California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders › Group 4 - General Mobile Equipment and Auxiliaries › Article 25 - Industrial Trucks, Tractors, Haulage Vehicles, and Earthmoving Equipment › Section 3649 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Agricultural Tractor. A wheel-type vehicle, or track
						  vehicle, of more than 20 engine horsepower, designed to furnish the power to
						  pull, carry, propel, or drive implements that are designed for agriculture. All
						  self-propelled implements are excluded.
Approved Truck or Industrial Truck. A truck that is
						  listed or approved for fire safety purposes for the intended use by a
						  nationally recognized testing laboratory using nationally recognized testing
						  standards.
ASAE. American Society of Agricultural
						  Engineers.
Canopy Guard (Overhead Guard). An overhead protection
						  or shield which covers the machine operator in a manner that will minimize the
						  possibility of injury from falling objects.
Crawler (Track-Type) Tractor. A tractor having two
						  continuous, parallel crawler belts, consisting of a series of tread shoes or
						  links, encompassing rollers and drive tumblers, supporting a base frame which
						  houses the propelling mechanism.
High-Lift Truck. An industrial truck equipped with a
						  power-operated lifting device used for the transportation, tiering and
						  positioning of loads. As used in this definition, high-lift trucks include
						  riderless high-lift straddle trucks where the employee operates the truck using
						  a moveable steering arm and control handle while standing or walking behind the
						  truck. (Excluded are front-end loaders defined in Section
						  3666 and tiering conveyors as
						  defined in Article 32.)
Industrial Tow Tractor. A powered industrial vehicle
						  designed primarily to tow nonpowered trucks, trailers, or other mobile loads on
						  roadways or improved surfaces.
Industrial Tractor. A wheel or track-type vehicle of
						  more than 20 engine horsepower used in operations such as landscaping,
						  construction services, loading, digging, grounds keeping, and highway
						  maintenance.
Industrial Truck. A mobile power-driven truck used for
						  hauling, pushing, lifting, or tiering materials where normal work is normally
						  confined within the boundaries of a place of employment. As used in this
						  definition, industrial trucks include unmanned automated or semi-automated
						  transport vehicles which utilize wheels and run on guide rails or narrow gauge
						  rail tracks and can be operated by either remote control (i.e. a hand held
						  pendant) or radio communication.
Load Backrest Extension. A device (permanently affixed
						  or removable) extending vertically from the fork carriage frame.
Low Profile Tractor. An agricultural tractor possessing
						  all of the following characteristics:
(A) The front wheel spacing is substantially
						equal to the rear wheel spacing, as measured from the inside of each right
						wheel to the inside of the corresponding left wheel.
(B) The clearance from the bottom of the
						tractor chassis to the ground does not exceed 18 inches (45.7 cm).
(C) The highest point of the hood does not
						exceed 60 inches (152.4 cm).
(D)
						The tractor is designed so that the seated operator straddles the transmission
						or is in another position within the same height limitation.
Rider Truck. An industrial truck that is designed to be
						  controlled by a riding operator.
ROPS. Rollover protective structure (including
						  protective frames and protective enclosures).
SAE. Society of Automotive Engineers.
Self-Propelled Implement. A self-propelled machine on
						  which the implement is an integral part, such as, but not limited to, grain and
						  bean combines, beet harvesters, corn and cotton pickers, hay balers and
						  sprayers.
1.
						  Renumbering from Section
						  6350 and amendment filed 2-13-75;
						  effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 7).
2.
						  Amendment and deletion of numerical designation filed 12-3-75; effective
						  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 49).
3. Amendment filed
						  7-26-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No.
						  30).
4. Amendment filed 4-30-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						  (Register 85, No. 18).
5. Amendment filed 2-15-90; operative 3-17-90
						  (Register 90, No. 8).
6. Amendment of "Industrial Truck" definition
						  filed 1-2-96; operative 2-1-96 (Register 96, No. 1).
7. Amendment of
						  definition of "High-Lift-Truck" filed 5-28-98; operative 6-27-98 (Register 98,
						  No. 22).
8. Amendment of definition of "Low Profile Tractor" filed
						  6-20-2005; operative 7-20-2005 (Register 2005, No. 25).
9. Amendment
						  of definition of "Agricultural Tractor" filed 8-4-2008; operative 9-3-2008
						  (Register 2008, No. 32).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.