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Posted By Mark Elliott
What do readers think the level of competence to be for training of personnel to work inside a caged working platform attached to a fork lift truck.
It is only the working inside the platform, persons need training in all user of the FLT have been suitably trained.
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
This sounds to be more than "occasional use when no other options are available" to me.
Why is this method so necessary?
Bob
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Posted By steve blackledge
First of all can you eliminate the requirement for a work platform on a forklift truck. Would a scissor lift or cherry picker access platform not be better and safer.
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Posted By Simon Dean
Mark,
We also have one of these lovely safety cages on site and was used quite regularly (until i poo poo'd that, i was popular!). I explained that they should only be used for 'non-routine maintenance' or for emergency reasons and got a scissor lift instead.
However if you do have to use it, you will find that the cage will normally only work on certain trucks. The one we have goes on a reach truck and plugs into it, this means that the truck won't work unless the person(s) in the cage has a finger on the dead mans button and then it will only operate at a crawl speed.
Not telling you to suck eggs, but as part of your Working at Height Risk Assessment you need to ensure that;
1. The Truck operator is trained on how to connect the cage safely to the truck.
2. The person(s) in the cage have also been trained on how it connects to the truck.
3. Both parties have been trained on how to correctly use the cage.
4. Harness and training for the person in the cage.
5. Lanyard for the person in the cage, would not recommend a fall arrest.
6. The cage is subject to a routine inspection and visual inspection prior to use.
Hope this helps
Si
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Posted By Mitch
Ditto with Simon, plus RA for each occasion (only use for non-routine!), a self closing & locking gate, if fitted and a sign specifying maximum weight to lift and the capacity of the forklift it is designed to be used with.
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Posted By Mitch
Sorry, previous post should have read "sign specifying maximum load".
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