Safe operation of mobile elevating work platforms

A practical guide for operators and managers

Information and training guide for companies and operators.

Brochure, DIN A5, 72 pages
Translation of the 1st German edition 2015
Authors: Dipl.-Ing. Armin Deuchert and Dipl.-Ing. Markus Tischendorf

Aerial platforms, or 'cherry pickers', are used to prevent falls while working. They are designed to make working at height safer. Coming in a variety of shapes and sizes with different heights and ranges, they can be used in both interior and exterior environments.

But with such a variety of applications, the potential for accidents also increases.

The purpose of this brochure is to alert operators to the risks involved in using this equipment and how to counteract them. It covers a range of topics, from regulations governing operators, design types and potential operational risks, to stability and the checking of platforms. This practical guide introduces operators to the various issues involved. Images and illustrations show the correct procedure for avoiding accidents, damage (to both the platform and to buildings) and personal injury.

The legal principles are important and the business owner must be aware of them. But ultimately what is essential is that the operator can deploy this equipment safely and responsibly.

Managers and site supervisors can use the brochure as a training aid for operators or as a handy reference guide. The guide also contains information regarding procurement of platforms from equipment leasing companies. Safety experts, safety officers, works councils and supervisory officials will all find it indispensible.

Inhalt

Safe operation of mobile elevating work platforms

Introduction

- Elevated working positions
- Fields of application
- Structure

Regulations
- Work and health protection in Europe
- European machinery laws
- Selected legal standards
- Health and safety in companies.
- Hazards and risk assessment

Accidents
- Technical causes of accidents
- Organisational causes of accidents
- Maloperation by personnel

Requirements for the operator
- General requirements
- Written authorisation
- Health requirements
- The operator as a role model

Responsibility and liability
- Duties of the employer
- Duties of skilled and managerial staff
- Duties of the operator
- Potential legal consequences
- Leasing elevating work platforms

Machine types
- Truck-mounted elevating work platforms
- Telescopic elevating work platforms
- Articulated telescopic work platforms
- Scissors-type elevating work platforms
- Trailer-mounted elevating work platforms
- Mast elevating work platforms
- Special elevating work platforms

Technical safety guidelines
- Potential hazards
- Protection against danger zones
- Safety signs
- Nameplates
- Stabilisers
- Control devices
- Hydraulic devices
- Electrical devices
- Emergency stop switch and emergency control
- Work platforms
- Working area of an elevating work platform

Operating and handling
- Correct use
- Driving and working movements
- Daily field test
- Relocation runs
- Getting in and out with the work -platform while raised Effect of loads and forces
- Taking loads onto the platform
- Traffic routes
- Floor openings and depressions
- Excavations and trenches
- Weather conditions
- Public roads
- Dangers from electrical current
- Transports to the worksite
- Securing loads
- Working with motor saws

Stability against overturning
- Composition of the soil
- Ground collapse
- Specific support pressure-
- Required supporting surface area
- Using support plates
- Working on a slope
- Special safety devices

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Provision and use
- Anti-fall protective equipment
- Training through practical exercises
- Discard state

Testing elevating work platforms
- Qualified persons
- Professional test
- Expert test
- Documenting the tests

Checklist „Getting in and out with the work platform while raised“

Glossary (alphabetical)

Legal sources and bibliography

Tipp

Safe operation of mobile elevating work platforms

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Broschüre, DIN A5, 72 Seiten
2. Auflage 2018
Autoren: Dipl.-Ing. Armin Deuchert und Dipl.-Ing. Markus Tischendorf

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