NLBMDA Alert: DOL proposing rule update for powered industrial trucks

The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) reports that the Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

The move would update the design and construction requirements for OSHA’s powered industrial trucks standards for general industry and construction. 

This includes standards for fork trucks, tractors, platform lift trucks, motorized hand trucks, and other specialized industrial trucks powered by an electric motor or an internal combustion engine.

Under the proposed rule, OSHA will update standards by adding references to the latest design and construction requirements published by the American National Standards Institute in conjunction with the Industrial Truck Standards Development Foundation.

In addition to updating the design and construction requirements for future manufactured powered industrial trucks, the proposed rule will also address equipment manufactured before the effective date of the final rule.

NLBMDA will be reviewing OSHA’s proposed rule and will submit comments on behalf of the LBM industry later this year. 

The deadline for submitting comments is May 17, 2022. NLBMDA members can contact the association at [email protected].