Terex Straight Man Lifts Salt Lake City

Aerial Manlift Hazards

Aerial manlifts are machinery which utilize either a series of folding, linked supports, such as a scissor lift or a boom lift or an articulated boom lift. These industrial kinds of equipment allow workers to get in touch with hard-to-reach areas. In some ways, these machines have made construction a lot easier and safer, however, the general safety which comes with the unparalleled mobility of aerial manlifts has implemented a new list of hazards which could accidentally lead to serious injury or even death to unaware operators.



Falls

Falls from a man lift normally happens when employees fail to or are unable to wear a safety harness or cannot secure the harness to the lift. Falls could take place when somebody on the platform acts inappropriately and participates in an activity like climbing the guard rails in order to gain extra height. As well, mishaps could be caused if the ground-based operator causes the equipment to move in an unexpected motion before the worker being correctly secured.



Many workers also fall because the base of their machinery is inadvertently struck by some other heavy thing. In this situation, the force of the blow below becomes amplified by the length of the lift, therefore causing the worker to be suddenly catapulted off of the platform. Obviously this dangerous action has catastrophic results.



Tip-Overs

Boom lifts are susceptible to tipping over. Tip overs are more frequent in articulated boom lifts, but can take place in any kind of lift. Because boom lifts could move both horizontally and vertically, they are capable of changing the machinery's overall center of gravity. Therefore, if the lift is over loaded or parked on an incline of some sort, extending the boom to full length when it is in the wrong position could result in a tip-over situation.

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