Hi, A while back the guys in the warehouse were using a metal stillage (normally used to stack and store) to move and locate large boxes containing garden furniture. The stillage they were using was basically sitting on the forks of the lift truck, one guy driving and one in the stillage? "very unsafe and not recommended" 

Anyway looking at the problem a man basket based on the stillage seemed like a good idea. We have cherry pickers, scissor lifts and VNA order pickers on site but neither can acheive the task of the large boxes. Max weight of the biggest box is only 95kg, it's more the bulk size of the box thats the problem and the stillage worked a treat "albeit unsafe"?

Anyway we managed to get a local fabricator to make two forklift man baskets for the job. We managed to include all the safety features needed including full length fork pockets, backrest chain, fork heal anchor pins, and anchor points to hook a safety harness. A complete safe system of work is in place to ensure anyone using the basket is trained and the activity is monitored to avoid any unwanted behaviour. I know the use of man-baskets should be avoided when possible, but in this case its actually the best and safest solution for the task?

The problem! Although every effort has been taken to make it as complient as possible we have no data plate. I know the max weight of the cage and, as said the bulk size of the boxes would prevent lifting too much weight. I used an online load centre calculation to get a rough idea of the forklift / cage lift capacity. This came out at around 1200kg so to be a bit safer I made the max weight 300kg.   We have all machenary serviced and inspected regulaly, but can't get any kind of LOLER done for the cage as we have no details on a data plate.

My question? Is there any companies (northeast england) that could sort out the true capacity, load centre and data plate? so we can comply with the LOLER's? 

Sorry its long winded thanks in advance

Edited by user 29 November 2016 17:33:31(UTC)  | Reason: Mis-read part of the first post

Originally Posted by: sidestep45

Maybe because this piece of equipment must not be CE marked From PM 28: 78 Following discussions with the Working Group to the Standing Committee of the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC) it was agreed by all the Member States that working platforms without controls do not meet the requirements of the Machinery Directive. The Working Group agreed that non-integrated working platforms could only be used under the exception in the Use of Work Equipment Directive (AUWED 89/655/EC amended by 95/63/EC) that allows the use of materials handling equipment not designed to lift people in exceptional circumstances. This means that non-integrated working platforms do not meet the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008,11 that there is no free trade in Europe for non-integrated working platforms and that non-integrated working platforms must not carry a CE mark. Non-integrated working platforms may be supplied in the UK provided that they are for use only in exceptional circumstances and they meet the requirements of section 6 of the HSW Act.

Who mentioned the Machinery Directive, I didn't..