot

200

A parked forklift rolled forward unexpectedly. Which safety check was probably not done?

Parking brake test

300

What is the highest you are allowed to stack bricks?

7 ft

300

What knot is this? 

Half-Hitch

300

 A load fell onto workers standing nearby. What should have been safety-checked properly to prevent this?

Fork and mast integrity

400

You need to use a safety harness with a fall-arrest lanyard at heights over?

6ft

400

What knot is this

Clove Hitch

400

Which missed safety check increases the risk of workers being hit due to collision hazards?

Horn & alarm check

500

Masonry blocks stacked above ____ need to be set back one-half block per layer.

6ft

500

What kind of knot is this (Hint: Not a Square Knot)

Granny Knot

500

A forklift tipped over outdoors while lifting materials. What combined safety step may have been neglected?

Seat belt confirmation + load rating check