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Newfoundland and Labrador forklift daily inspection report requirements

Your Newfoundland and Labrador forklift daily inspection report has 2 rules to meet. ReportDraft puts every one on your checklist and checks your draft before you sign.

  • Inspection to the manufacturer's instructions, with records available to operators
  • No truck operated that is or could create an undue hazard
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In Newfoundland and Labrador, forklifts are mobile equipment under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2012. They are inspected and maintained to the manufacturer's instructions and CSA B335, with records available to operators, and a supervisor may not let anyone run a truck that could create an undue hazard. Here is each rule with a link to the official version on the House of Assembly's site.

Last reviewed October 13, 2026 against the official sources listed below.

Forklift daily inspectionNEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR / SAMPLE

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Company: Lakeside Distribution, Dock B
Truck: FL-07
Make and model: Toyota 8FGCU25, propane
Hours: 11,482
Date: 10/09/2026, 1st shift
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We sorted 17 items into 4 sections and flagged 2 to fix soon.

  • Fix soonVisual check (truck off)

    Seat belt latch won't stay buckled

  • Fix soonOperating check (truck running)

    Backup alarm not working

  • Worth watchingVisual check (truck off)

    Capacity plate faded, can't read the load centre

2 Newfoundland and Labrador rules on your checklist, including inspection to the manufacturer's instructions, with records available to operators.

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Company or siteLakeside Distribution, Dock B
Truck number or IDFL-07
Make and modelToyota 8FGCU25, propane
Hour meter reading11,482
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What Newfoundland and Labrador requires

  • Mobile equipment is kept in safe operating condition, and its operation, inspection, repair, maintenance and modification follow the manufacturer's instructions (or a registered professional engineer's approval); lift trucks and their operator training meet CSA Standard B335; maintenance and inspection records are kept and reasonably available to operators and maintenance staff during work hoursOccupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2012, NLR 5/12, s. 251 (1), (3), (4)
  • A person operates mobile equipment only after adequate instruction and demonstrating competency to a supervisor or instructor, when authorized, and when familiar with that equipment's operating instructions (trainees under a qualified instructor or supervisor excepted); the operator operates safely and keeps full controlOccupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2012, ss. 252, 253 (1)
  • A supervisor does not knowingly operate, or let a worker operate, mobile equipment that is or could create an undue hazard to anyone's health or safety, or that breaks the regulationsOccupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2012, s. 254
  • Mobile equipment that operates in reverse has an audible warning device that starts automatically when it begins to reverse and keeps sounding while reversing; equipment able to go faster than 8 km/h forward also has an audible warning signal; where these cannot be clearly heard over surrounding noise, another warning device or measure is usedOccupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2012, s. 255
  • A unitized load on a lift truck does not project more than half its height above the fork carriage or backrest, loose objects do not project above it, and a load that could shift and make the load or truck unstable is restrainedOccupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2012, s. 277
  • A work platform on the forks is engineer-designed or built to an acceptable standard, secured to the carriage or forks, guarded with guardrails, and marked with its rated load; while a worker is on it, the operator stays at the controls, the mast stays vertical, the truck moves only for minor positioning, and the occupant uses personal fall protectionOccupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2012, ss. 216, 217
  • An employer, where reasonably practicable, provides and maintains equipment, systems and tools that are safe and without risk to health, and the information, instruction, training and supervision workers needOccupational Health and Safety Act, RSNL 1990, c. O-3, s. 5 (a), (b)

Inspection, maintenance and records

Lift trucks are kept in safe operating condition and inspected, repaired and maintained as the manufacturer instructs, with CSA B335 setting the standard for the trucks and for operator training. Maintenance and inspection records stay available to operators and mechanics during work hours. A supervisor never knowingly lets anyone operate a truck that is, or could create, an undue hazard, so a defect found on the pre-shift check keeps the truck parked.

Operators, warnings and loads

Only authorized operators who have been instructed, shown their competency to a supervisor or instructor and know the truck's operating instructions may drive. Trucks that reverse have a warning device that sounds automatically for the whole time they back up, or another warning where it cannot be heard over the noise.

Loads may stick up above the carriage or backrest only within the regulation's limits and are restrained if they could shift. Workers lifted on a fork platform are on an engineered or standard platform with guardrails and a load rating, the operator stays at the controls, and the occupant wears fall protection.

Common mistakes

  • Inspection records kept where operators cannot see them.
  • A back-up alarm that has been disconnected because it is annoying.
  • Letting an uncertified new worker drive "just around the yard".
  • Using a pallet as a work platform on the forks.
  • A supervisor allowing a truck with known defects to finish the shift.

Sources

Last reviewed October 13, 2026. Next review due January 13, 2027. This page explains published rules to help you write your report. It is not legal advice; the official text linked above governs.