Dock and trailer entry safety check
Checks a trailer at the door is safe for a forklift to enter, and lists what to fix first.
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Comes with the warehouse and forklift crew plan: every tool for the role, from $10.20 a month at the launch price.
- Your own numbers, worked out as often as you like
- The full entry permit you can print or save to My work
- 3 cited sources, linked, with the checks to make
- Every other tool for the same role, in the same plan
- A plain-words read of your result (a fuller AI read with the Bifrost AI add-on)
Included in these role plans
Example result · fictional numbers
What you get: entry permit
Worked out by this tool from its default inputs. Its role plan lets you run your own numbers, print the sheet and save it.
Entry allowed; 1 item to fix
- Score
- 94 of 100 (pass at 90)
- Verdict
- Pass
- Items needing action
- 1 of 8
- Forklift pre-shift inspection done (Not sure)
- Complete the inspection; tag out the truck if defective.
Trailer entry permit
- Dock door
- ______________________
- Trailer and seal
- ______________________
- Carrier
- ______________________
- At the door
- Drop trailer (no tractor)
- Checked by
- ______________________
- Date and time
- ______________________
Also on the sheet
- Checks and the rule behind each · 8 lines, starting with “Trailer restrained or chocked: Yes”
- Dock plate and trailer · 3 lines, starting with “Forklift plus load”
- Go or no-go · 2 lines, starting with “Decision”
The plain-words read of this example
The door check scored 94 of 100 (pass at 90). 1 non-critical item is open; fix it this shift. Dock plate: ok: 20,000 lb rating for 12,000 lb. It is a drop trailer, so the nose needs a jack stand.
3 cited sources
- 29 CFR 1910.178, Powered industrial trucks (OSHA)
- 29 CFR 1910.26, Dockboards (OSHA)
- Powered Industrial Trucks eTool: Loading docks (OSHA)
Plus 5 step-by-step checks, a print layout and a link that reopens it with your numbers.
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