Fall Protection for Aerial Lifts

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Moderator: Speaker:KIM MESSER THOMAS E. KRAMER, P.E., C.S.P. KMesser@LJBinc.com TKramer@LJBinc.com

LIFT EQUIPMENT

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Identify the different types of lifts commonly used

Discuss uses and limitations related to lift equipment

Review requirements for vacating or entering an aerial

lift

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REFERENCES AND SOURCES

LJB training material

Joe Shaw＞Reliance Industries, fall protection equipment manufacture

Jeffrey Stachowiak＞ “Preventing a Catapulting Event in an Aerial Work Platform”

＞Sunbelt Rentals (USA), Safety Training Director

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AGENDA

Types

Use and limitations

Vacating or entering

Closing

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AGENDA

Types > Scissors lifts

> Fork lift baskets

> Articulating lifts

Use and limitations

Vacating or entering an elevated lift

Closing

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SCISSOR LIFTS

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SCISSOR LIFTS

Must include a platform with an access point, a self-closing access gate or slide bar, a solid top rail,mid-rail, & toe board

Railings permanently attached

Personal fall protection not required by OSHA when operating or riding in a scissor lift

＞OSHA Letter of Interpretation

• May 22, 1998

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FORKLIFT ELEVATED PLATFORM

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FORKLIFT ELEVATED PLATFORM

ANSI B56.1 > Platform requirements

> Platform attachment

> Control requirements

www.itsdf.org

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FORKLIFT ELEVATED PLATFORM

Attached to powered industrial trucks

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AERIAL LIFTS

Boom supported aerial lifts

Articulating arm boom aerial lifts

Truck mounted bucket aerial lifts

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STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS

OSHA 1910 subpart F

OSHA 1926 subpart L

ANSI A92 series

＞A92.2 for Vehicle-Mounted Rotating and Elevating Work Platforms

＞A92.5 Boom-Supported Elevating Work Platforms

＞A92.6 Self-Propelled Elevating Work Platforms

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AERIAL LIFTS

Anchoring to an adjacent pole, structure or equipment while working from an aerial lift is NOT permitted

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AERIAL LIFTS

Truck mounted bucket aerial lifts should NOT be moved while the boom is elevated in a working position with personnel in the bucket

Except for equipment specifically design for this type of operation

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AERIAL LIFTS

Workers should stand firmly on the floor of the basket

Workers should NOT sit or climb on the railings of the basket

Do NOT use planks, ladders or other devices that allow the worker to gain additional reach

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AGENDA

Types

Use and limitations＞Catapulting action

＞Working level

＞Anchorage

Vacating or entering

Closing

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CATAPULTING ACTION

Observations

Causes

Prevention

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CATAPULTING ACTION

Observations＞ IPAF website video

＞www.ipaf.org

Causes

Prevention

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CATAPULTING ACTION

Observations

Causes＞Condition of surface

＞Other vehicles or objects

＞Equipment condition

Prevention

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CATAPULTING ACTION

Observations

Causes

Prevention＞Training

＞Pre-use inspection

＞Operator actions/behavior

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CATAPULTING ACTION – KEY POINTS

The purpose of the harness/lanyard is. . .＞ To keep workers inside the protection of the guardrails and in the

platform should you be bounced upward or catapulted.

＞ Why?

• Because once your body leaves the inside of the basket/platform you can still be seriously hurt even with proper personal fall arrest protection.

• Even getting bounced around inside the platform can lead to serious injuries

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WORKING LEVEL

Observations

Causes

Prevention

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WORKING LEVEL

Observations

Causes＞Geometry of lift

＞Obstructions

＞Wrong equipment for task

Prevention

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WORKING LEVEL

Observations

Causes

Prevention＞Boom Type Platforms from www.ipaf.org

• It is strongly recommended that a full body harness with an adjustable lanyard (used to provide work restraint and adjusted to be as short as possible) is used when working from a boom type Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP).

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WORKING LEVEL

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IPAF PUBLICATION

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EQUIPMENT MANUAL

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EQUIPMENT MANUAL

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PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Purpose of the harness/lanyard . It is

NOT:＞ Used so the occupants can climb

onto the guardrails or out of the platform or gain additional height by standing on any other objects.

＞ So the occupants can lean out over the guardrails

＞ Much protection if the lift tips over.

A harness/lanyard has to be

considered the LAST line of defense.

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KEY POINTS

Analogy for aerials lifts＞ Harness and lanyard in aerial lift: fall protection

Seat belt in car: crash protection

＞ Harness and lanyards should restrain the user

Fall protection options＞ Guardrail

＞ Fall arrest

＞ Fall restraint

＞ “User determination within manufacturer’s limitations and/or recommendations”

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ANCHORAGE

Observations

Causes

Prevention

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ANCHORAGE

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ANCHORAGE

Observations

Causes＞Minimal industry uniformity

＞Minimal guidance to user

＞ “We’ve always done it that way and no one has gotten hurt….Yet.”

Prevention

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ANCHORAGE

Observations

Causes

Prevention＞Anchorage as low as possible

＞Lanyard shortened

＞Snap hook that meets:

• ANSI Z359.1-2007

• ANSI Z359.12-2009

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KEY POINTS

ANSI Z92.5-2006＞ Fall arrest systems, beyond the anchorage, are not part of the

aerial work platform and are to be specified and supplied by the user of the aerial work platform.

You might ask:＞ What about compatibility?

＞ What about falling outside the lift while connected to lift?

＞ What about clearances?

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KEY POINTS - CLEARANCES

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AGENDA

Types

Use and limitations

Vacating or entering＞Overall

＞Example procedures

Closing

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ANSI A92.6

“If permitted by the manufacturer, personnel shall only vacate

or enter a raised aerial platform by following the guidelines

and instructions provided by the manufacturer.”

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VACATING OR ENTERING

Why is it done?＞No other feasible way

＞Fatigue

＞Safer

Transferring＞Swing gate or lift bar?

＞Anchorage

＞Lanyard

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SNORKEL TB80

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GENIE

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GENIE

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AGENDA

Types

Use and limitations

Vacating or entering

Closing

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TAKE-AWAYS

1. Causes and results of catapulting events

2. Lift usage to minimize catapulting events

3. Correct use of anchorages in lifts

4. Correct use of harness and lanyards in lifts

5. Aerial lift industry is still developing requirements

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ACTION ITEMS

Determine how lifts are being used

Keep workers in lifts＞ Low, compatible anchorages

＞ Shortened lanyards

Review this material with them

Develop procedure when exiting is safest method

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Identify the different types of lifts commonly used

Discuss uses and limitations related to lift equipment

Review requirements for vacating or entering an aerial

lift

LJB University™ has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association forContinuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. .

Moderator: Speaker:KIM MESSER THOMAS E. KRAMER, P.E., C.S.P. KMesser@LJBinc.com TKramer@LJBinc.com

LIFT EQUIPMENT