I. Transport Equipment
Transport equipment is used to move material from one location
to another (e.g., between workplaces, between a loading dock and
a storage area, etc.) within a facility or at a site.
The major subcategories of transport equipment are:
- Conveyors.
Equipment used to move materials over a fixed path
between specific points.
- Cranes. Equipment
used to move materials over variable paths within a
restricted area.
- Industrial Trucks.
Equipment used to move materials over variable paths,
with no restrictions on the area covered by the movement
(i.e., unrestricted area).
- No Equipment.
Material can also be transported manually using no
equipment.
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Last modified: September 30, 1999