Area: Poslovni SOS
Competent authority: MDDSZ, MzI
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 563
Initiative accepted and completed: '2015-05-28'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2015-05-12'
Initiative published: '2015-05-12'
Initiative submitted: '2015-05-12'
Response from the competent authority: 'RESPONSE FROM THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR, FAMILY,
  SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES - Directorate for Labour Relations and Labour
  Rights:With regard to your petition regarding the increase of the maximum speed
  limit for forklift trucks, we would like to reply as follows.The Ministry of Labour,
  Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (hereinafter: the Ministry) agrees
  with you on the need for corrections or amendments to the Regulation on safety when
  loading and unloading motor vehicles (Official Gazette of the SFRY, No 17/66) (hereinafter:
  the Regulation). The Regulations obviously need to be updated and, in particular,
  the responsibilities of employers with regard to ensuring the occupational safety
  and health of workers when loading and unloading motor vehicles need to be clearly
  defined. The following is the expert explanation from Jungheinrich, one of the world''s
  leading forklift manufacturers:There is no link between hydraulic failures on forklift
  trucks and forklift truck speed limits.Electric hand trucks and trolleys are already
  set to a maximum speed of 5.5 km/h as standard and are therefore sufficient for
  the indoor speed limit, so there is no need for further speed limits.The driving
  speeds of Jungheinrich electric forklift trucks of type ERE, ERC, ECE, ETV can be
  limited simply by programming from the year 2005 onwards.The driving speed limitation
  of Jungheinrich electric forklift trucks EFG from the year 1998 onwards can be programmed
  as required.For diesel/gas front-end loaders with hydrostatic drive from 2007 onwards,
  programmed speed reduction is possible without any hindrance, as this does not affect
  the hydraulics.Based on the submitted replies from the Labour Inspectorate of the
  Republic of Slovenia (letter No 06150-49/2015-2 of 22.05.2015), Jungheinrich, and
  in particular the data on accidents at work related to the use of forklifts indoors,
  the Ministry considers that an increase in the maximum permissible speed of forklifts
  is only possible if conditions are simultaneously established under which the maximum
  permissible speed of forklifts could be higher than 5 km/h. These conditions would
  include the physical separation of transport routes for forklift trucks and pedestrians,
  strict marking of dangerous areas where forklift trucks pass, the mandatory use
  of seat belts for forklift truck operators, the installation of systems to automatically
  stop forklift trucks before they hit an obstacle, and so on. Please be informed
  that the Ministry will be working on amendments and additions to the Regulations
  before the summer holidays. We would like to stress that the Ministry needs to coordinate
  all OSH regulations with the OSH profession as well as with the social partners.'
Text file: 563.txt
Title: Forklift speed limit indoors
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=563
