Date: September 12, 2024
Slinging loads from a fork is dangerous and illegal.
Operators of heavy equipment, including but not limited to articulating boom cranes and telehandlers, are reminded that suspended loads must be attached to a:
- Hook; or
- Secure connection point, such as a lifting eye, that is provided or authorized by the manufacturer of the hoisting machine or hoisting equipment.
No load shall be slung over, wrapped around, tied to, or otherwise draped from a boom, fork, cradle, lifting arm, bucket, platform, basket, or similar accouterment.
For more information, please review 1 RCNY 3316-01(d)(8) of the Rules of the City of New York.
