| MAINTAINING AERIAL LIFT SAFETY AND | | | | When the aerial lift is in use make use that you |
| OTHER PRECAUTIONS | | | | close the door to the bucket and do not lean on |
| Of the fatalities due to aerial lifts construction | | | | or against the guardrails. Also make sure that you |
| workers head the top of the list with 26 deaths | | | | do not exceed the manufacturers weight limits |
| per year due to aerial lifts. These deaths can be | | | | within the bucket itself. |
| prevented by using aerial lift safety precautions | | | | If you are working near traffic, set up cones and |
| that are in place to protect workers who must | | | | signs letting motorist know that there are people |
| use this equipment to perform their jobs. | | | | at work. |
| There are several precautions and checks that | | | | Use the proper harnesses and other fall safety |
| you need to perform before ever operating the | | | | equipment when you are in the aerial or boom lift |
| aerial lift or boom lift and the first safety | | | | bucket that are provided for your safety in case |
| precaution to always consider is check your | | | | you do fall. This equipment can go a long way in |
| equipment for any possible malfunctions. Check | | | | keeping you safe and also make certain that you |
| fluid pressure whether it is air, hydraulic, or fuel | | | | have fall protection with your employer in case of |
| based. Check to make sure that the equipment is | | | | emergencies. |
| on level ground and within OSHA slope | | | | To prevent electrocutions non-electrical workers |
| requirements. | | | | are to stay at least 10 feet away from power |
| Check your surroundings carefully overhead and | | | | lines. If you are an electrical worker make sure |
| around the equipment to make sure that there | | | | that you are grounded and that the electrical |
| are no overhead wires that you can run into or | | | | current does not pass through your body by |
| anything on or around the equipment that can | | | | installing the proper insulation on the aerial lift |
| cause a hazard. | | | | bucket. |
| Make sure that there are no loose or missing | | | | Your employer must provide operating and safety |
| parts on the equipment itself. Check the bucket | | | | manuals with the equipment in case you need to |
| to ensure that the proper equipment is available | | | | refer to them while in the field. If these are not |
| for your safety and check tires, operating and | | | | present get them from your employer and keep |
| other emergency controls to ensure they are | | | | them with the equipment at all times. |
| functioning properly. | | | | |