Industrial vehicle

An industrial vehicle including a load handling device including a pair of forks and performing load handling by inserting the pair of forks into an insertion hole of a pallet, the industrial vehicle comprising:

• a side shift mechanism configured to side shift positions of the pair of forks in a horizontal direction;
• a distance sensor provided on a side surface of at least one of the pair of forks in the horizontal direction and configured to detect a distance from the side surface to a detection object;
• and
• a control unit configured to control a side shift operation of the pair of forks by the side shift mechanism based on a detection result of the distance sensor, wherein
• the control unit
• stores an initial value of a distance between the side surface of the fork and an inner wall surface defining the insertion hole when the side shift operation by the side shift mechanism is started, and
• stops the side shift operation by the side shift mechanism when the distance between the side surface of the fork and the inner wall surface has varied from the initial value during execution of the side shift operation by the side shift mechanism.