Aerial Lifts in Industrial and Construction Environments: Working With and Around a Lift

This Interactive course on Aerial Lifts in Industrial and Construction Environments… Working With a Lift or on the Ground Around One is the second of a two-part series that has been designed to meet OSHA’s training requirements in their “Mobile Elevated Work Platforms” (MEWPs) standard. The course discusses how to inspect an aerial lift, how to prepare to use a lift, how to operate an aerial lift and how to work on the ground near a lift safely. Before you begin work with an aerial lift, you need to know how to inspect it properly, set it up and operate it safely. This doesn’t just help to keep you safe…it can make sure everyone on the ground stays safe as well. Falling objects, equipment “tipovers” and even electrocution hazards can make working near an aerial lift risky. Knowing how to operate a lift safely, and being aware of these hazards could save you and your co-workers from serious harm. Areas covered in the course include criteria for inspecting MEWPs and the areas around them, equipment and safe work practices to prepare an aerial lift for use, procedures to follow when raising a lift, safely lowering the work platform of a lift, hazards associated with working on the ground near an aerial lift and more.

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Topics covered in these products include:

  • Inspect an aerial lift and the site it is working on.
  • Know how to prepare to use an aerial lift.
  • Know how to operate an aerial lift.
  • Work on the ground near and aerial lift safely.
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Associated Industries: Construction Environments, Industrial Environments.
Associated Topic Titles: Forklift Safety, Heavy Equipment.


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