To download the ANSI/ITSDF forklift standards free of charge please visit the ITSDF web site at http://www.itsdf.org/pB56.asp

ANSI/ITSDF has many standards, the one of interest to most companies with standard forklifts will be:

ANSI/ITSDF B56.1 - 2005, Safety Standard for Low and High Lift Trucks

Other standards of interest to certain companies will be:

ANSI/ITSDF B56.6 - 2005, Safety Standard for Rough Terrain Forklift Trucks

ANSI/ITSDF B56.10 - 2006, Safety Standard for Manually Propelled High Lift Industrial Trucks

ANSI/ITSDF B56.8 - 2006, Safety Standard for Personnel and Burden Carriers

ANSI/ITSDF B 56.9 - 2006, Safety Standard for Operator Controlled Industrail Tow Tractors

There are a number of other ANSI/ITSDF standards on such topics as forklift visibility, sound and more.

Forklift Training Systems appreciates the hard work that the ITSDF has put into making these standards available to all companies free of charge. If you appreciate the work of the foundation and the availability of the free standards you can make a donation to the ITSDF at http://www.itsdf.org/pDonations.asp.