Terex Straight Man Lifts San Francisco

Aerial Manlift Hazards

Aerial manlifts are machines that use either a series of linked, folding supports, like a scissor lift or a boom lift or an articulated boom lift. These industrial types of machinery enable workers to get in touch with hard-to-reach areas. In certain ways, these kinds of machinery have made construction a lot easier and safer, although, the general safety that comes with the unparalleled mobility of aerial manlifts has applied a new list of hazards that could accidentally result in serious injury or even death to drivers who are unaware.



Falls

Typically, falls could occur when workers are unable to wear a safety harness or are unable to correctly secure the lift platform. Falls could happen when a worker on the platform acts wrongly and takes part in an activity like climbing the guard rails in order to gain added height. Also, accidents could be caused if the ground-based operator causes the machinery to move in an unexpected motion before the employee being properly secured.



A lot of workers also fall because the base of their machine is inadvertently struck by some other heavy thing. During this situation, the force of the blow below becomes amplified by the lift's length, therefore causing the employee to be suddenly catapulted off of the platform. Obviously this dangerous action has catastrophic results.



Tip-Overs

Sadly, boom lifts are easily prone to tipping over. Tip-overs could occur in any type of lift, but are more common in articulated boom lifts. Since boom lifts are able to move both vertically and horizontally, they could change the overall center of gravity of the machinery. Hence, if the lift is parked on an incline of some type or over loaded, completely extending the boom when it is in the wrong position can cause the machinery to tip over.

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