Use no forks (crossed forklift)

Do not lift or move this package with a forklift truck.

Who puts it on the box

The sender, when forks would pierce the package or the load cannot be balanced on them.

How to read it

Lift it another way: by crane at the sling marks, with a clamp truck where clamps are allowed, or by hand if it is light enough.

What it does not promise

It does not promise the package can be lifted by hand, and it does not forbid hand trucks — that is a separate mark.

A mark on a parcel is the sender’s statement about what is inside and how it should be handled. It is not a certificate that the parcel is packed safely, that anyone handled it as marked, or that your carrier accepts it: for what you may send, read the carrier’s own terms.

What it looks like: A forklift truck lifting a box, crossed out.
Standard: ISO 780:2015, symbol No. 6 — Use no forks
Kind of mark: A handling symbol from ISO 780, the international standard for handling marks on distribution packages. ISO 780 marks are always black; they say how to handle the package, never that its contents are dangerous.
Also called: No forklift; Do not use forklift

Other marks with the same shape

Sling here (chain)Put the lifting slings (ropes, chains or straps of a crane) where…Use no hand hooks (crossed hook)Do not use hooks to handle this package.Do not use hand truck here (crossed trolley)Do not put the blade of a hand truck under this side of the package.Clamp as indicated (arrows pressing a box)A clamp truck may handle this package, gripping it on the sides…Do not clamp as indicated (crossed clamp)Do not grip the package with a clamp truck on the sides indicated.

Sources

Each document was fetched and read on the date shown. Written in our own words; quotations are the documents’ wording.

Symbol list — IBJ / bravecroc (graphical-symbol file vendor): ISO 780 EN Symbols (2015-12): the 17 ISO 780:2015 symbols with their numbers and titles — Lists ISO 780 symbol No. 6, “USE NO FORKS”, with a reference drawing, in the 2015 numbering. Checked 2026-09-27.
Standard (preview pages) — ISO (preview pages published by iTeh Standards): ISO 780:2015 Packaging — Distribution packaging — Graphical symbols for handling and storage of packages, 5th edition 2015-12-01 (preview: foreword to Table 1) — Foreword: the 17 symbols of the 2015 edition; clause 3.3: symbols are black, never red, orange or yellow (to avoid confusion with dangerous-goods labels); 3.4: normally 100, 150 or 200 mm tall; 3.5 and 3.6: how many and where are fixed for symbols No. 1, 2, 3, 8 and 13; the introduction: “The use of graphical symbols does not provide any guarantee of satisfactory handling”. Checked 2026-09-27.